Source: JimBovard.com
by James Bovard
“Thus far, [Kristi] Noem’s biggest reform is that travelers no longer need remove their shoes at TSA checkpoints. This is progress, but not quite the equivalent of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. What about other TSA vexations such as the pointless prying patdowns that do nothing for security? It takes less than a minute to find busloads of women bitterly complaining on X/Twitter about heavy-handed TSA screeners grabbing their vaginas (‘I swear it’s not a bomb!’) or breasts. But screeners have legal immunity almost no matter how brazenly they abuse travelers. If a woman pushes a TSA screener’s hands away from her breasts, she can placed on the TSA ’95 list’ of potentially troublesome travelers. The agency’s official watchlist defines troublemaker to include someone who merely ‘loiters’ near a TSA checkpoint or demonstrates any ‘concerning behavior.'” (10/05/25)
https://jimbovard.com/blog/2025/10/05/n-y-post-tame-the-tsa/