I-Team: Illegal Strip Searches at Reagan National?

I-Team: Illegal Strip Searches at Reagan National?
Reporter: Andrea McCarren

TSA Employee: "I couldn't imagine my sister or my mother going through that process. I was so upset."

AGAIN AND AGAIN, TSA EMPLOYEES AT REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT -INCLUDING SUPERVISORS-TOLD US THAT PASSENGERS WERE ASKED TO REMOVE THEIR CLOTHING AND EXPOSE THEIR PRIVATE PARTS DURING SECURITY SCREENINGS…A CLEAR VIOLATION OF TSA'S OWN INTERNAL GUIDELINES… OBTAINED BY THE I-TEAM.

TSA Employee: "The look on their face would almost give you the sense that they felt like they were in a sense being raped. In a sense, being victimized and to a certain extent, they were. "

http://911research.com/cache/post911/aviation/iteam_reaganstripsearch.html

Many Women Say Airport Pat-Downs Are a Humiliation

Many Women Say Airport Pat-Downs Are a Humiliation
By JOE SHARKEY

At a security checkpoint recently at the Fort Lauderdale airport, Patti LuPone, the singer and actress, recalled, she was instructed to remove articles of clothing. "I took off my belt; I took off my clogs; I took off my leather jacket," she said. "But when the screener said, 'Now take off your shirt,' I hesitated. I said, 'But I'll be exposed.' " When she persisted in her complaints, she said, she was barred from her flight.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/23/business/23grope.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&position=