OK, so to set the record on this straight, the TSA Director said at a senate hearing on Wednesday 17 November that they haven't done a good job of communicating that children under 12 are exempt from the "enhanced patdown."
So aren't we all happy and comfortable now. To know that our young children can only be subjected to the regular patdown! And, really, who doesn't mind having their 14 year old daughter felt up the thighs and buttocks.
If this is the security regime we have, then we do have to give people of all ages an equal opportunity to be subjected to it.
The problem is that we have a security regime that routinely subjects people of any age to this.
Benjamin Franklin may not actually have said “They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security” but whomever said it, says it right.
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So what's better, the enhanced patdown or the enhanced x-ray machine? Is it better to be felt up or checked out?
This is why I'm glad I don't spend much time in airports.
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