Sanitary Towel Prompts TSA To Grope Sexual Assault VictimForget concealed guns, knives, explosives, the real threat comes from gladragsSteve Watson Prison Planet Nov. 26, 2010 |
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Menstruating women beware. If you intend to travel, your panty-liners are now considered suspicious objects, after all you could be concealing a bomb in there. The latest insane TSA transgression answers questions that were raised last week when it was revealed naked body scanners can also detect sanitary napkins. New York Times reporter Joe Sharkey wrote Monday that he was getting a lot of requests for information from female frequent fliers. “Do the imagers, for example, detect sanitary napkins?” women wanted to know. “Yes,” wrote Sharkey. “Does that then necessitate a pat-down? The TSA couldn't say. Screeners, the TSA has said, are expected to exercise some discretion.” the article continued. “And what about tampons?” asked the blog Feminist Peace Network. “They look kind of like sticks of dynamite. Are they going to ask us to pull them out and show them just to be sure?” The answer, judging from one woman’s written testimony, seems to be yes. A customer of popular women’s health company, Gladrags, relayed her recent experience at the hands of the TSA via email. In short, she was asked to walk through a radiation firing naked body scanner and complied. The scanner produced a naked image of her, but because her sanitary towel was obscuring her most intimate parts from prying eyes, the TSA agents pulled her aside for a full groin search. Not something to be relished by any person, let alone someone who has previously suffered sexual assault. Here is the woman’s email in full: “This email isn’t going to be as polished as I would normally send, but I’m upset and I don’t want what happened to me to happen to anyone else (if I can stop it).Chalk up another ritual humiliation at the hands of the TSA, protecting us from terrorists by forcing women to remove their underwear napkins and groping their vaginas in public. When will this insanity end? ___ Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor at Alex Jones’ Infowars.net, and regular contributor to Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England. |