Ryan Lile's Blog Posts Tagged 'patdown' (4)

If George Orwell and Franz Kafka’s nightmares had a child, that child would probably be the TSA’s resident blogger, a hack I refer to as Bloghdad Bob.  Bob seems to like the art of disinformation, which is a particular specialty of the TSA.

The Texas House recently passed legislation banning intentional touching of sexual organs, including through clothing.  This act of…

Here are a few noteworthy news items about our dear comrades at the TSA from the last few days.  I vomited a little in my mouth after reading the first and second ones.

• CNN has obtained a list of “behavioral indicators” that TSA uses to decide who is suspicious, and therefore deserving of additional screening.  And wouldn’t you guess it – one item on the list is people who complain about the…

It started with one: heroic, liberty-loving Michael Roberts. He courageously risked his job to take a stand and tell the TSA no, he would not submit to a visual strip search or a sexual assault grope. Mr. Roberts correctly identified this as a false choice, and rejected both bad options. As a pilot who…

Attention, travelers: please put your liberties in your checked baggage. They are not allowed through the checkpoint.

That’s right people – there is a new game coming to town, and you are not going to like it.

Beginning this Friday, October 29th, TSA is rolling out a new procedure for pat-downs that would make a prison guard blush. This “enhanced” pat down is a grope of…