Rep. Chaffetz seeks to limit pat-downs of children after new TSA controversy

The Northerner

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Fri Apr-15-11 02:21 AM
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Rep. Chaffetz seeks to limit pat-downs of children after new TSA controversy

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Wednesday introduced legislation that would prohibit Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials from conducting pat-downs on minors without consent from a parent.

Chaffetz's bill, H.R. 1510, was spurred by video footage posted online over the weekend of a 6-year-old girl being patted down at an airport gate by a TSA official as her mother objected.

Chaffetz wrote to TSA chief John Pistole on Wednesday to complain about what he called an "invasive pat-down at the hands of TSA personnel."

"I am personally outraged and disgusted by yet another example of mistreatment of an innocent American at the hands of TSA," Chaffetz wrote. "This conduct is in clear violation of TSA's explicit policy not to conduct thorough pat-downs on children under the age of 13."

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/156007-rep-chaffetz-seeks-to-limit-airport-pat-downs-after-invasive-check-of-child

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franzia99

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Fri Apr-15-11 02:22 AM
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1. You mean having TSA agents molest kids at random *isn't* making us safer?

Edited on Fri Apr-15-11 02:24 AM by franzia99

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cutlassmama

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Fri Apr-15-11 02:53 AM
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2. Good. They have no business sticking their hands down children's

pants. Pedophiles do that.

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SDuderstadt

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Fri Apr-15-11 02:56 AM
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3. No one stuck their hands down..

any child's pants.

Please stick to actual facts.

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TheMadMonk

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Fri Apr-15-11 03:31 AM
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5. He did pull them out in front and look inside.

Not something you or I would get away with.

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woo me with science

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Fri Apr-15-11 03:23 AM
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4. I am so fucking sick of this parsing.

Edited on Fri Apr-15-11 03:24 AM by woo me with science

People get outraged when an elderly cancer victim is drenched with urine during a patdown.

People get outraged when victims of sex assault are traumatized during a patdown.

People get outraged when grandma is humiliated during a patdown.

People get outraged when a child is groped and molested during a patdown.

This intrusive, humiliating groping of the breasts, vulvas, and scrotums of Americans not accused of any crime are not just wrong for certain groups. They are wrong, period. They don't keep anyone safe. They subject people to a humiliating, unnecessary, dehumanizing situation that violates our Fourth Amendment.

They are wrong for EVERYONE.

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demodonkey

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Fri Apr-15-11 04:20 AM
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6. +100000000 !

They are WRONG FOR EVERYONE.

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woo me with science

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Fri Apr-15-11 07:33 AM
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7. We need to keep saying it.

Very few in government seem to be listening.

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