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Ron Paul had to go through his first invasive pat-down at the airport the other day, since his knee replacements bar him from the naked x-ray machine. This is one of the kindest, most well-mannered men I know, but after four very hard jabs to his genitals, he asked the federal agent: “How can you…

Yesterday we received a letter from a customer who wore her GladRags Pantyliner through a security scanner and was so traumatized by her resulting TSA genital search that she wanted to warn other women. (Read her letter below). Her past history of sexual assault made this experience a nightmare for her. At first we thought…

“Many people will approach [the controversial advanced imaging scanners now used in US airports] as, ‘Oh, it must be safe, the government has thought about this and I’ll just submit to it,’” says David Agard, a biochemist and biophysicist at the University of California, San Francisco. “But there really is no threshold of low dose…

Though volume was around expected levels, our preparations for today kept wait times at such a minimum that some airports are closing screening lanes due to a lack of passenger throughput. via blog.tsa.gov In other words, the TSA did exactly what I said in the last post: shut down the scanners and sent people on…

According to tweeting travelers, many backscatter and millimeter-wave AIT scanning machines at airports are not in use at all, making opting out impossible. We’ve asked DHS/TSA for comment, but you can help us confirm. via gizmodo.com Sounds about right. Fizzle the whole opt-out movement by doing less naked body scans and invasive pat-downs than normal.…

Do not launch bogus wars that cannot be won. Do not tell them lies about a major health care reform package that actually helps millions. Do not invade their dreams with thoughts of happy gay people holding hands in a wedding chapel. Do not rip their retirement accounts to shreds, sell them bad home loans…

Surrendering my 4th amendment rights should not be a condition of travel within the United States. With strengthening of cockpit doors and revised flight procedures to restrict cockpit access, the likelihood of a hijacking being leveraged to use an aircraft as a weapon has been drastically reduced. Couple that with passengers’ realization that compliance with…

John Drake, 36, of York, Maine, flying yesterday with his family to San Jose, Calif., for Thanksgiving, had no complaints: “Travel is not a birth-given right. It’s a choice. And it’s up to our government to make sure we’re safe while we do it.” He called [the national Opt Out Day on the day before…

[A House staffer who attended the briefing] said that several House staffers were so uncomfortable they averted their eyes when the TSA demonstrated an enhanced pat-down in the room of 200 people. “The dumbest part: they did two pat-down demonstrations – male on male, and female on female,” the House staffer said. And they used…