[ktsmith]

It's all fear mongering, and I would not be surprised if the "enhanced" pat downs are just an intimidation tactic to get people to use the scanners without complaint. The timing of the rollout of the new pat down methodology seems like a response to the negative feelings about the scanners.

[lusis]

Various TSA agents have explicity said off-record that the patdowns are an attempt to force people to use the backscatters.