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Former Miss USA Alleges TSA Abuse

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Posted on Apr 27, 2011
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Two and a half weeks after an airport pat-down of a 6-year-old ended up on YouTube and in the mainstream media, the Transportation Security Administration is in the middle of another controversy. In a new video on YouTube and other websites, a tearful former Miss USA charges she was sexually violated during a TSA search. Susie Castillo said she was improperly touched by a screener at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport last week.

The TSA implemented its “enhanced pat-down” program in August as an alternative to the full-body X-ray scans now becoming standard at major airports. These body searches have infuriated a growing number of passengers, ranging from young women to elderly men with medical conditions. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano continues to defend the security measures, vowing they will remain in place for the “foreseeable future.” —KDG

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A former Miss USA has blasted airport screeners for groping her after she refused to go through a naked body scanner.

Susie Castillo, now 31, complained that she was ‘violated’ by a female TSA agent at a security checkpoint at Dallas airport in Texas.

Miss Castillo, who held the Miss America title in 2003 and is now an actress, wept as she recounted her traumatic ordeal in a video filmed at the airport.

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By Rwolf, April 29, 2011 at 9:39 am Link to this comment
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DHS Scanners To Secretly Search Your Body, Vehicle and Home—X-ray Deaths Next?
Department Homeland Security and Police intend to use hundreds of new X-ray Back Scatter Vans and other scanners with long-distance capability to secretly scan and search lawful persons’ bodies—when driving, walking and X-ray Citizens in their homes. DHS plans to mount X-ray scanners on buildings and utility poles to monitor groups of pedestrians. Citizens that drive or walk to work or lunch in monitored areas may be radiated several times a day.

There is nothing to stop government agencies and police repeatedly targeting (persons of interest) on the street and in their homes with X-ray scans that may cause cancer or induce other medical problems—including individuals afflicted by poor health. DHS new scanning will record eye and facial features of pedestrians, so subjects can be identified for covert X-ray scanning. Consequently some Americans may be X-ray scanned every time they set foot on the street.

How could anyone prove his or her cancer was caused by (accumulated radiation) from repeated government X-ray scans? Can you think of one U.S. Government agency you would trust to limit the number of times and duration secret Government scanners can penetrate a person’s body with X-ray radiation, when walking, driving; inside their home? Citizens driving or walking to work, that must pass DHS X-ray scanners on buildings and utility poles, could be exposed to radiation several times a day. The press recently reported that X-ray scanners now used at airports are 10-times greater that what U.S. Government told the American People.

Currently Citizens can purchase small sensitive radiation detectors on key chains that set off different sounding alarms for each radiation level detected. Key Chain radiation detectors sell for about $160.00 and some appear capable of detecting government X-ray scanners penetrating their home, or their body when walking or vehicle when driving. It should be expected more pedestrians might start carrying radiation key chain detectors to learn if X-ray scanners on buildings and utility poles are targeting their neighborhood, the streets they drive or walk. Radiated pedestrians and drivers should protest, especially if they are being hit everyday with X-ray scanners.

The U.S. can’t become a total Police State until the 4th Amendment is either terminated or so watered down it has no legal effect. That will be the result if government / police are allowed (without probable cause or warrants) to expose the public to covert X-ray scans and scans at airports; train and bus stops and other check points.

One can’t help wonder if today’s outspoken Americans that lawfully defend the Constitution, e.g., writers and bloggers will be deemed combatants by U.S. Government; constantly stopped, searched, and questioned by TSA and police; forced to endure no warrant searches of their car, body and forced cancer causing X-ray scans. The Nazi Military and Police repeatedly searched and delayed Citizens labeled politically undesirable boarding trains and buses and driving to work to cause targeted Citizens to lose their jobs. Citizens were placed on (Nazi do not hire lists) similar to the lists U.S. Homeland Security started in 2010.

See: TSA, DHS plan massive rollout of mobile surveillance vans with long-distance X-ray capability, eye movement tracking and more at: http://www.naturalnews.com/031603_surveillance_police_state.html#ixzz1GGDd24RG

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By Lew Ciefer, April 28, 2011 at 5:17 pm Link to this comment

@ Diamond:

The lunatics are always in charge of the asylum. No sane person thinks he knows what best for the rest of society.

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By rend it, April 28, 2011 at 9:10 am Link to this comment
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TSA is a bad jobs program dreamed up and a really narrow minded president and his
sidekicks, that needs to be disposed of.

A majority of the people running the scanners and doing the checks barely have enough
education and common sense to work an McDonalds .

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By diamond, April 27, 2011 at 10:30 pm Link to this comment

“I know I sleep better at night knowing that the institution that George built is still going strong and keeping America safe.”

‘The institution that George built’? You’re absolutely correct: the lunatics are now indeed in total control of the asylum - or institution, if you prefer.

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By Lew Ciefer, April 27, 2011 at 3:28 pm Link to this comment

That’s small price to pay for security. I know I sleep better at night knowing that the institution that George built is still going strong and keeping America safe.

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By Kat, April 27, 2011 at 3:22 pm Link to this comment
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I guess what I don’t understand is (a) where does Ms.
Castillo think the the vagina is?  It’s an internal,
not external organ, and (b) do these women make similar
claims that their gynos or mammogram techs are
molesting them?  I don’t like those annual visits and
only go because I know I have to, but I wouldn’t claim
that the much more intrusive physical exam by my doctor
is an assault.  I’m sorry, but flying isn’t a god given
right. If I want to fly, I know what I have to do to
take my trip.

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By TDoff, April 27, 2011 at 1:35 pm Link to this comment

C’mon, now, the TSA is doing a community service. Where else are convicted sex offenders going to get a job?

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