Kirkland 6-year-old patted down by TSA agents

tch330ci said on July 18, 2011 at 4:13 PM

I'd rather have that kid searched twice then blow up on an airplane. 2cents.

ginaL said on July 18, 2011 at 3:34 AM

TSA is facing so many issues in patting down children and don't wonder anymore if parents react negatively when their child are being patted down by the TSA. One example is here: . It's about a TN woman was detained when TSA agents tried to pat down her daughter Saturday. Her response led to her arrest. The female allegedly became belligerent and was charged with disorderly conduct. This incident occurred after the Transportation Security Administration changed its procedure concerning the pat down of kids recently.

howardtlewisiii said on July 12, 2011 at 11:02 PM

Ask a TSA officialwho did 9-11 and I guarantee you will catch hell for it. They don't know and they don't care. One thing for sure, if they aren't interfered with, they can handle their job.

binnyt said on July 11, 2011 at 9:03 PM

Maybe if Barry's wife and kids had to get gate raped every time they flew he would see fit to stop the practice. It is all conditioning for the day he envisions himself dictator in chief when we will all be subject to unwarranted searches everywhere we will go.

pierrebarnes said on July 11, 2011 at 1:11 PM

Why is it that everytime I try to post a comment that reveals the truth about the only people being singled out for these pat downs is white people, it never gets posted. What is it, you people are scared to let the United States see know who is really being discriminated against.

LeapingFrogs said on July 11, 2011 at 1:10 PM

I'm challenging King5 to do a comprehensive investigative report on the TSA. Find out who's being molested, why, assemble their stories and tell the rest of America what is going on at these so-called Checkpoints. It all makes me want to vomit The horror stories coming out of our airports and soon to be our rail systems, bus systems and yes highways. (The TSA has already been spotted playing tinfoil badge cop on the Sounder folks, so it's already started) are vile. I have a friend who everytime she travels she's singled out to be scanned. I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact that she's a total bombshell... she's had those halfwitted TSA agents rub down her BARE arms and legs. Really? This is security? I don't think so. This is perversion. The TSA attracts pedofiles and sexual deviants more than ever. ANYONE can get a job there gate raping your kids and your hot wife. Really ANYONE can.

Funinsun said on July 11, 2011 at 1:09 PM

I normally don’t respond to things, but this TexasT infuriates me. Be a “good parent” and tell your kids they may get a pat down? Honestly, I didn’t even know they were doing this to kids and we take our kids on vacations and have never had this conversation. Yikes, we must be bad parents. By they way, what do you tell your kids about these pat downs? Because my kids know nothing about terrorism, I guess their sheltered that way. Or better yet, how do you tell a child that you may have a pat down and you may be humiliated? Good for these parents, I would have done the same thing!

TexasT said on July 11, 2011 at 11:24 AM

Should they have touched him? ABSOLUTELY NOT! But, aside from the ridiculousness and incompetence of TSA (who have never actually stopped a terrorist attack), there are a couple of things wrong with this non-story. 1) "They say they weren't told why he was chosen..."????? Um, yeah they were. It's called a buzzer on the metal detector. 2) "You know, we didn't really have any time to talk to him about what they were really doing..." Um, how about being a parent and telling your children what they MAY experience BEFORE going to the airport? I went through security last week in Houston with my wife, a 7 yr old, 4 yr old, and 9 month old...none of us had an agent so much as brush up against us. BUT, we told our kids ahead of time what COULD happen, and that mommy and daddy would be right there. But believe me, if a TSA worker even got close to my daughter's private areas...we would not have made it on that plane...and a REAL story would have made the headlines.

alandean said on July 11, 2011 at 10:54 AM

this whole thing with airports really bothers me. we the people of America are scrutinized as possible terrorists. this is a insult to my integrity as an American citizen. i have stopped flying because of this. i would rather drive to my destination than to be treated as a possible terrorist. they even treat our vets with scrutiny. this is shameful. but to search a small child like that is just wrong. i'm so glad that my kids are grown up and don't have to grow up in a country where every man, woman, and child is treated as a threat to this country. this is suppose to be the land of the free. how can you truly be free when your government treats you as a threat to them? shameful!!!

