TSA Choices: Naked Pics of You or Sexual Assault, and What YOU Can Do About It.

The current TSA security policy, leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday, is quite simple:  you allow them to take photos of you naked (which, unlike the propaganda put out by the TSA) which are so detailed that they can tell if a man is circumcised or a woman is menstruating, or an "enhanced" pat-down, which is- by definition- sexual assault.

But this is a false choice.

The PATRIOT-USA law was challenged in 2002, and the following conclusions were made:  Photo ID was required to board a plane, and passengers must submit to "reasonable" security protocols.  Now, keeping in mind that prior case-law indicates a metal-detector IS a reasonable security check, strip-searches or pat-downs are considered reasonable as an escalation, if a person sets off the metal-detector, or gives a screener good reason to suspect there is something unusual occuring.  But there is nothing that says a strip-search or "enhanced pat-down" is considered reasonable without suspicion.  In fact, case law would indicate the opposite.

Since the TSA is so...  careful...  to avoid telling the truth, I'll just say it outright: the AIT scanners are a digital means to strip-search you, by bathing you in ionizing radiation.  If you refuse to submit to the digital strip-search (where they can and DO store and transmit those photos), they give you the alternative of sexual assault.  We've all seen the videos of TSA agents fondling little kids, while they scream and cry...
What a choice.

Now, I'm NO lawyer, don't claim to be, and not associated with the legal community, except when I have pay a parking ticket.  But think about the laws in your state.  Do some research!  In California, if a person is touched on their private parts through their clothes, without permission, it is a misdemeanor offense.  If there's skin-to-skin contact, it's a FELONY, a sex-crime.  If a person is COERCED to tolerate such contact, then it's the same situation.

So, where is this going?  The answer is quite simple.  TSA now says that once you go to the airport, you MUST complete their screening, even if you don't get on the plane.  If you refuse the scanners, and then say something like "don't touch my junk," they'll come after you for fines up to $11,000 and your arrest.  So their position is, YOU MUST SUBMIT.

My recommendation is, use a video recorder.  They can be purchased online for as little as $50, made to look like pens, Ipods, etc.  Do a google search for spy cameras, and off you go.

If you're like me in that you have to fly, use the recorder, and when it goes through the X-Ray check for carry-on baggage, make sure it's on, and pointing in the approximate direction of where you think the "enhanced pat-down" will take place.  At worst, you'll get the audio, and at best, you'll get audio and visual or what they do to you.

It's NOT enough to simply complain to the TSA.  They'll never investigate themselves, and expecting a bunch of elitist bureaucrats to respond to your minor issues like being sexually assaulted is wishful thinking, at best.  After all, they don't CARE about you.  So you need to protect yourself...

What do you do with the recording?  Get them to tell you that you have no choice- between flying or going to jail and fines, they are leaving you NO choice.  This means you're being coerced.  And once you've had your "love pats" (as that silly bimbo Senator called the assaults) you call the police, and file a criminal complaint.  Being forced to endure sexual contact is a crime.

If the police don't respond, then post the recording on youtube, or some other media website.

As John Tyner has already demonstrated, saying "don't touch my junk" doesn't really mean anything, if there's no proof.  But HAVING proof, and posting it where the TSA cannot spin away what is obvious, is a powerful weapon.

Mr. Tyner took the first step.

It's up to US, to take the next steps.