By Jim Barnett
According to Rosemary Fitzpatrick, a CNN employee, a female [TSA] screener ran her hands around her breasts, over her stomach, buttocks and her inner thighs, and briefly touched her crotch.
"I felt helpless, I felt violated, and I felt humiliated," Fitzpatrick said, adding that she was reduced to tears at the checkpoint.
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"I am appalled and disgusted at the new search procedures and the fact that passengers have not been made aware of the new invasive steps prior to entering the security area," Fitzpatrick wrote. "It appears once you enter the security area, passengers forfeit their rights. "
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/28/airline.security.pat.down/index.html