Orange84 said on July 11, 2011 at 10:39 AM

First of all, every Arab who gets on a plane should be searched, of any age. If they don't like it, don't fly. Arabs are the ones who commit all the attacks on planes. Since the 1972 Munich masacre, we should have realized these people are animals. If the ACLU doesn't like it, too bad. For forty years you liberals have tried to kiss the backsides of these animals and what has it gotten you? They are still trying to kill us. You are never going to win a war against animals who don't even care for their own children by kissing up to them and showing them we are weak. Let's grow a pair like Israel did, and keep these people off the planes by any means neccesary. If they get insulted, too bad, they should have doen more to stop their own people from doing this. Why were we attacked on 911? We didn't fight back the last 8 times the animals attacked us. I would have a 1000 to 1 retribution against them for ebery one of ours they hurt- watch how fast it all stops then. Animals

lindarivera said on July 11, 2011 at 10:25 AM

One of the terrible things about TSA intimately patting down a child is that it TEACHES children that allowing yourself to be molested by an adult is acceptable and necessary. Defenseless children are being set up by TSA to be molested by child molesters. Why are there not a lot more bomb sniffing dogs at airports? WHY? I have not seen any at American airports. WHY? Experts say that there is NO safe level of radiation. That radiation is accumulative and that the airport scanners WILL cause cancer. Are there not enough people suffering horribly from cancer already, to greatly add to their numbers? Also, it is a fact that the scanners CANNOT reveal some of the bombs. Why does America and other countries not use Israel's fantastic and highly successful airport security system? WHY? Why are vastly inferior security systems used instead? WHY?

starflyr said on July 11, 2011 at 9:57 AM

A couple of weeks ago, I flew out of England (LHR) to JFK. Going through security, I removed my shoes like a robot only to find that it is NOT required there. Bear in mind this is where the shoe bomber departed on his now famous flight, subjecting billions of shoes to be x-rayed at US airports. I found the UK security procedures to be much more pleasant than any US airport. I have absolutely NO problem with profiling to the 10th degree. If I want to buy milk, I don't go to a shoe store. As far as I know, 100% of terrorism is coming from Arabs. Why should honest Americans be lumped with that group. Yes, I know that probably less than 1% of that group is causing problems, but that's where the "milk" is.

1beachperson said on July 11, 2011 at 9:27 AM

So What? I'm not saying this kid was a plant, but they use kids younger than this in muslims countries to lure the UN troops and then kill them. Pat him down!

bernard said on July 11, 2011 at 9:04 AM

Here’s some informal statistics for you: •Number of TSA employees eligible to vote 67,000, well let's say less 5,000 t0 7,000 that are "NOT ELIGIBLE" (wink wink, know what I mean) $30,000,000 per year for the unions. $8,100,000,000 budget (8.1 BILLION, Thats more than COSTCO, and they have double the employees, and everyone gets a large basket of goodies to take home. NUMBER OF TSA EMPLOYEES CHECKED BEFORE EMPLOYMENT unkown •NUMBER OF TERRORISTS CAUGHT BY THE TSA: 0

Kilroy1945 said on July 11, 2011 at 8:53 AM

@gablestout - I WANT profiling. I WANT TSA to single out people of Middle-Eastern backgrounds. That is simply common sense. I'll tell you this, I would WANT the same exact same thing if I was a law-abiding American with a Middle-Eastern background. Simply look at the list and tell me how many 6-year olds are on the list.

mattchappel said on July 11, 2011 at 7:46 AM

I'll also add that any parent who allows this to happen to their child is unfit to be a parent in the first place. If YOU won't stand up for your child's Constitutional rights, who will? The government? Apparently not.

mattchappel said on July 11, 2011 at 7:29 AM

How long will Americans put up with unconstitutional searches? How many of our Constitutional rights will we allow the government to take before we take action? I would love to fly somewhere again... But my family and I simply will not until we can guarantee the Nazis won't be searching us. My friends, this is Nazi Germany all over again... Except this time WE'RE ALL Jews.

