Lynsie Murley TSA Patdown Settlement Reached: Lynsie Murley Photo

Alliah, your comments are factually incorrect, inflammatory, sensationalist, and ridiculous.  Spend even fifteen minutes watching a security line at an Airport before you draw such incredulous conclusions.  Here are a few of them since I stand doubtful you'll actually go to the trouble to do so.  First, at airports with AIT or full body scanners (not all airports have them yet), travelers pass through the AIT unless they "opt out" of their own volition or if they have an issue that may warrant individualized screening, like a wheelchair.  AIT images are viewed in a private, windowless "resolution room" where no cell phones, cameras, or anything else is allowed.  TSA does background checks on every employee and perverts need not apply.  For opt-out or "pat-down" screening procedures, female TSA employees screen females, make TSA employees screen males.  They're invasive, yes, and it's not the best of worlds by any means.  I can't think of anybody (including TSA employees) who is happy that TSA has had to resort to this level of screening.  TSA employees also aren't perfect, either.  They're human, just like you.  They make mistakes sometimes.  Still, I see an organization of people tasked with a difficult, often thankless job, and they do it well.  And no, I don't work for TSA.  Never have.  Like I said, it's not perfect.  However, as noted in the other comment to this column, "It's a lot better than bombs on airplanes..."  I agree.  Get your facts straight, Alliah, before you spread sensationalist rants.