Don't Mess with Texas' Junk - TSA Pat-Downs Could Be Criminalized



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Texas State Representative David Simpson is sponsoring a bill in Texas (HB 1937) that would make it a felony for a security officer who grants access to public buildings and public transportation to touch a person's anus, sex organ, or breasts (under or over clothes) without probable cause. The bill also criminalizes any touching by a security guard that would be offensive to a reasonable person. This could effectively end the intrusive portions of TSA pat-downs in Texas.

Also, Rep. David Simpson is sponsoring HB 1938, which would outlaw full-body scanners in Texas. This legislation would impose fines of up to $1,000 per day on those who operate scanner that allow government workers to look at people's virtually naked bodies.

Finally, a politician is standing up for the basic human dignity of innocent people. Is it any wonder that Texas is the pioneer in this effort?

All of the sissies out there are going to start peeing down their legs and crying, "Oh, no! The terrorists are going to find out about this lapse in security and flood into the Texas airports. They are going to be hijacking planes out of Texas every week!"

If you have ever met a Texan, the last thing you would think to do is hijack a plane full of them. Texans are tough people and will not sit passively in their seats while someone tries to bring down their plane. If you ever visit Texas, you will learn that "Don't Mess with Texas" is not just a motto. It is a way of life.

Gay TSA Screeners and Same-Gender Pat-Downs: A Touch of Confusion

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The Transportation Security Administration proudly proclaims there is nothing sexual about their pat-downs, which happen to include significant contact with breasts, butts, inner thighs, and sometimes even genitals. The TSA claims to ensure the intrusive pat-downs are completely platonic by matching up the passengers with screeners of the same gender. This begs the question: What does the TSA do about the homosexual TSA screeners?

There are plenty of homosexual members of American society. They have jobs in every industry. Clearly homosexual people work for the government, and it just seems obvious that there must be some homosexual people working for the TSA. Are these homosexual TSA employees allowed to conduct pat-downs on airline passengers?

This is a legitimate question, because the TSA pat-downs do involve intimate contact. In fact, the contact during these pat-downs is so intimate that TSA screeners should be (and may be at some point in the future) tried for sexual assault. We have federal employees fondling people's genitals in airports all over the country right now. In almost any other situation, if one person fondles another person's genitals in an unwelcome fashion, the offender will get arrested.

The TSA seems to think it is important to gender-match passengers and the TSA screeners conducting the pat-downs; therefore, the TSA must see the obvious potential for a pat-down turning into a sexually charged encounter. Certainly, we can all see the potential problem with a heterosexual man patting down an attractive woman. Allowing a heterosexual man to rub his hands all over the breasts and crotch of a woman may very well take on an unwanted sexual element. The man may abuse the opportunity to get in a little extra touching for his own sexual gratification, and the woman will be left feeling understandably violated. This could also apply if a straight woman were to pat-down a male passenger.

Since the TSA seems to understand the pat-downs could become sexually charged, how is the TSA handling the issue of homosexual TSA screeners and homosexual airline passengers? If the pat-downs are too sexual for straight men to pat-down heterosexual women and vice versa, then the pat-downs must also be too sexual for other combinations where sexual tensions and attractions could exist. Here are a few examples.

• a heterosexual man pats down a gay man
• a gay man pats down a heterosexual man
• a gay man pats down a gay man
• a heterosexual woman pats down a lesbian
• a lesbian pats down a heterosexual woman
• a lesbian pats down a lesbian

In all of these scenarios, at least one person could be made to feel uncomfortable. In the scenarios where the TSA screener could potentially be sexually attracted to the passenger, there is a clear opportunity for sexual violations. What is the TSA doing to protect the employees and passengers from this?

It would not be fair to bar homosexuals from being TSA screeners; however, there are few scenarios where a homosexual TSA screener can conduct a pat-down on a passenger without creating some sort of potential for trouble. If a gay man pats down a heterosexual man, the heterosexual man may get violated. If a gay man pats down a gay passenger, the gay passenger may get violated. If a gay man pats-down a heterosexual woman, the woman may feel uncomfortable being touched by a man. It works the same way in reverse with lesbian TSA screeners.

Homosexuals cannot conduct pat-downs without upsetting just about every group of people. The only scenario that might work is to restrict gay men to conducting pat-downs on lesbian passengers. Perhaps the lesbian passengers could identify themselves as homosexuals and request gay male TSA screeners for their pat-downs. That way everything can remain platonic. Conversely, maybe the lesbian TSA screeners could be restricted to conducting pat-downs on only gay men who wish to declare their sexual orientation to the TSA. Maybe, to keep the confusion to a minimum, all of the homosexuals could wear inverted pink triangles on their shirts. That way, the screeners and the passengers could find an even greater sense of security in knowing the sexual orientation of everyone passing through the TSA checkpoints. Hopefully, by now, you are seeing how ridiculous this is.