Iam_Wendybd1 said on July 11, 2011 at 7:21 AM

Freedom To Travel USA We represent United States citizens who want to regain freedoms taken away by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

droddyc said on July 11, 2011 at 6:42 AM

My mother just returned from a trip to Germany. She visited several countries throughout Europe using different forms of transportation. Not once was she subjected to the illegal searches that seem to happen more and more frequently in the US. She asked one airport security person if she had to remove her shoes while going through the scanning process. He told her no where would she get a weird idea like that. She told him they made people do that in the US. His reply was classic. "We don't harass honest citizens, we only do that with criminals". Also, please remember the nice quote from one of our founding Fathers: They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 TSA searches do not make me feel safe. Not when a teenager can sneak onto an airplane via the wheel well. Not when guns have made it through searches.

astralweeks said on July 11, 2011 at 6:41 AM

Guess those wacky pedophiles at TSA thought he was too cute not to fondle twice.

bobbyv33 said on July 11, 2011 at 5:55 AM

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Somebody please show me where it says "except if you want to fly on an airplane" I am not a conspiracy theorist, but I am starting to believe that the TSA in it's current state is the start of something else. Soon it will be "except if you want to enter a mall" then "except if you want to cross the street" until we get to "except if you want to wake up in the morning". And for those who say "don't fly then" please notice that it really is NOT an option. when you get to the front of the line and refuse to be groped, you can't just leave. They take you away for interrogation or arrest you. What happened to our freedoms?

gablestout said on July 11, 2011 at 5:43 AM

Folks, in all seriousness (sometimes I'm serious...sometimes I'm not...) if the TSA doesn't pat down 6 year old kids and 80 year old grandmas, or people in wheelchairs, then that is a form of profiling. Whether we target one profile or ignore another, it is still a profiling technique. Which way to you want it?

Skruff said on July 11, 2011 at 5:10 AM

Ever since the civil ri9ghts movement was attacked by all levels of law enforcement up to and including the FBI those same law enforcement agencies have been lobbying tirelessly for removal of our rights. Jefferson said we might need a revolution every twenty-five years..... we're long past due.

ByteRider\ said on July 10, 2011 at 11:39 PM

How disgusting. I don't know how to be more mad at... the TSA pervert or the parent that sat idly by while their child was molested....

Mike_in_Kyiv said on July 10, 2011 at 9:00 PM

Emptynestr is on the right track. We certainly don't need these TSA Pervs - Janet's Gropers! BUT all this stems from the growth of the nanny state where we've let government intrude into our lives and we trivilized common sense - like using profiling to find terrorists. We know that a white 6 year old is not statistically likely to hijack and explode an aircraft. This kid was probably #100 where they have to be 'fair' to everyone and and take every 100th white child to make it look like there's no discrimination. Enough! TSA needs to be killed off - period and let a corsortium of American airports set up the rules on screening including the use of profiling. If you hire retired execs from El Al Airlines and Israel's Mossad to run the airport security, all will be well. Let's get real here! Send this pack of big government socialists back home in 2012. Smaller government, more common sense.

ithurts said on July 10, 2011 at 8:53 PM

One of the agents must have liked the little guy's pee pee.

WillNotFlty said on July 10, 2011 at 8:49 PM

The TSA and the Department of Homeland Security doesn't care about the public or their safety and they certainly don't care about some family complaining about their sons and daughters being felt up by their "Agents". they're have been countless reports about kids being "patted down". An action that if any one else did would be brought up on criminal charges. The only way to end this is to complain to the people our government does care about and listen to, The Travel Companies. You need to let the resorts, the hotels, the car rental agency's and the airlines themselves know that you will not be using their services because of the TSA. Only when big corporations complain about how their profits are down and they have to start laying people off will the government pay attention. This is what our republic has come to, people don't matter, only corporations and the government matter to the people in charge

starflyr said on July 10, 2011 at 8:17 PM

What most of the readers here don't understand is that the TSA bosses were teleported directly from the 50's to our present time and they are very worried that some evil person may have "turned" this 6 year old and made him into a terrorist agent.

Couriggia said on July 10, 2011 at 8:17 PM

The buck stops in the Oval Office. The whole mess is squarely at Obama's feet, because he continues to permit it. Obama put Napolitano in place and he keeps her there, just as she put the gropers in place and she keeps them there. Obama and his family don't have to endure it so he couldn't care less!

cjmktz said on July 10, 2011 at 7:05 PM

You must understand that TSA agents are nothing but burger flippers who have suddenly been given power positions. They love humiliating the customers.

emptynestr said on July 10, 2011 at 7:04 PM

I just think it is morally and constitutionally WRONG to be groping anyone like this. If this is what we have come to then we have already LOST our freedom and we better find a way to shove that part of the constitution in Napoliano's face that says..The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, SHALL NOT BE VIOLATED, and Warrants shall not be issued, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Since there has been NO WARRANT served on anyone who is subjected to such searchs it appears to be illegal to do what TSA is doing. No one seems to be served with one before being searched and groped. So how can they get by with this enmass like they are?

