Monday, December 27, 2010

New Airport Body Search Procedures Horrific

I have been carefully and with great concern watching the details of the new enhanced security procedures at airports. These procedures involve both X-Ray and enhanced pat-down (body search procedures) that are being implemented at air ports. I am a frequent business flyer with some knowledge of security and terrorism. I believe these security procedures are intrusive, mostly ineffective, and a violation of our constitutional rights to "unfair search." I watched in horror a video tape of a three year old child who was too terrified to stand alone in the full body x-Ray unit that would project nude pictures of the child to the TSA worker and anyone who can look over his shoulder. (how does this relate to child pornography). The child did not want 3an intrusive body pat-down including having his generals groped by the TSA security employee. The child child was screaming and crying during the "pat-down", pushing the agents hand away, and yelling: "No! No! No!" each time the agent touched him. (this looked a lot to me like child abuse!). The mother stood back passive and stunned, complying with uniformed security who, in my interpretation, was following a policy and procedure that was forcing him to engage in what would be child abuse in any other setting. My children (my 14 year old son and 10 year old daughter) are flying home for Thanksgiving. I am nervous about their undergoing this intrusive security. I also plan to reduce my business travel for presenting lectures, workshops, and consultations. I don't want to become progressively desensitized to these intrusive and possibly unconstitutional search procedures. This is the classic "get smart and be dumb" approach to security being implemented through bureaucratic "group think" guided by the unseen hand implementing more extreme policies that invade privacy and give reasons that contribute to "the dumbing down of America."This must not stand! There are other "get tough - BE SMART" security procedures that would be more effective and much more respectful of our rights. Call Washington and complain.
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