If things are not ridiculous enough for you yet, ask yourself how the TSA should be handling transgender employees and transgender airline passengers. The issue gets even crazier when you consider that some TSA screeners and airline passengers may not be clearly classified as either male or female. Some people are going through gender changes that take years. Other people were born hermaphrodites and have no choice. Should people who are not obviously one gender or another be expected to choose a gender when approached by the TSA at an airport? This gender-bending stuff is going to get way too confusing, so let's just skip this and get back to the main issue: how the TSA addresses the concerns of homosexual screeners and passengers.

A fact of life is that some men are attracted to other men, and some women are attracted to other women. We cannot expect the homosexual men and women who work for the TSA to officially declare their sexuality and recuse themselves from same-gender pat-downs. We also cannot expect homosexual passengers to declare their sexuality to the TSA to avoid same-gender pat-downs.

By now, hopefully the absurdity of this article has exposed the true problem. The problem here is not gender or sexual orientation. The problem is the pat-downs. The pat-downs are far too intrusive, and they are violating common human dignity. The questions should not be about whether or not the TSA screeners might find the pat-downs sexually gratifying or whether or not the passengers might find the pat-downs to be sexual. The question should be this: Should government workers be permitted to stick their hands in the sexually sensitive areas of innocent people's bodies without probable cause?

People are straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, etc. People just have different lifestyles. Even though these groups all have their differences, they are human beings and deserve basic human dignities. When a law-abiding citizen goes to the airport, that person deserves the respect of not being treated like a criminal. At the very least, people should be able to travel freely in America without the overwhelming fear of being molested by a government employee.

Miss USA, Susie Castillo, Sexually Molested by TSA Screener

Susie Castillo - Miss USA 2003

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The latest addition to an ever-growing list of people sexually molested by the Transportation Security Administration happens to be a celebrity. Susie Castillo, Miss USA 2003, recently went through a TSA pat-down in the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, and a TSA screener touched her breasts, butt, and thighs. She even touched Castillo's genital area four times. Susie Castillo is an incredibly attractive Latina woman, so the TSA screener probably got a little too excited by Castillo's exotic attractiveness and decided to get a nice feel of the beauty queen's vagina.

People are going to come to the TSA's defense and say a woman conducted the pat-down, so there could not have been anything sexual about the touching. Do these people honestly believe that none of the female TSA screeners are lesbian or bisexual? There are plenty of lesbian and bisexual women in other careers, why would there not be at least a small percentage working for the TSA? It is just a fact of life that some women are sexually attracted to other women. Even more women are sexually attracted to unusually gorgeous women.

Who is to say, this TSA agent did not abuse her power to grope Susie Castillo? Susie Castillo says her vagina was touched by this TSA agent, and the TSA seems to be encouraging this sort of touching. Susie Castillo's story is very believable.  She plans to file a complaint with the TSA.

Castillo should not expect too much to come of her complaint, however. If she was molested by the TSA screener (and she probably was), Castillo needs to contact the local police, have the TSA screener arrested, and see that she is brought up on charges for sexual assault.

When you grab a woman's vagina against her wishes, that is sexual assault, right? The laws have not changed, have they? Just because a person is wearing a federal uniform, this does not mean they automatically get to go around grabbing vaginas all day. Hmm, well, actually that is the case right now, but that doesn't mean it is right. If a woman does not want someone touching her vagina, nobody should touch it.  Is that such a difficult concept? Even if this sort of molestation is making people feel a little safer, we cannot live in a society where the federal government can just start rubbing people's crotches whenever there might be some sort of security threat.

Susie Castillo is understandably quite upset about this experience. Read more about it on her blog.

How to Record Video of Abusive Police Without Getting Caught (So Easily)

With the growing prevalence of camcorders and cell phone video recorders, more civilians are shooting amateur video of police, and more police are getting into trouble for brutality, breeches of policy, illegal activity, excessive violence, unjustified use of weapons, intimidation, etc. Of course, law enforcement officers are getting increasingly sensitive about having their bad behavior captured on video, and they sometimes abuse their power to stop people from shooting video of police activity. Sometimes, police may seize cameras, intimidate camera operators, and even use physical violence to stop the video recordings.

