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Ex-Minn. Governor sues over body scans, pat-downs:

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is suing the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, saying full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints are violating his rights. Ref. Source 5

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Patdown searches 'a necessary evil'

Despite being annoying, uncomfortable and invasive, most travellers say security patdowns at airports are necessary, but not everyone is convinced they would be effective in deterring an attack. Ref. Source 1

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The searches are invasive and they are slowly taking away our rights here in the USA. I think that all these people who gladly let themselves be felt up by the TSA without probable cause is what is leading to the TSA getting away with trampling all over our fourth amendment right of unlawful searches and seizures. A police officer can not just come up to you and search you for no reason but a TSA agent can.

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I was just wondering, do the airline staff (pilots and stewardesses) get the same treatment? if they do it must be even more of an ordeal for them because they may have to do it up to twice a day every day.

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No the airline pilots and stewards are escorted across the AOA to their planes by the airline personnel where they can prepare for their flight.

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So essentially airline crew could go rogue and there would be no one to detect it, at least not from the side of the TSA, that is a loophole right there.

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Well that is true but you also have airline employees who are under paid and over worked who can walk through most doors and even escort someone to the plane. As long as one person has the proper ID then anyone can get on a plane at any given time. TSA is not real security if you look deep you can see they are just a curtain covering a window.

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While I totally agree with the air crews that they don't want to be scanned on each flight as it would be a long term health risk, I do think there should be some random testing. Say once every 2 months but you don't know what flight you will be tested on. For people that are very frequent flyers, the idea of just traveling alot that gets you out of a scan doesnt quite seem fair...and there are a LOT of frequent fliers.