TSA Force Breast Cancer Patient To Submit To Patdown
Found on Techdirt on Tuesday, 04 October 2011
Lori Dorn, who recently had a bilateral mastectomy, and has tissue expanders installed. She has a card that explains the details of this, and why it can set off airport security.
Of course, she did set off an alarm at JFK... and then the TSA both refused to let her show the card explaining the details, but also required her to be physically groped by the TSA -- with them loudly threatening her that she wouldn't fly otherwise.
In a separate interview with the NY Times, she notes that her breasts still hurt, and she was worried about the pain of the patdown, and that she was never offered the option of a patdown in a private area.
Simply decide not to fly and leave the airport. After that, complain to the airline about how the TSA has changed your plans about flying and that now you'll prefer going by car or train whenever possible. The TSA itself just shrugs off all complains because they do not care at all, but if the airlines are faced with enough angry customers, they will take action and put pressure on the gropers.