They have described the pat down several places. It is basically like the old pat down but they use the palm of the hand rather than the back of the hand.As another poster said, there aren't enough scanners to handle all the traffic. Also TSA claims (as of today) that the WBI aren't primary screening tools. To which I reply - yet.
Yes, a patdown that they won't describe to you ahead of time but which reportedly involves grasping the genital region and the chest (of women).
Come one now...do you really think the people looking at the pics of you are pervs? They are doing their jobs. They actually do not see who you are; just your body image. Then they radio to the TSA agent that you are all clear.So some perv somewhere is looking at naked pics of you.
Yes, I just read some VERY disturbing articles about this. http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-...uralnews.com/030351_TSA_airport_security.html
The second one brings up a VERY worrisome point: What if they choose my kids to go through. This is in DIRECT opposition to Child Porn laws!!?? AND what if I choose not to go through, but get the enhanced 'pat down'?? I tell my kids "NO one can touch you there" If they see ME being touched all over......am I now supposed to add "Unless he's a government official" ....this is really infuriating that the government can ignore my constitutional rights, but if I'm doing 5 mph over the speed limit my butt's in trouble!!!
Way to add to the hysteria. Why are you talking about child porn laws. They are not fondling your children. My DH had this just this past Sunday as he moved in the backscatter. He did not consider it invasive at all. He likened it to getting into a sports stadium or concert. They did not fondle him at all. Did they run their hand over his privates? Yes, but he wasn't offended at all. Just explain to your children what they are looking for. Add that when you fly this happens. This is not done in a completely private area so you can see your children at all times. I really think people need to stop sexualizing these pat downs.
As far as the radiation, I posted in another thread that the radiation of the backscatter is equal to 2 minutes of a cross country flight. The backscatter radiation bounces off the body (hence the term backscatter) while x-rays are designed to penetrate the body. The backscatter omits 0.1 microvert of radiation, a chest x-ray 100 microverts and a CT Scan 10,000 microverts. I think if people go into this thinking, I may get selected for pat downs and it is not a sexual thing, and go into it with more of a positive attitude, they might be a little happier. When you go into things with a negative attitude, things tend to end negatively.
As far as airports, I believe BOS has them already. I know we went thru them for Air Tran. Fort Myers did not have them; they just had the old machines.