Amy Alkon is taking on the TSA. After her unreasonable search (or sexual assault) at the hands of the TSA and the TSA agent’s subsequent attempt to shake a cool half-million dollars out of Alkon, she’s is lawyering up. Except that the lawyers refuse payment, and have leapt at the opportunity to do this stuff pro bono.
I have written that we should abolish the DHS, releasing its constituent agencies back into the wild, and amputating many duties from the TSA. Amy’s experience is not only a prime example of why: it is a valuable lesson in how:
TSA Searches: “Obedience Training For The American Public”
That’s how Zahir Ebrahim, of Project Humanbeingsfirst.com, rightly termed the TSA searches — in his comment on the blog item that led to TSA agent Thedala Magee’s demands of me.
Magee is looking for me to pay her $500K, apologize to her, and take down my blog item about her — because I had the nerve to exercise my First Amendment rights and complain after she jammed her hand sideways into my vagina four times. (Unfortunately for Ms. Magee, I’ve always made a pretty crappy victim.)
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via Advice Goddess Blog.
I will fly international again in a couple of days, and did not enjoy seeing a very old woman being patted down. My next trip will be on my own dime, not the government’s, so I’m taking my indignation with me.
