11.19.2010

And we are not making this up

Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union » TSA Pulls Aside Humorist Dave Barry for "Blurred Groin"

We have been hearing (and repeating ourselves) that you have options when you go the airport. That is, if you're pulled aside for secondary screening, you have a choice between going through the strip-search machine or being given an "enhanced pat-down." (Incidentally, this isn't the first time "enhanced" has been used as a euphemism for something abusive.)

But NPR reports that humorist Dave Barry had the misfortune of getting both the full-body scan and a pat-down, because the full-body scan displayed to screeners a "blurred groin." The blurriness in his nether-regions required a secondary-secondary screening, in a separate room, wherein a screener gave Barry a pat-down.

And Blurred Groin would be an excellent name for a rock band.

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