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TSA Launches "Invasive" Pat-Downs With "More Intimate Contact Than Before"

TSA Launches "Invasive" Pat-Downs With "More Intimate Contact Than Before"

As a result of a study, which found that weapons routinely make it past airport security, the TSA is introducing “more rigorous” and “comprehensive” physical inspections at airports around the country, according to Bloomberg. The security agency, which until now had the option of using five different types of physical pat-downs in the screening line, is eliminating the "options" and replacing them with a single, universal method which would involve heavier groping.