Texas bill would make invasive pat-downs and fondling travelers' genitalia a felony
source: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7543974.html
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7543974.html
A new bill sponsored by Texas Republican Rep. David Simpson would make the Obama Administration's policy of TSA's fondling travelers genitalia in enhanced patdowns a felony. It's simply beyond words that we even need a law to ban the TSA's outrageous constitutional violations.***
A former Miss USA's tearful claim that she was groped during a pat-down at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport could be a criminal matter under a bill gaining momentum in the Texas Legislature.
The proposed Texas law, aimed at people conducting security checkpoints at airports and public buildings, would make it a felony to intentionally touch someone's private areas — even on top of clothing — unless the officer or agent has probable cause to believe the person is carrying something illegal.
State Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, who sponsored the bill, said Friday that the invasive pat-down searches at airports nationwide are a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches.
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WagonMaster
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Ah nuts. I had an employment app already to give the TSA.
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I thought it was already technically illegal. It will be nice to be able to put some of fondlers at the TSA behind bars so the inmates can give them a taste of their own medicine.
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maasanova
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FreetobeyoUandme7:
"The odds of being on given departure which is the subject of a terrorist incident have been 1 in 10,408,947 over the past decade. By contrast, the odds of being struck by lightning in a given year are about 1 in 500,000. This means that you could board 20 flights per year and still be less likely to be the subject of an attempted terrorist attack than to be struck by lightning."
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/12/odds-of-airborne-terror.html
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maasanova
