RSSCathy Bossi, Cancer Survivor Flight Attendant Forced to Remove Prosthetic Breast During TSA Groping
THE AUDACITY OF GROPE … TSA FIASCO #30.
Since when do we provide criminals more rights in the Unites States than we do people just trying to get on a plane?
How many of these stories do we need to hear in order for these TSA assaults to stop! Cathy Bossi, a 3year breast cancer survivor and a flight attendant who has worked the past 28 years for US Air was forced to show her prosthetic breast during a pat-down. WTF!!!
In early August Bossie was walking through security when she says she was asked to go through the new full body-scanners at Concourse “D” at Charlotte Douglas International.
She reluctantly agreed. As a 3-year breast cancer survivor she says she didn’t want the added radiation through her body. But, Bossi says she did agree.
“The T.S.A. Agent told me to put my I.D. on my back,” she said. “When I got out of there she said because my I.D. was on my back, I had to go to a personal screening area.”
She says two female Charlotte T.S.A. agents took her to a private room and began what she calls an aggressive pat down. She says they stopped when they got around to feeling her right breast… the one where she’d had surgery.
She put her full hand on my breast and said, ‘What is this?’. And I said, ‘It’s my prosthesis because I’ve had breast cancer.’ And she said, ‘Well, you’ll need to show me that’.”
Cathy was asked to show her prosthetic breast, removing it from her bra.
The TSA thinks they are protecting national security and preventing terrorism by humiliating a cancer survivor? Are you serious? Because the Obama Administration and Janet Napolitano does not want to profile terrorists because that just would not be politically correct, instead they deem it ok to embarrass and humiliate a cancer survivor.
What part about the fact did the TSA not understand that this woman, a flight attendant, was just trying to get to work? She was trying to avoid the radiation being a breast cancer survivor so instead the TSA deems it ok to treat her worse than a common criminal.
Bossi said she removed the prosthetic from her bra. She did not take the name of the agent, she said, “because it was just so horrific of an experience, I couldn’t believe someone had done that to me. I’m a flight attendant. I was just trying to get to work.”
For Americans who wear prosthetics — either because they are cancer survivors or have lost a limb — or who have undergone hip replacements or have a pacemaker, the humiliation of the TSA’s new security procedures — choosing between a body scan or body search — is even worse.
What’s up with this, pilots are allowed to be exempt, yet flight attendants are not? How out of control are these TSA searches going to get over the Thanksgiving Day holidays, the most traveled time of the year.
Posted November 19, 2010 by Scared Monkeys Bizarre, Civil Rights, Crime, Facebook, Government, Sexual Assault, Technology, Travel, TSA, War on Terror, WTF | 12 comments |
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The TSA employees lazy (edit) people for 7 dollars an hour who are on a power trip. This should work out real well.
Knock it off with the TSA employees. Although I am long time critic of unions, these TSA employees have a difficult job and do the best they can. Should we profile instead? Sure, but the ACLU would file a suit within 15 seconds if that happened. As far as the woman with the breast prothesis is concerned, how can she plausibly be concerned about this minimal level of radiation, when radiation therapy is frequently a treatment for cancer? If she was so troubled by her loss of privacy, why was she so eager to discuss her medical history and prosthetic to the lay media? I feel sorry for these TSA employees who take their jobs seriously and are trying to protect us. Please cut them a break.
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SM: I will cut them no slack. Trying to protect us … BS!!! If they were trying to protect us they would use profiling like in Israel, nor assaulting children, old woman and cancer survivors.
You same people bitched and moaned about Library books being reviewed under the patriot Act and GWB but the illegal search of innocent people is ok. Wake the hell up America … next it will be you simply driving in your car.
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SM: Had you read my post, you would have read that I support profiling, but the ACLU would file suit in seconds. Remember, the ACLU are the Jewish lawyers in NYC who filed suit against Elkhart Indiana for having a nativity scene. The ACLU loves terrorists and atheists; it’s all the other Americans whose rights they don’t care about. But ACLU and profiling aside, what would you recommend? I support the Patriot Act, but the democratic congress objected to trampling on bombers’ rights. If you are inconvenienced by TSA workers, then don’t fly. Maybe you could stay home and learn to spell
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SM: I am not a usual supporter of the ACLU, however, in this case I am.
Actually, I am not inconvenienced by TSA workers as compared to foolish and naive people like yourself. Maybe you could stay home and learn some manners. I would rather have spelling errors that be a rude ass. Get some manners or we will put you thru the SM pat down.
What should we do, of SULLY, we should sexually assault nuns, children and cancer survivors of course. We should treat every one the same of course. We should pick every 4th person out of a line because that is what our TSA PC manual says even though the 2nd and 3rd people in line look like Mohamed Atta.
My question is, why all of a sudden are cavity searches required? I would never allow this scumbag President not his Administration shred the Bill of Rights or US Constitution. I do not trust these people one bit. They could care less about US security, they care about their liberal, socialist agenda and shredding all that is American.