RevolutionNow said on July 10, 2011 at 6:30 PM

@drpageiv your statement against @crashjpmorgan is ridiculous, and it’s obvious that you don’t know what you are talking about. The founding fathers precisely DID NOT go and join the British parliament in attempt to influence the king by working their way through like snakes from the inside, no they stood up against an immoral tyranny, they DID NOT work within the system, they worked directly from cannons outside the system. If you are an American, you better wake, the AMERIKANS are coming.

Mitteness said on July 10, 2011 at 5:29 PM

The TSA does not have a minimal educational requirement. I doubt if they do a background check as well on their employees. I have found the TSA folks to be ill-humored and ill-mannered! What happened to this young boy is criminal!

teddyballgame said on July 10, 2011 at 5:17 PM

TSA agents are a bunch of thugs. Those of you who know one either as a so called friend or family, it is time for you to ostrocize them. The pedo philes that are employed by TSA love to touch little children. Now for the clueless parents that allowed this to happen. Shame on you. You are complicit in allowing your son to be molested by a per vert. Shame on the American flying public that allows their children to be mo lested and who throw away their fourth amendment rights. You all sicken me.

jack64 said on July 10, 2011 at 5:03 PM

Was the TSA Agent masturbating during the one-hand pat down?

apollyon said on July 10, 2011 at 4:47 PM

Also I am sure you have heard about the recent concern by TSA and Homeland Security concerning explosive devices which are surgically implanted or concealed in body cavities? You know what that means, Big Sis will instruct her TSA goons to implement intrusive cavity searches? So instead of just a pat down you can look forward to body cavity intrusions! Of course all justified in the name of "safety and security? I can just see it now; a TSA Agent (large male) instructs passenger (attractive young female or teen) that she has been selected for an "expanded" pat down? Then subject is sequestered into small exam room or other location away from prying eyes or video surveillance, then is instructed to disrobe and to bend over exam table, then TSA Agent advises subject that any drip she may experience afterwards is just some excess lube...................................

RevolutionNow said on July 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM

Hey AMERIKA does this sound familiar at all to you? “An evil exist that threatens every man, woman and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protection and to protect our HOMELAND”. Adolph Hitler 1922 Velcome to za Homeland

aziza said on July 10, 2011 at 4:32 PM

Hey, how about instead of just a simple xray and pat down we just lock up suspected passengers in camps! Oh ... wait... that's been done before with the Japanese. Hey, how about locking up all Muslims in camps? Oh... wait... Hitler did that to the Jewish people. Gosh... I'm out of ideas. The scary part is how close we are getting to repeating history again.

said on July 10, 2011 at 4:24 PM

@crashjpmorgan... yep yep yep! People don't realize just how many of our constitutional rights are being yanked from us in the name of "safety" etc... we are all just like the story of the bullfrogs in the pot of hot water.... You can take a bullfrog and throw him in a pot of scalding hot water and he'll fight like hell to get out before he is cooked to death........HOWEVER, you can take a bullfrog and put him in a pot of cold water on the stove and slowly heat it up. Before he realizes that the water is too hot, it's too late and he is cooked without a fight. THAT"S THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN A NUT SHELL! We are all slowly happily swimming around in the pot of ever hotter growing water.

Anonymous said on July 10, 2011 at 4:22 PM

The only way to STOP this nonsense is to stop flying for a 3 month period - unless it is absolutely necessary (Business / Medical / Bereavement etc)... Because the TSA will NOT police themselves and Madam Napolitano is not going to change any "groping" policies!! Hit them all where it hurts most - in their collective pockets!!

Callie369 said on July 10, 2011 at 4:21 PM

Unfortunately, as has been seen hundreds of times, had these people refused the second search, they would have been arrested!!!! It's called being between a rock and a hard place.

