Incoming Republican committee heads demand that TSA backs off

This is truly welcome news. Emphasis added.

The incoming leaders of the House Transportation Committee on Friday called the new airport pat-down procedures “overly intrusive” and demanded that the Transportation Security Administration restrict their use.

In a letter to the TSA, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., and Rep. Thomas Petri, R-Wis., who are set to assume [...]

TSA scanners and body searches are abusive, appalling, and unconstitutional

So says Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips in an interview with CAIVN.

CAIVN: What do you think about the TSA’s “nude” body scanners?

Judson Phillips: I am appalled by them. First is the radiation hazard which the regime does not even address. Second, I don’t want people staring at me without clothes [...]