Fri, Dec 17, 2010
Traveler Claims Search Was "Aggressive And Painful"
A breast cancer survivor who had recently undergone a radical
mastectomy has filed a federal lawsuit against the TSA because of
an "enhanced" pat-down search she underwent at Albuquerque's
Sunport Airport on Aug. 25.
Adrienne Durso of Carlsbad, CA, filed the suit, claiming the
search violates her 4th Amendment rights against unreasonable
search. Television station KSWB and other media sources report that
Durso was traveling with her son when the search occurred. She went
through the metal detector, and was then told she had been selected
for the pat-down.
Durso says she told the TSA screener about her mastectomy, and
the agent concentrated on that area "forcefully applying pressure
to the sensitive area," according to the court filing. Durso says
that, after the pat-down, she complained to a supervisor about the
aggressiveness of the search, and was told that it was the same
search that everyone received. When her 17-year-old son asked why
he was not searched in that way, the filing indicates that the
supervisor said he "didn't have boobs."
Durso is one of four people involved in the suit. The others
include a man who claims that a TSA screener spent an
inordinate amount of time on his genital area, and a 12-year-old
girl who says the full-body scan she was subjected to was done
without the consent of her legal guardians.
The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in
Washington, DC, seeks to have screening methods changed, and seeks
unspecified damages for the plaintiffs.
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