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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Les H who wrote (94390)	2/8/2002 3:14:01 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Groping for guidelines (CNSNews.com) - At the airport, when does a "screening" become a grope? A growing number of women say they know a grope when they get one, and they're taking their complaints to the Federal Aviation Administration. According to press reports, dozens of women accuse male security screeners of improperly touching them in the course of random body searches, or "pat downs." Under current policy, female travelers may ask for a female screener to perform the pat-down, but federal law does not require airlines to provide a same-sex screener for that purpose. After the recent flurry of complaints, that may change, however. Right now, the FAA is sending the complaints to the individual airlines, which are responsible for disciplinary measures involving screeners.