RonStone said on July 10, 2011 at 4:13 PM

marcovegas: Why not just do it the old-fashioned way? There must be a couple of your grand-dad's old lynch ropes lying around, maybe even his robe and hood. BTW, what kind of American name is "Marco" anyway?

jack64 said on July 10, 2011 at 4:02 PM

The pedophiles used to gravitate to the Boy Scouts and youth coaching. Now theses weirdos can do their thing legally while working for the TSA.

apollyon said on July 10, 2011 at 3:44 PM

Considering some percentage of TSA agents are pedophiles, probably members of NAMBLA (North American Man Boy Love Association) which is an organized group of pedophiles helping each other molest kids and not get incarcerated, it's no surprise that they would molest a 6 year old boy repeatedly! The parents make me wonder though? Why would they allow these pedos to molest the child again? To hell with the trip, I would find another way rather than allow these scum to touch my child again? In protest of the current policy, myself and my family have not flown since this policy was enacted and will not fly until it is discontinued and I don't care if it goes on til Kingdom Come! There is no logic to an intrusive so called "pat down" of a 6 year old child who is obviously not a terrorist? Then to repeat this ridiculous procedure is outrageous and begs to question why? I can't in any way ascribe any logical reason so then one must entertain nefarious possibilities such as child molestation?

Bob_Wood5f6 said on July 10, 2011 at 3:22 PM

If you are a pedophile what better job than a TSA government trained and sanctioned molester. Hide in plain sight and enjoy the party. Why has this violation of our constitutional rights been so egregiously allowed to be perpetrated on Americans? It wasn't too long ago that a state didn't have the right to stop an individual and ask to see their identification and now Holder and the DOJ thinks government wide searches of all people is legal. Someone please send me the memo where we all signed off on this.

marcovegas said on July 10, 2011 at 3:06 PM

Are these TSA agents black or latino who are singling out aged whites and young white children with ridiculous search procedures? Are they serving up reverse discrimination and harassment under the guise of a government requirement ? If so, I think we need to find out and take some legal action against those individuals. Mark P. Boca Raton, Florida

marcovegas said on July 10, 2011 at 3:03 PM

Are these TSA agents black or latino who are singling out aged whites and young white children with ridiculous search procedures? Are they serving up reverse discrimination and harassment under the guise of a government requirement ? If so, I think we need to find out and take some legal action against those individuals. Mark P. Boca Raton, Florida

drpageiv said on July 10, 2011 at 2:51 PM

Excuse me wrest not rest in my previous comment!

drpageiv said on July 10, 2011 at 2:45 PM

@CrashJPMorgan, You are a radical with your statements. If you are an American living out of the country or a fluent English speaker; then you would know that the educated responsible American is not radical. Your analysis of our dilemma is correct; however a club wielding mob is the way of the lower strata of our species. We responsible Americans will use the tools provided by our Founders. Our way of governing has been high jacked and we will fight back just as Abraham defeated the kings of Babylon so will we rest the captive from the clutches of tyranny.

essensiemich said on July 10, 2011 at 2:37 PM

Any parent that allows their children to be felt up by strangers so that they can go on holiday is a disgrace.

kak55 said on July 10, 2011 at 1:47 PM

As a parent I'm not sure I would have gone on, I probably would have pulled my kids aside, filed the report, and taken the trip at a later date. Allowing my child to be pat down doesn't make sense, but everyone has their circumstances. I am thankful these parents are taking action against it however. This needs to be stopped.

Ryan_Mouk1f3 said on July 10, 2011 at 1:33 PM

Does this really surprise anyone? Think about it....Soon you will have to agree to be stripped searched and photographed before you can even board an aircraft. Sounds far fetched I know but look at what the perverts at the TSA already do. Who would risk taking their child anywhere around these TSA predators? Would you take your child to a place where a total stranger was allowed to run their hands all over them, and yet people still do. Soon this law will spread to the public and soon the police will have the right to stop and search whoever whenever all in the name of freedom and security. The constitution and bill of rights are nothing more then legends written about in old history books that the government cant afford to replace, mainly because they are giving to illegal aliens, other countries, or themselves. And dont entertain the thought that this will change or get better becuase it wont. Welcome to the New United States of America.

Okinell said on July 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM

I would mirror most of the critical comments made here but what really chaps me is that we will stand for this basic child molestation and that of our seniors, but yet we they don't want to be accused of "profiling". Could someone tell me the last time or anytime, for that matter, that a child or senior was even suspected of terrorism? Take a look at El Al airlines! They go out of there way to profile all of their passengers and have a perfect security record. These morons are like any other government bureaucracy they have to appear to be doing their phony baloney jobs. The person that mentioned taking back our country was absolutely correct and especially the part in the Constitution that give us citizens to do just that! It is amazing that our founding fathers realized how what we are living in and under can and could likely happen. The problem is that the Federal Govt. has all the weapons and the soldiers, but even that when pushed hard enough has changed in other countries.

