TEXAS CONSIDERS BANNING GENITAL PAT-DOWNS IN AIRPORTS
April 1st, 2013
A PROPOSED law being debated in the Texas state legislature to criminalise the intentional touching of travellers' genital area will probably spark federal government opposition over concerns other US states will follow suit."It stands to reason that if you're going to hold our people criminally responsible for doing their job, we can't do the job," said Luis Casanova, the south-central USA spokesperson for the Transportation Security Agency (TSA).The bill, by tabled by state Rep. David Simpson, a right-wing tea party Republican, has at least added that security ...
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