Some states want TSA to ease up

If legislators in several states have their way, airport security screeners wouldn't be able to touch airline passengers' "private parts" and could even be charged with a sex crime if they did.

The more aggressive patdown procedures ordered by the federal Transportation Security Administration in October, along with machines that peer through clothing, go too far and violate people's privacy and their protections from intrusive government, the legislators say.

"What's going on is a trampling of the Constitution," says New Jersey state Sen. Michael Doherty , one of the lawmakers from four states who've introduced legislation that would restrict federal security personnel from conducting controversial pat-downs of passengers or bar the body scanners.

In addition to New Jersey, similar legislation was introduced in Texas, Hawaii and New Hampshire. Alaska in March passed a resolution calling on the TSA to ease up on its screening. Similar non-binding resolutions have been introduced in six other states.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-05-12-invasive-tsa-pat-down-groping-law_n.htm

very soon, due to the "threats of retaliation" that the official government of the USA is now trotting out, there will be a need for TSA and their scanners at all shopping malls, at all bus stations, commuter trains, Amtrak et al.

Chertoff Rapiscans. I knew about NJ also, but didn't know about Hawaii, Texas, NH and Alaska. Great, I guess the complaints are piling up and this looks hopeful. I hope other states will follow and I hope those suing the TSA prevail.

And put these 4th Amendment violators out of business.