Here is the deal. Generally, if police activity is going on in a public place and you are not interfering with that activity, the First Amendment gives you the right to capture that activity on video. Police can ask you to turn off your camera, but you generally do not have to turn off the camera if you prefer to continue recording. Also, provided you are not hindering an investigation, a policeman may not seize your camera.

Now, just because you have rights under the First Amendment, do not assume all cops will respect your rights. In fact, the cops who are probably the most shocking subjects to record are also the cops who are most likely to have a problem with being recorded. These cops may be prepared to go to great lengths to keep you from creating a permanent record of their behavior.

Well, if you want to record police, here are several methods and tips that will increase your chances of success and help protect your rights from police abuse. Before reading further, please understand that there may be laws specific to your local area that may place limits on your rights. Being aware of those laws will help keep you out of trouble and help you properly exercise your right to record the police in public. (Note: Some localities have specific laws about recording audio. Know these local laws.)

Buddy Method
Far and away, the best method for recording police is the buddy method. Using the buddy method, you record police however you desire (but without hindering official police work). Your buddy keeps a very low profile and shoots video from a distance through a zoom lens. You may choose to record audio with a backup source, such as a small pocket digital recorder. You may need the additional audio recording if your camera is forcibly taken, damaged, or voluntarily turned off due to police intimidation. Your buddy should be able to capture good video, but his audio will be very limited if he happens to be many yards from you while your rights are being violated by the police. The separate audio will become useful to accompany the long-distance footage shot by your buddy.

Candid Camera
There are many inexpensive tiny video cameras on the market. Some are small enough to conceal in clothing. If you want to get really serious about protecting your rights to record the police and your local laws allow hidden cameras, consider investing in one. If you are recording video on a hidden backup, you can turn off your visible camcorder whenever you choose without having to miss a moment of the action.

Innocent Bystander
Just because you want to record something, this does not mean you have to personally hold the camera. In many situations, you can start your camcorder, aim it, and conceal it in a bag, box, car, bushes, etc. You can simply linger in the area while your camcorder is capturing the action. Your camera may be capturing shocking video, but you will appear to be a casual bystander. When the event is over, casually retrieve your camera and head for home.

Bait and Switch
If you happen to catch some exceptionally interesting video, it would be a good idea to change videotapes or memory cards. If a cop illegally confiscates your camcorder, he may damage whatever tape or storage medium he finds inside. If you pocket the real tape in advance, the cop will destroy the dummy tape and assume he no longer has to worry about the evidence of his violations.

Red Light Stopper
Most videographers are not used to being in front of the camera, and they usually forget about something that everyone else notices. On many cameras, when the video camera is recording, a red light shines on the front of the camera. This red light makes people nervous, because it is a constant reminder that every moment is being captured forever. If you have a red recording light indicator on the front of your camcorder, deactivate it through the system menu, disconnect it, or simply cover it with a sticker or tiny piece of adhesive tape that matches the color of you camera's body. Electrical tape or duct tape will be adequate for most black or silver cameras.

Run Silent
Many camcorders beep when recording starts and stops. You can avoid drawing attention to your camcorder by turning off the beep function. Many cameras allow users to lower the volume of the beeps or turn the beeps off altogether.

Shoot from the Hip
When shooting video of a controversial event, avoid holding the camcorder up to your face. If you have a camera by your face, the subjects will be more aware that you are recording. Instead, make use of your camcorder's view screen and record casually from waist level or chest level. The less attention you draw to your camera, the more effective you will be as a videographer.

Safety in Numbers
If something exciting is going down, enlist the other random bystanders to shoot video. A lot of people have video-enabled cell phones. You can encourage them to shoot video as well. If the cops see one person shooting video, they may feel comfortable intimidating that one person. If the cops see multiple cameras, they might be more likely to behave themselves.

Be Smarter Than Your Smart Phone
Most smart phones have built-in video cameras. When shooting video with your phone, do not hold the phone at eye level in front of your face. Anyone within a hundred yards will know you are shooting video. To remain inconspicuous, hold the phone at chest level. Get your shot by watching the screen. Do not draw attention to yourself by looking directly at the action While you are shooting video, do something casual with your phone, such as pretending to type an email, browsing the Internet, talking on speaker phone, etc. If you do not look like a problem, you probably will not be treated like a problem.

You Have the Right to Remain Seated
For some reason, people tend not to notice seated people as easily as standing people. If you have the option of shooting good video from a sitting position, do so. If you can shoot video from within your own car, even better. If you shoot video with the windows up, you will lose a little image quality and have almost no audio, but you may be able to shoot video without drawing attention.

