The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is out of control. The pat down searches for most people who can't get through the metal detector and cannot or will not use the full body scanners are intrusive, humiliating, abusive, and ultimately useless. For others without medical devices implanted in their bodies, the full body scans "randomly" required are similarly "effective" and are a serious government intrusion on the rights of Americans against unreasonable search which our constitution is supposed to protect us against. If the purpose of these enhanced searches is to provide us with additional security, then they are an abysmal failure. The scanners cannot detect explosives such as the "underwear" bomber used. While actually checking the underwear of airline passengers could probably detect that explosive, it is probably possible to use a different chemical formulation that would not be detected by the same test. Also, the explosive could
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