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SULLY the brain surgeon says …
“As far as the woman with the breast prothesis is concerned, how can she plausibly be concerned about this minimal level of radiation, when radiation therapy is frequently a treatment for cancer?”
Obviously you aer not in the medical field or have ever dealt with a indivual with cancer. You think the two types of radiation are the same? You do realize with radiation therapy it is pointed at one, precise part of the body right and not an unproven radiation scan unit.
Geez.
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#1 SULLY the concerned says … “I feel sorry for these TSA employees who take their jobs seriously and are trying to protect us.”
Yea, cut this guy a break, he looks like he is enjoying himself far too much. So this dude is protecting us? Sorry, I had my physical last month.
Please, the TSA workers are some of the most clueless, untrained people I have ever met.
SM: You can’t be in favor of profiling and a supporter of the ACLU–they are mutually exclusive. If you consider the “pat downs” by TSA agents as sexual assault, I think you suffer from a lack of perspective. Why don’t you ask that poor little girl in Ohio who was kidnapped by a perv and likely sexually abused if her experience was similar to an airport pat down?
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SM: Sully never learned good touch bad touch, did you. Please don’t be an ass. I know its hard to keep perspective.
Do not ever compare on this web site the terrible abuse of a sexually assaulted child when we are making the point that people’s rights are being violated by the government. This web site goes after predators and is a victims advocate web site. Do not even go there until you have made the sacrifices to help others.
The point is that there are obviously levels of sexual contact and abuse. If one did not have straw in their brain they would realize this.
If you think its perfectly ok to fondle a girl and those that pose no threat to blow up a plane all in the name of political correctness, then you are really no better than the ACLU.
Let’s inconvenience every one so to not make Muslims feel uncomfortable.
Sully….another IDIOT
@SM- What needs to happen here under the TSA?
This is kind of a catch-22, IMO. While we need heightened security—-what are some suggestions that can be offered?
These types of invasive searches are going way overboard, IMO as well. Making a Cancer survivor remove her prothesis? Seriously?
The more of these reports I read, the more I wonder—what is the viable solution? Does one even exist?
Airport and Passenger Security is a very important issue—-the TSA’s role and some of the newer technology introduced, came about recently for a reason….Underwear Bomber, etc. —-What the hell do we as Americans have to put up with, however?
NONE OF THE ABOVE? SOLUTIONS? Scary to think there may not be at present. No one is going to tell me I cannot take a flight anywhere Domestically or Internationally if I refuse a Full Body Scan or am going to face the possibility of getting groped by any TSA employee.
They CANNOT DETAIN me for refusing, if I answer their dumbass questions. I do not mind a light or quick body search by a FEMALE employee—but what the hell ever happened to the X-Ray wand? If it works effectively in COURTROOMS around our Nation—-why not airports?
Maybe I am the dumbarse bc I still don’t understand why all of this is even necessary, and much of it is not, or should not even be LEGAL!
I’m confused!
@#6- Sully—
REPEAT:
Sully never learned good touch bad touch, did you. Please don’t be an ass. I know its hard to keep perspective.
Do not ever compare on this web site the terrible abuse of a sexually assaulted child when we are making the point that people’s rights are being violated by the government. This web site goes after predators and is a victims advocate web site. Do not even go there until you have made the sacrifices to help others.
The point is that there are obviously levels of sexual contact and abuse. If one did not have straw in their brain they would realize this.
If you think its perfectly ok to fondle a girl and those that pose no threat to blow up a plane all in the name of political correctness, then you are really no better than the ACLU.
Let’s inconvenience (OR VIOLATE) every one so to not make Muslims feel uncomfortable.
(EXACTLY?—So again, question is—-What are the limits of TSA’s (Government)
I think they guy is getting his rocks off – Looks like he loves his job!
This sucks BIG TIME!
IF and that’s a big IF because we know this is all p.c. bullcrap. If this were being done for the safety of all Americans, then explain to me why some are exempt from this? Muslim women are not to be touched but it’s okay to grope children, nuns, cancer survivors and humiliate them in the name of safety?
EXCUSE ME but if I recall correctly, it was Muslim Extremists that attacked America on 9/11. It is Muslim Extremists that want to kill us infidels so how does it make any sense that they would be exempt from this?
How many Americans hijacked planes and flew them into buildings?
How much more are we going to take?
This is un-Constitutional and another way for the government to invade our lives. This has to stop.
Government is not the solution, they are the problem.
How many terrorist have been caught since this was implemented? How many bombs have been detected since this was implemented?
Children are being groped in the name of safety. REALLY? Wow! When was the last time a child hijacked a plane? When was the last time a child tried to blow up a building?
A nun. Seriously?
This is disturbing and anybody who defends this, is sick and needs their head examined.
It seems to me the very people that are defending this are the very people who wanted Bush impeached for signing “The Patriot Act”.
This is insane. This administration has lost touch with the American People and gone completely outer limits with their government intrusion into our lives.
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