Chippy55 said on July 10, 2011 at 12:55 PM

The TSA agents specifically target well endowed women and little kids. Screaming Weiner was a sex pervert, as was Clinton. Bawney Fwank and his homosexual lover ruined America with Freddie and Fannie (no pun intended). Certain real high ups in this administration have yet to come out of the closet, and the Safe School Czar (lol) is a homosexual, google him and see his books. This administration wants to teach 6 year olds about "alternative life styles". Are you getting the point? The Liberals are all a bunch of sex perverts, homosexuals, tax cheats, liars, and child molesters, and they could care less what you think about them trampling on your rights and on the Constitution. And Hussein Obama and Pelosi and Reid are responsible for the last 5 trillion in debt, Natzee Nanzee deceitfully lied and inserted a $100 billion PRE-FUNDING of Obama Care, caused 63 Liberals to lose their life's work, Hussein Obama and Eric Holder PAID FOR THOSE AK-47s with STIMULUS MONEY. DESPICABLE.

John_McCartybf8 said on July 10, 2011 at 12:37 PM

As we continue down this road of Government control it would appear that at some point we will need to do what we have done before and remove this out of control government by any means necessarily. The constitution allows us to do just that.

CrashJPMorgan said on July 10, 2011 at 12:31 PM

Folks, if you don't act now, they will take ALL your freedoms away just as Stalin and Hitler did. These so called terrorists that Americans are so afraid of are being created. They are a fabrication for the purpose of furthering business for the security industry which sad to say is the biggest industry in America these days besides corrupt politicians. What do you think these high paid Pentagon people do all day? What do you think the CIA does all day? They plot these false attacks in order to terrorize the public into submitting. Oh boy, a hard rain is gonna fall on the USA in the next year or two. Get used to the idea of concentration camps For those of you who don't know how the Nazis rose to power go look up Reichstag fire. The Reichstag was similar to the US Capitol building. It was torched and blamed on the Russian communists when years after it was revealed that Hitler government did it themselves in order to get the backing of the people. Makes me think of

CrashJPMorgan said on July 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM

I totally agree with dano911 "We need about 20 or 30 people with baseball bats to enter the airports and ask TSA to leave!" but the time for asking the government to rid our society of these intrusive TSA militaristic pedophile goon types who are destroying our society has come. It needs to be done violently. I don't live in the US but am sick to death of your stinking tyrannical war mongering society. Where are all the Americans with balls? You've all turned into a nation of brain washed wimps. What a bunch of LOSERS you are all. You are stirring up trouble in every country on Earth and everyone hates you. Yes go to the airport as a flash mob with bats and don't ask.....DRIVE THEM OUT NOW.....CRACK THEIR HEADS OPEN. There are no terrorists but those in the Pentagon, Washington, Wall Street. For God's sakes people, get with it. Are you all drugged up on prescription drugs or something?

hamradio said on July 10, 2011 at 12:12 PM

What is clear is that the TSA has been out hiring every pedophile and pervert they can find. There is an answer: JAIL every last one of them - and their head freak Janet Napolitano.

Rigid_Principle said on July 10, 2011 at 12:00 PM

Both of the parents should be charged with child abuse for taking their children through TSA security in the first place. If you want to end the groping of the children, hold the parents accountable for taking their children to the gropers.

joelweym said on July 10, 2011 at 11:03 AM

What is a fact is that even the Chechins have not been so insane to use children for bombing. They have used women who were widowed, and they can be identified by profiling. Viet Cong and Korean Guerrillas used infants and explosives, but we are not dealing with them - so that is not an issue. If the Republicans get the government back in 2012, I suggest they check the personal computers of some of these TSA agents. I would wager some of them are pedophiles. That of course, after the agency has been dismantled

temple62 said on July 10, 2011 at 11:02 AM

Repeat after me, no TSA in 2012! They serve no worthwhile purpose and are one of the worst government agencies ever created by George W. Bush. How many terrorist have to caught - none!

jimmyk5 said on July 10, 2011 at 10:54 AM

The secret of modern government is just to keep the people so confused by lots of small irritations, that they would NEVER get around to noticing what is happening to them that is actually important.