Inside Job
If you shoot video from inside of a building, your chances of being confronted get much lower. If you happen to own or rent that building, you have all sorts of legal protections. Even though you will lose much of the audio of the event, shooting video from inside may provide you with excellent vantage points, a great deal of privacy, and tremendous legal protection.

Closing Thoughts
Of course, you need to keep in mind that cops may become angry when being recorded on videotape and illegally use vicious force against you and your property. Additionally, you are fully responsible for being aware of all of your local laws and following them, but generally, you are allowed to peacefully record police who are operating in public as long as you do not obstruct their efforts.

Stand up for your First Amendment rights and use your camcorder legally against cops who break the law by abusing their power. You can do this, but just be smart about it. You may care about your rights, but the worst cops do not. Be careful, plan ahead just a little, and you might help get an abusive cop off the streets and create a better environment for the good cops who follow the rules and respect the rights of law-abiding civilians.

TSA Security Screener Arrested for Child Pornography

TSA Screener, Thomas Gordon Jr.

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Thomas Gordon, Jr., a TSA screener at Philadelphia International Airport, was arrested on March 24, 2011 on charges of distributing child pornography. Gordon got caught uploading sexually explicit images of minors to Photobucket. He also had the bright idea to upload a photo of himself in his TSA uniform. When Gordon was arrested, a search of his computer equipment turned up more than six hundred pieces of child pornography.

This is one of the many reasons adults should not be allowed to touch children in intimate areas unless there is a specific medical need to do so. In Philadelphia, we had this pervert groping all sorts of people under the guise of security.

Who knows how many children were groped by Gordon? Clearly, Gordon finds children sexually attractive. Are we to believe his TSA-sanctioned pat-downs of children were professional and completely within acceptable limits? Does anyone believe that this pervert did not at least occasionally take advantage of his job to indulge his sexual interest in children? If a pervert already has his hands all over a small child, how difficult would it be for him to sneak in a little extra groping for his own pleasure?

Well, here it is, parents. The TSA screeners are feeling up your kids. Sometimes these screeners are unsavory people. Sometimes these screeners may be rubbing their hands all over your kids and experiencing a great amount of pleasure doing do.

Think about it this way. Men, if you were required to rub your hands all over Jessica Alba, Halle Berry, Heidi Klum, and Megan Fox, do you think you might find that experience at least somewhat exciting? Ladies, if you were required to rub your hands all over Tom Cruise, Ryan Reynolds, Jon Hamm, and Brad Pitt, do you think you might get a little aroused?

The sexual excitement you feel when you touch an attractive adult are the same feelings a child molester gets when touching a child. Keep this in mind the next time you go to the airport. If the TSA screener who is performing a pat-down on your child happens to be sexually attracted to children, that screener may be enjoying that encounter quite a bit and may take the opportunity to do something incredibly inappropriate with your child.

Man Beaten While Filming Police from His Own Property

Mitchell Crooks was standing outside of his Las Vegas home filming an arrest of burglary suspects across the street. Even though Crooks was doing nothing to interfere with the police activity, he was approached by, Las Vegas police officer, Derek Colling. In the ensuing confrontation, Crooks was beaten, had his camera kicked by police, mocked, arrested, and had his video camera confiscated.

Mitchell Crooks Mug Shot

Read the full story and see the video of the confrontation at Las Vegas Review Journal.

Many people will harp on the fact that Mitchell Crooks answered, "Nope," when Derek Colling asked if Crooks lived at the address. It is true Crooks would have been wise to answer the officer truthfully or not at all, but Colling had no business approaching Crooks in the first place. Crooks was not doing anything illegal, and the cop should have just ignored him. Colling just could not leave it alone. For some reason, he felt the need to bully an innocent bystander.

People might try to defend the officer by saying he was trying to stop Crooks from trespassing, but that is not the business of the cops unless a property owner or resident makes a trespassing complaint or there appears to be suspicious activity on the property. Simply aiming a video camera at the police is not suspicious.

When you watch the video, you will see that officer Derek Colling completely overacted to the situation and caused things to escalate completely out of control. If Derek Colling had just done his job and not stopped to bully Mitchell Crooks, none of this would have happened.

Las Vegas Police Officer, Derek Colling

Derek Colling needs to undergo some serious psychological evaluation. When the psychologist realizes Derek Colling is too dangerous and unstable to carry a gun, the Las Vegas Police Department needs to fire that brutal bully, and then arrest him for aggravated assault.

