US security procedures for passengers who refuse body scans by machine are now being given pat downs that would bring a charge of s-xual molestation or indecent assault in most criminal jurisdictions.
The open-hand procedures mandated for America’s totally out-of-control Transport Security Administration involve manually determining the orientation of the p-nis and testicles in order to determine whether they are in fact explosive devices, as well as pressure to female gen-talia.
These procedures also apply to children and are all conducted by officers who have been commonly categorised in the US media as poorly educated, semi-fluent morons. It means, in plain English, that parents are powerless to stop a security official engaging in physical contact with their children in a degree that would be unthinkable, offensive and actionable in criminal law if it was something they did to a stranger not just their kids.
We have laws about feeling-up strangers and especially minors.
In the US, its legal. Part of the tableau of madness that pervades that society.
The choice for visitors to the US is bleak. The body scanner machines reveal s-xually detailed images of the person being scanned, and generate background radiation that, while insignificant even for frequent flyers, is potentially harmful to pilots and airport workers who may require scanning more than a dozen times a day as they move between the airside and landside sections of terminals that are divided by security and border protocols.
If the scanner is declined, it’s hand on, in the presence of another TSA official as witness, or might that be participant.
Last night the US Airways pilots union joined the American Airlines pilot association in recommending that its members refuse the X-ray scanners on health grounds, noting that the TSA has already blocked the use of dosimeters by its employees as “unnecessary”, and that they request the presence of a non-TSA witness at the invasive hands spread over light clothing, s-xual organs and cavity region searches essential to keeping Americans free — or shackled to fear and hysteria.
There is a detailed story about this situation here, which also publishes the US Airways pilot union memo on the situation, which expands on the recent alleged s-xual molestation of one of its members by TSA officials.
Ben, you should’ve saved this gem for April 1st.
This will guarantee a long queue of rock spiders applying for security positions at airports.
I want to go all over earth and visit as many places as possible but the US of A is not one of them. I’ve been body searched in Karachi, nearly wan’t allowed on my plane in Urumqi and slept for 24 hours in Moscow’s airport. I treasure these memories but the thought of dealing with the US security system just to see their monuments isn’t worth it.
Since it has still not been determined is radiation damage is linear (some damage caused regardless of the dose) or threshold (no damage until a certain minimum is reached) radiating the general air traveling population is probably not a good idea.
Also note that for all their security screening, the printer cartridge bombs were not detected by this screening, but by a information provided by a member of the group.
So they are really pitting the “oh my god there are terrorists everywhere” crowd against the “oh my god there are child molesters everywhere” crowd.
I should stock up on the popcorn..
These groping scanners should be banned. Full stop. They are not there to provide any security.
The Amsterdam airport had 15 of them installed, and apparently in full operation, when a Nigerian young millionaire from London carried a missile in his underpants.