There seems to have been no good reason for this increased violation of our privacy....no escalating threats, that we were made aware of, that would necessitate these tactics. They just said, "Hey, we have these machines that can take a picture of your body through your clothes...so we're going to use them."
Former Miss U.S.A., Susie Castillo, went through a particularly invasive groping in the Dallas-Fort Worth airport on April 21st. After choosing the line that was not going through the full-body scanner, because she travels a lot and does not want all of the radiation, she was told that she either had to go through the machine or get a pat down. She opted for the pat down, which turned out to be so invasive that it brought her to tears, feeling as if she had been molested. Castillo made a video in the airport after the incident (below). "I completely feel violated," she said. "This woman, she touched my vagina four times."
The Fourth Amendment says, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated." This is certainly unreasonable. We must put an end to this violation. We must not be made to choose between the ability to freely travel and being molested.
"I'm crying", said Castillo, "because, I'm just really, really upset that as an American, I have to go through this...and I do feel violated."
Thanks to The Tenth Amendment Center.