Government Job Center Gives Superhero Capes to Unemployed

Dr. Evil Unemployment
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Workforce Central Florida apparently has way too much extra money.  Under Director, Gary J. Earl, Workforce Central Florida thought it might me a good idea to spend $73,000 on a campaign to turn the unemployed into "caped crusaders." The agency spent more than $16,000 on 6,000 capes to give away to unemployed people. The agency also spent $2,300 on foam cutouts of a villain: Dr. Evil Unemployment. There is also a chance to win a $1000 prize pack.

Cape-A-Bility Challenge Logo

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It is all part of the "Cape-A-Bility Challenge" program with the assumed goal of motivating unemployed people by dressing them up with superhero capes.

Cape-A-Bility Challenge Logo
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Is this really what unemployed people want? Are they wanting to dress up as superheroes, or do they just want help finding jobs so they do not get thrown out of their homes?

Can you imagine anything more depressing than a bunch of unemployed people standing in a line waiting on an employment check? What if that money had instead been unused to place people in jobs or--better yet--not have been seized from taxpayers in the first place?

Caped Crusaders Against Unemployment

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One must wonder where these capes were manufactured. For the love of all that is decent and fair, let us hope these capes were not made in China. If the capes were absolutely necessary, why did the unemployed people not get a chance to make these capes and earn a little money? Making a cape is not very difficult. Anyone with an hour of training could make one of the simplest garments ever invented.

Woman Beating Dr. Evil Unemployment

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If you were wondering why your taxes are so high, this is just one silly example of how government wastes your money. Every government worker involved in this ridiculous program should be unemployed.

By the way, Superman, Spider-Man, and a lot of other superheroes have steady day jobs. Some of them even work for the press. Maybe they should be covering this wasteful insanity.

TSA Makes a "Game" out of Touching Children in Intimate Places

Ken Wooden, founder of Child Lures Prevention, is raising concerns about the Transportation Security Administration's methods for getting children to comply with TSA pat-downs. Just as many child molesters get children to allow sexual contact by calling the activities "games," the TSA is also training its professional friskers to get children to comply with enhanced pat-downs by calling the pat-downs "games."

The TSA screeners want to touch children's butts, inner thighs, breasts, and (perhaps) even genitals, but they would rather the children not scream when this is going on, so they try to make it easy or fun for the children. Quite similarly, child molesters want to touch children's butts, inner thighs, breasts, and (perhaps) even genitals, and they also would rather the children not scream when this is going on. The TSA screeners do the groping under the banner of security, and the perverts do the groping under the banner of pleasure. Nevertheless, both groups feel the need to touch children in intimate areas, and both groups are using similar tactics.

This "game" ploy is just one example of how the TSA pat-downs are conditioning or (unintentionally grooming) small children to be molested. So, when a pervert wearing the security guard uniform and badge he bought on eBay approaches a small child and wants to play a pat-down "game," how likely is it that the small child will understand that the child molester dressed as security guard is any different than the TSA screener at the airport?

The TSA's Roundtrip Ticket to Your Anus

Abdullah Hassan al-Asiri, the Butt Bomber

In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on August 27, 2009, al-Qaeda terrorist, Abdullah Hassan al-Asiri, attempted to kill Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, the Saudi Deputy Interior Minister in charge of Counter-Terrorism. Al-Asiri tricked the prince into believing he was a terrorist who wished to surrender and help the Saudi government fight terrorism. Using this ploy, al-Asiri managed to get within feet of the prince--in the prince's home--and detonate a bomb.

You might be wondering how an admitted terrorist was able to get a bomb within feet of a prominent public official in his own home. He did so by concealing the bomb in his rectum. Fortunately for the prince, al-Asiri's body deflected much of the blast away from the prince, and the prince did not suffer any serious injuries. A better-constructed bomb, however, could have easily killed everyone in the room.

Of course, this brings up the issue of airline security. If a known terrorist can use his rectum to get a bomb into a public official's home, what is keeping a terrorist from using his rectum to sneak a bomb past the dolts working the TSA airport security checkpoints?

How long will it be before the Transportation Security Administration decides rectum bombs are a legitimate threat to airplanes? What is in store for us then? Will the TSA have us dropping our pants, bending over tables, and sticking their fingers into our anuses to probe our rectums? How else will they know whether or not we have bombs up there? Those full-body scanners might not be able to detect certain explosives with densities similar to human tissue.

