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In 2001 we experienced something most Americans had never seen before.  An attack by a foreign enemy on US soil resulting in massive loss of life. We demanded answers!  We demanded security! We demanded the government DO SOMETHING to make us safer!  The result - The Department of Homeland Security, the TSA, big expensive scanners and intrusive pat downs!   Read more »

More information has surfaced regarding the story of the young boy being strip searched at the airport including what airport the search took place at and what happened afterward. Below, the traveler who caught the footage on tape explains in detail:

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather-bed. - Thomas Jefferson

Feeling that your world is UP SIDE DOWN is not very comfortable and it takes a while to adjust. Or should we?

Maybe if this young boy was wearing a burqa, he wouldn't have had to endure a strip search! A traveler caught this footage of a young boy who was selected for a pat down. In an introduction to the video, he writes:

The government may need to take a lesson from the Israelis on airport security. The new security check techniques are downright embarrassing and uncomfortable, causing people to lodge lawsuits against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and it's only going to get worse with the approaching holiday season.   Read more »

See latest posts on TSA security.

Facing mounting criticism and pushback from fliers over increasingly invasive procedures to ostensibly protect U.S. travelers, Janet Napolitano is defending the use of body scans or body pat downs for all travelers - except possibly for some Muslims. The use of body scans or body pat downs applies to passengers and pilots alike, but perhaps not for Muslim women, who would be exempted from the full procedure and require only a limited pat down in the head and neck area, or optionally a self pat-down in the head and neck area.   Read more »