TSA makes ‘nominal’ payment to settle suit over exposing 24-year-old’s breasts

[avaistheone1]

Source: Raw Story

A woman who had her breasts exposed during an airport search by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was to receive a "nominal" payment as a part of the settlement.

The 24-year-old woman was selected for "extended search procedures" prior to boarding a plane to Amarillo, Texas in 2008.

A lawsuit claimed that the TSA agent pulled her blouse completely down while frisking her.

Raw Story decided against republishing the woman's name and photograph due to the nature of her ordeal.




Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/tsa-pays-woman-breast-exposure-suit/

[spin]

1. How many terrorists has the TSA caught?

How many rights have we lost in this "War on Terror"? How much money have we wasted?

[tclambert]

5. That number is classified (means zero).

But by asking the question, you have identified yourself as a suspicious character. You will be put on a list! Fear the TSA! Fear them!

See, that's how they fight terror . . . with fear. If our own government can scare us more than the terrorists, then we win, or something.

[spin]

18. Nope. The terrorist are winning because we are losing our freedoms ...

which was the big difference between them and us.

We need to get our representatives to rationally consider the threat and determine if all the loss of privacy accomplishes anything or just makes money for the corportations that build body scanners.

I constantly read reports of how firearms and weapons are not caught by TSA employees.

Here's a quick Google search:

http://www.google.com/search?q=tsa+misses+weapons&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&client=firefox

Meanwhile the crews that service the aircraft are never or rarely checked.

Do Everyone, Or No One, TSA
By Jim Kirwan
12-25-10


There is really no security problem that justifies TSA's current polices that change weekly. It is clear now, that only the passengers are abused, sexually assaulted, and routinely insulted. The cargo in those planes is not even scanned, much less SEARCHED, and those that handle that cargo don't need to bother going through the screening scanners or even the body gropings that every passenger must endure, including infants. So as the title of this article says: "Do Everyone or No One TSA" because the obvious flaws in the entire procedure are criminally-lacking!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=102&topic_id=4695719&mesg_id=4695786

[molly77]

19. The terrorists are winning

The ones making money on the terrorist meme. Like our govt. and friends.

[spin]

25. Well put. (n/t)

[Dokkie]

27. zero

but they have prevented 100s of hijackings and other terrorist acts

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

32. How do you hnow that?

[JoeyT]

33. Because you don't question authority.

Especially if they're pandering to your fear. That's how.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

34. O.K.

[Lugnut]

2. The TSA is a big bad joke on us all. n/t

[Plucketeer]

3. And now there's a push to privatize this service

What a fucking boondoggle that'll be!



GOP JOBS PLAN

[VWolf]

4. TSA - what a bunch of boobs n/t

[tclambert]

6. Coming to a video store near you soon: TSA Gone Wild!

[KansDem]

7. TSA = "Tits, Scrotum, and Ass"

Don't suppose there's a connection between "24-year-old woman" and "extended search procedures?"

I mean, if she were a 74 year-old-woman, would she had been selected for "extended search procedures?"

This shit's getting out of hand!!!...

[Hubert Flottz]

13. All of the above and then some!

They will wool your wenis if you look good!

[LisaL]

14. A 74 year old woman is not protected

from extended search procedures either.

[valerief]

15. Not as sexy either. nt

[CLANG]

22. The answer is obvious. HELL NO!

[Missy Vixen]

8. One of the FOX affiliates' anchorpeople had an encounter

with the TSA this morning at Sea-Tac. He documented it on Twitter, and I paraphrase: "Junk was touched."

The guy in question is well-known and fairly popular locally, so I'll be curious to see if there is any fallout from this, at least in the Seattle area...

[rayofreason]

9. TSA+Medicaid=...

...free screening for breast and prostate cancer at all airports!

[LisaL]

10. And if that woman went up there and pulled her own blouse off,

I'd bet TSA would have her arrested.

[CLANG]

24. Of course they would. They're just one step up from "mall cops".

[trud]

11. The fact that her lawyer thought the settlement was funny

says that she had lousy representation. TSA should have been sued down to its eyeteeth.

[LisaL]

16. I'd say "nominal" settlement doesn't going to be much of a

deterrent.

[SoapBox]

12. This is virtually RAPE...

Outrageous.

This evil TSA is out of control.

Hey RushThugs / T.HaterBaggers...How's about cutting off a big
bunch of TAX PAYER DOLLARS from this creepy department UNTIL they
clean up their act.

[Veronica.Franco]

17. This woman needed a better attorney ...

This kind of strip searching is for no other reason then total humiliation ...

[PSPS]

28. The TSA has turned airports into lots of Abu Ghraibs -- for exactly the same reasons.

The whole sexual humiliation thing was intended to break down prisoners we were abusing at Abu Ghraib. It's being used for exactly the same reason here, only on the country's population at large.

[The abyss]

30. +1

[Stinky The Clown]

20. TSA is one of the creepiest government programs ever.

Shame on America for tolerating it.

[CLANG]

21. Nominal payment

nom·i·nal (nom-uh-nl)
–adjective
1.
being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
2.
(of a price, consideration, etc.) named as a mere matter of form, being trifling in comparison with the actual value; minimal.
3.
of, pertaining to, or constituting a name or names.
4.
Grammar.
a.
of, pertaining to, or producing a noun or nouns: a nominal suffix.
b.
functioning as or like a noun.
5.
assigned to a person by name: nominal shares of stock.
6.
containing, bearing, or giving a name or names.
7.
(of money, income, or the like) measured in an amount rather than in real value: Nominal wages have risen 50 percent, but real wages are down because of inflation.
8.
Aerospace. performing or achieved within expected, acceptable limits; normal and satisfactory: The mission was nominal throughout.
9.
Slang. done smoothly as expected: The space shot was nominal, proceeding without a hitch.
–noun
10.
Grammar. a word or group of words functioning as a noun.

[kanrok]

23. This thread is useless without pictures

n/t

[somone]

26. Probably $10

but it could be a coupon for a free X-ray

[The abyss]

31. Probably $10 in singles tucked into her waist band

[pinniped]

29. Doesn't say whether or not those TSA assholes are still on the job.

I would say yes.

And we also should know who these TSA fuckers are.