January 17, 2012
If the TSA’s actual mission were its stated one – “protect(ing) the Nation’s transportation systems” – checkpoints wouldn’t be staffed by low-wage, unskilled workers, and they wouldn’t be searching everyone. They certainly wouldn’t be waiting until terrorists get to the airport to root them out. Meaningful measures to thwart terrorist acts require highly trained law enforcement officers using targeted intelligence to identify suspects long before they launch their plots.

TSA molesting civil liberties | tsa, agent, rights - Opinion - The Orange County Register

Amy Alkon takes offense at the TSA’s enhanced patdown, comparing it to rape and molestation, and naming names. Of course, she got a demand letter from the searcher’s lawyer demanding a half million dollars for libel and defamation. But that’s another story.