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by kyrre 3336 days ago
I'm calling bullshit on this story. I can't find any reports of TSA conducting these types of cavity searches. Ever.
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I couldn't find the story I was looking for but here are a few. Both TSA and CBP represented here; the CBP stories are closer to what the grandparent post describes.

These stories describe sexual assault graphically (to various degrees).

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110906/11065015824/tsa-a...

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/woman-sues-borde...

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/201...

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/07/21/cbp-awards-us-citize...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cnns-angela-rye-was-subj...

Reading these reports do you find the story 1) more likely or 2) less likely to have occurred?

Remember, he (or rather his GF) claimed the Houston TSA were routinely performing prison type cavity searches, i.e., strip, squat (and cough).

Perhaps they are confusing TSA with CBP?