joe_g said on July 10, 2011 at 10:39 AM

This wouldn't be happening if Americans were mostly opposed to this criminal nonsense. But most Americans voted in this White House band of criminals. And at the airport, most people look like they are happy with the pat downs. Because they think it's for their security. No, most Americans are too stupid to have a limited government. Things will only get worse, much worse, as the percentage of voting whites goes below 50%. White Americans are the only group fighting for limited government. The other groups don't care, as long as the white funded welfare checks keep coming.

woohooman said on July 10, 2011 at 10:20 AM

Amazing to see the number of uninformed glue-sniffing zombies who still believe that the purpose of the TSA is for their protection against "terrorism".

woohooman said on July 10, 2011 at 10:16 AM

The TSA is training the masses for the developing Police State - the TSA has announced that there will be random roadside checkpoints - scanners and pat downs for malls, and travel by train. ' Don't fly' is not an option because the TSA intends to break your will and make you submit on command to random checks on all travel.

USPatriot said on July 10, 2011 at 10:08 AM

If we're willing to have our kids, wives, grandmothers and mothers molested and groped by strangers, why would it be so offensive to profile? I'm sick and tired of worrying about hurting the feelings of people that simply don't care about the feelings of anyone else. If you don't like it, take a stand against your brethren who believe certain people around the globe don't have a right to even exist. El Al doesn't need to molest anyone and it is the safest airline on the planet. Time to kick this liberal touchy-feely bulls*t to the curb. Just as it is time to kick the liberal politicians to the curb who implement these idiotic policies. Why is common sense so incredibly uncommon?

dano911 said on July 10, 2011 at 10:00 AM

We need about 20 or 30 people with baseball bats to enter the airports and ask TSA to leave!

Chad_Sampson4a3 said on July 10, 2011 at 9:37 AM

For the person who said that bombs are now being surgically implanted...it has never been done , it has never been attempted...it is more government propaganda....Why do you think TSA targets children? Why do Priest? Why have the scary magical terrorist never successfully blown up anything since 9/11? not a bus not a mall nothing..do you really think it is because the government is so brilliant or is it all just B.S. there have been plenty of mad men attacks but not a single organized effort....we wear our chains well and without question.

psuedo_nym200 said on July 10, 2011 at 9:18 AM

@vote2012 Do you seriously believe that nonsense your government is feeding you?

vote2012 said on July 10, 2011 at 9:12 AM

For all you grope and scan supporters are you aware that the terrorists new ploy is to surgically implant the explosives using breast implants or abdominal implants? And that these implants cannot be detected by the expensive new body scanners? So this security you are willing to trade your freedom and tax dollars for is illusory at best.

Fisher1949 said on July 10, 2011 at 9:01 AM

TSA conceded last week that a human cannot conceal enough explosive to bring down an airliner in responding to the implanted explosive story. The body absorbs too much of the energy to make this a useful weapon except in assassination attempts within a foot from the target. An ABC investigation in December also concluded that this is no risk associated with a bomb carried on or in an adult, much less a child. It is absurd to traumatize passengers when there is no realistic threat associated with this unlikely scenario. A small child is incapable of concealing any weapon large enough to pose a risk to passengers or crew. Those who defend the abuse of children and elderly women need to find a new argument, even TSA doesn’t agree with you on this one. TSA has failed to apply a security strategy, where most people are innocent. Instead it is approaching it from a police perspective, where most are assumed guilty. This is a clear failure in management .

derekcrane said on July 10, 2011 at 8:58 AM

Unless the boy's name was Ackmed there was no need for even the first search.

wimpie said on July 10, 2011 at 7:03 AM

“An evil exists that threatens every man, woman and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protection and to protect our HOMELAND”. Adolph Hitler 1922 John Pistole 2010 Impeach Pistole. Disband TSA.

Fisher1949 said on July 10, 2011 at 3:28 AM

TSA said they would stop groping children and have lied yet again. This is the same statement they made in November after the initial uproar . When reports of TSA strip searching and groping a 3year old in Salt Lake City surfaced Pistole lied to Congress denying this until the video showed up. He again said they would stop groping children and then the six year old girl groping in New Orleans was caught on video and now another episode occurs in less than a week. Undoubtedly they will resort to the same lies yet again, nothing will change and the abuses will continue.The agency has yet to acknowledge obvious abuses and failures, which fosters an organizational arrogance and indifference to passenger concerns. It is irresponsible for any organization to ignore criticism when there is overwhelming evidence of its shortcomings. Insofar as Mr. Pistole is heads this agency he must be replaced with someone who approaches this from a security perspective not law enforcement.

