Don't touch my junk dude!!!

So if you don't want to submit to the grope, you will be held against your will, and fined $11,000.00.... Unless you are a Muslim Female in a Burqua or wearing a Hajib that is...
They need to stop profiling objects and profile perps. No that does not mean Racial profiling... The last time I checked being a Muslim was religious identification, not a racial one and it is only one of many "key ID" features that would make up a "Profile"....

 Profiling is used everyday. If you have purchased auto, health, or life insurance, you were subject to a profile. In the case of insurance they are called actuarial tables. They take into account multiple factors in order to create a risk "Profile". When you applied for a job, the employer that reviewed your application or resume used a "Profile" of the the perfect candidate and compared how you measured up to that "Profile". In Law Enforcement, "Profiling is used frequently, whether they are looking for a Serial Killer or a drunk driver. There are certain "Key ID" features that bring attention to individuals or groups that merit further investigation. For instance, if there had been a recent hold up at a local "Stop and Rob" (7/11, Wawa, Fasmart) and the suspects were described as two white males in their early 20's, you wouldn't be stopping and checking Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, females of any race, or the elderly. Why? Because they do not meet the "Profile". Furthermore, the more information you receive the more detailed the profile becomes. What clothing were they wearing? What kind of vehicle, if any, were they using? What was the color, year and make of the vehicle? With these details it narrows the search for those individuals most likely to be the Perpetrators we are looking for.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the "Depends Bomber", was identified prior to boarding his Airplane last Christmas. He was on the no fly list, he was banned from entering the UK, and his father went to the American embassy in Nigeria and told the American Officials there that his son wanted to martyr himself on an American bound Airliner.. Furthermore he had made several recent visits to Yemen (Trips to Yemen are a key ID feature of many of the current crops of terrorists).

 Richard Reed, the infamous 'Shoe Bomber' was a member of the Brixton Mosque, this mosque was the mosque of several of the September 11th terrorists. This would also be a "Key ID" feature of a would be terrorist. He also had a long arrest record in Britain and had served multiple prison sentences. Prison is a place where many Muslim converts are recruited. Prison would be an additional ID feature.

Ahmed Ressam, the Millennium Bomber, lived in an area of Montreal known to contain a Al Queda cell. Further he was a Canadian fugitive with a long arrest record. He was capture because of an old Law Enforcement technique. Questioning by an experienced Interrogator. The CBP Officer noticed that he would not keep eye contact and when he did make eye contact he looked nervous. So she pulled him aside for a vehicle search.

 As a former Police Officer, I know that if I should stop someone for a routine traffic violation, that I cannot pull you out of your vehicle and search you without probable cause. If I do, it is a violation of your 4th amendment right of  not being subject to unreasonable search and seizure. So if I decide to fly, I now automatically give up my 4th Amendment rights? 

 The TSA has just announced that if you decide not to submit to the Pat Down of to the full body scan, not only can you not board an airplane, you also cannot leave the airport. Furthermore you are now also subject to an $11,000 fine. Being held if you do not submit to an unconstitutional search sound like imprisonment to me, at the minimum it is an improper arrest. The definition of an arrest is when you feel that your freedom of movement has been restricted by individuals or physical barriers.  

 CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations has determined that Muslim women cannot be made to submit to the full body scan, if they are wearing a Hajib, they cannot be patted down below the shoulders, or if they are wearing a full Burqua, they cannot be patted down at all. Further, a Muslim woman wearing a full Burqua or veil cannot be forced to reveal her face in order to prove her identity. If wearing a veil or a full Burqua is a religious choice, with that choice should come the understanding that  you cannot get a drivers license, or a passport without exposing your face. Without a license, you can't drive or fly domestically, without a passport, you cannot leave the country.

So am I saying that no one should be subject to searches, scans, or metal detectors? No, I am saying that using proper law enforcement methods, we wouldn't be wasting time conducting invasive searches of the elderly, infants. By conducting a simple questioning by a trained law enforcement officer and then use those screening methods if needed, air safety would not decrease and travel would become more efficient and possibly cheaper.

Here is an article on the recent TSA guidlines.