Sane - sorry wasn't picking on you - I'm glad you shared it! it proves a point about the awful TSA procedures. There's also a case of a TSA worker who had a 4 yr old boy with cerebral palsy remove his legs braces and walk on his own through the metal detector in Pennsylvania. The TSA actually apologized in that case. Thing is: How do I know I can trust the guy/girl giving the pat down? Besides, all this security for the planes - what about grayhound bus or amtrak train? No real security there. I could deal with the xrays but the touching thing is extreme. I understand why (the underwear bomber) but anybody who wants to fool the machine and the TSA Touchers can do so. "