LeapingFrogs said on July 9, 2011 at 11:05 PM

I swear to god, you sheep who think that there's a terrorist around every corner, on every plane need help. No one has died in an aviation related terror attack since 9/11. The attempts have been few and far between and on the rare occasion it's been attempted the TSA did NOTHING to stop it and in two of those cases (the shoe bomber and the panty bomber) were because the TSA and/or DHS allowed it to happen; In Richard Reid's case, the TSA basically put him on that plane against the airlines wishes! Yes, they did. Read up, educate yourselves. The TSA has NEVER caught a single terrorist or potential terrorist. However, since 9/11 over 10,000 travelers have been killed in aviation crashes due to pilot error or mechanical failure. If you're worried about deaths, you're lookin in the wrong place. Time to ban Gate Rapes. Time for America to be once again the Home of the Free and the Land of the BRAVE. Only cowards will allow their children to be abused by TSA halfwits.

JW said on July 9, 2011 at 10:24 PM

These people should probably not ever travel internationally either. More than 11 years ago we traveled to Italy through Heathrow airport and our then 6 year old son was taken aside to be patted down- we were not allowed to go with him and they would not let us know why they were patting him down until they had done it, you did not question them, they had guns. The airline (British Airways) had given out a kids meal pack with magnets in it which set off their metal detectors when our son had them in his pants pocket. They did not take him out of our sight, and it was not a big deal. The security agent at Heathrow said that many people smuggle things in on children at that airport. I feel like if these parents had not made it a big deal with their child it would not have been a big deal. When you travel you have to expect that you will need to do what is asked of you, people doing the pat downs are professional and not trying to get a feel of you or your child.

ithurts said on July 9, 2011 at 10:07 PM

Sorry, pathetic, panty-waisted cowards who are afraid of their own shadows and think they need TSAholes around to fly are the ones who should take the bus. The TSA is nothing more than an expensive, government-paid sex-offender support group. As in paying and supporting terrorists/sex offenders to harass airline passengers. Every one of the filth who get paid by TSA belong in prison.

USAlives said on July 9, 2011 at 9:51 PM

DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT TERRORISTS WOULDNT STRAP A BOMB TO A CHILD? have you not seen how they act. they have no respect for lives. even the children. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! AND you whiners....take the bus!

LeapingFrogs said on July 9, 2011 at 9:03 PM

Do you people who condone this groping, nude photo taking and harassment of innocent travelers think you're safer today than you were before all this circus-like security started? You're not. The TSA has not caught a SINGLE terrorist or potential terrorist. Not in the 9 years of their security kubuki theater. All they've managed to do is molest children, humiliate the elderly and disabled, and sexually molest hot soccer moms. Security areas are choas, travelers are confused, TSO's are ill trained, and theft by TSO's are on the rise. Choas is NOT security, it's a security flaw. We're being systematically raped of our dignity and rights. I'm no coward. I'll take my chances with a terrorist (which are microscopic) over having my body repeatedly violated by their filthy blue gloves and cancer machines. You're more likely to die from your aircraft falling out of the sky due to pilot or mechanical failure. NO MORE TSA.

calcan2 said on July 9, 2011 at 7:17 PM

I can't believe you people, uh, sheeple. To give up freedoms for security is when you will have niether. I have to travel for my job monthly, and I am highly offended by what I see at airports. You give the dimwit TSA agents a little power and they abuse it severly. Don't take away my freedoms, if you are too scared to fly unless someone fondles you, then YOU stay at home. Personally, I would do away with TSA and take my chances that myself,and other unafraid passengers will deal with the bad guys.

tamlyn said on July 9, 2011 at 6:54 PM

Please find other means of transportation for your vacation if security offends you. I was pulled aside and put through that stupid x-ray machine, randomly, but still why me? But did I make a big deal out it? No, I didn't! So your kid got patted down, so what! Once you start complaining and have TSA stop patting down children will be the day that you have created a hole in the system for the terrorists to use against us. They WILL put a kid on a plane with a bomb. It's what they do! They are not nice people!

mcrain092 said on July 9, 2011 at 5:49 PM

yet ANOTHER person complaining about TSA's searching policies. Do you guys want them to search people or not? They are very thorough.... too bad! Don't fly if you don't want to get possibly patted down. I'm sorry, id rather get patted down before flying then have them skip it beause it "offends" some people and then a bomb ends up on the guy sitting next to me... awesome.