You know, if man can hide a bomb in his rectum, a woman could hide a bomb in her rectum and another bomb in her vagina. How long before the TSA wants to probe around inside of vaginas looking for bombs?

Here the worst part. The TSA is currently defending its intrusive pat-downs of small children on the grounds that no class of passenger can be treated differently from the others. The concept is that, if the TSA does not pat-down children aggressively, the terrorists will begin to use children in their suicide attacks. Based on this logic, the TSA will want to inspect the anuses and vaginas of small children who wish to fly.

By this point, hopefully you are seeing how ridiculous airport security has become. Is our security really worth all of this humiliation? At some point, the precautions become worse than the threat.

TSA Conducts Pat-Down on Boy Going to Disneyland

TSA Pat-Down of Small Boy

Heather Sheahan is upset about how the TSA went too far with a pat-down of her eight-year-old son in the Portland Airport on their way to Disneyland. She specifically did not like the way the male TSA agent ran his hands up the insides of the boys thighs and up close to the little boy's genitals. You can learn more about the incident in this video.

TSA Validates Intrusive Pat-Down of Drexel Girl in New Orleans

Appropriate Glove for TSA Pat-Downs on Children

If you thought the TSA's disgusting groping of the six-year-old Drexel girl in New Orleans was just an isolated incident, mistake, or deviation from standard operating procedure, think again. The TSA has come out and addressed this specific incident on their blog.

The TSA is confirming that it is their policy to pat-down small children in this manner. A procedure that is tantamount to child molestation is actually among the standard operating procedures of the TSA. The TSA is unapologetic about this incident and has officially confirmed they will continue to grope small children in this manner.

Wow, Michael Jackson would have loved to have worked for the TSA. They should put sequins on those rubber gloves to give the children the full Neverland Ranch experience.

TSA Pat-Downs Condition Children to Be Molested

Dr. Todd Drexel and Selena Drexel of Bowling Green, Kentucky are upset about the way a TSA agent patted down their six-year-old daughter at New Orleans Armstrong International Airport on April 5, 2011. The female agent intentionally touched the girl's butt, right breast, and inner thigh. The agent also stuck her fingers inside of the girl's pants at the waistband. According to the parents, the little girl was calm during the pat-down, but she broke down in tears afterward.

Of course, the girl broke down in tears. She just had her personal space violated by a stranger. Parents tell their children to not allow strangers to touch them in private areas of their bodies, but that is exactly what this TSA agent did. Not only did this agent upset this child by effectively molesting her, a precedent has been set in the girls mind that she may be touched by strangers under some circumstances.

People will argue that children get touched by their pediatricians on almost every visit, but this is different. The doctor's office is a secure, safe, and private place, and--most importantly--the child's pediatrician is not a stranger. The child understands it is okay to be touched by a known pediatrician in a doctor's office with a parent present. That is a very clear circumstance with well-defined boundaries and conditions.

Being fondled by some complete stranger in a crowded and chaotic public place (such as an airport) is an entirely different scenario. The boundaries are unclear, and the child may have a tremendous amount of trouble understanding why it might be okay to get fondled in public under some circumstances and not others.

The fact the TSA officers who are fondling these children are in uniform does not help much. All sorts of people own uniforms. To a child, a TSA agent is no different than the private security guard they might encounter in the bathrooms at the mall. Think about this through the mind of a small child: "If a uniformed authority figure can touch all over my body in a crowded airport, why should a uniformed authority figure not touch me in the mall bathroom?"

To an adult, the difference is obvious, but a child may not fully understand the difference. At the very least, a child who has already been felt-up by a TSA agent might be just a little more willing to be felt-up by someone else.

These horribly intrusive pat downs are technically child molestation, and they are conditioning children to passively accept being touched in their private areas by strangers. We should be ashamed of ourselves for allowing our Federal government to abuse and psychologically damage children in this way.

TSA Child Pat-Down Is Child Molestation

TSA Agent Pats Down Six-Year-Old Girl

In this YouTube video, you can see a TSA pat-down of a six-year-old girl. You will notice that the female TSA screener touches the girl's butt, sticks her fingers inside of the girl's pants at the waistband, rubs her inner thighs, and touches the girl's right breast.

If this occurred at a public park, mall, or school, the adult would be arrested and convicted of child molestation. It would be an open-and-shut case. The adult would go to jail and be a registered sex offender for life.

Any rational person would agree that adults may not touch children in this manner, but since this adult happens to be wearing a Federal uniform, somehow this is considered perfectly legal.  We should be ashamed of ourselves for allowing children to victimized in this way.