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TSA Frisks A Baby; Says The Stroller Set Off 'Explosives' Alarm from the younger-and-younger dept A few weeks ago, we wrote about the TSA groping a six-year-old and then defending it because it was "standard operating proecedures." Once again, the TSA is getting attention for a questionable patdown, this time going much, much younger, with a photo being shown of a patdown of a baby: Once again, the TSA is quick to respond on its blog, insisting again that there's nothing out of the ordinary here: We reviewed the screening of this family, and found that the child’s stroller alarmed during explosives screening. Our officers followed proper current screening procedures by screening the family after the alarm, who by the way were very cooperative and were on the way to their gate in no time. The child in the photo was simply receiving a modified pat-down which doesn’t even come close to what the headline implies. I'm curious how the family being cooperative makes this okay? After all, didn't the TSA just admit that complaining about the TSA may subject you to further scrutiny? It seems like everyone who doesn't want to get that extra special attention is going to be friendly and cooperative.

Thanks for posting. I am really starting to get annoyed with tthe TSA. I dont fly myself, but the fact that we as americans have let our government completely invade our privacy is digusting. I am with BEn on this one: "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety"

I'm all for racial profiling if it saves lives. When blonde haired little babies quit blowing up planes, they'll stop coming under suspicion.

Who cares? I honestly don't get why this is such a big deal, I mean it's not like drugs, explosives or other such stuff is impossible to hide on an infant's body, or stroller, and it's not like parents couldn't be trying to smuggle illegal stuff or be terrorists or whatnot. And it's also not like these agents are trying to rape your babies or something, they're just doing their job.

No more air travel via US for me.

So did they find a bomb?  I hope there wasn't an explosion.  Thank God for the TSA!!

I'm more annoyed by the people still talking about the TSA.

If only the problem would go away when we stop talking about it, eh?

my experience with this is:

2 lines, one with a pannel "if you don't go through the scanner, you'll get a patdown"

reality: people going through the no scanner line don't get pat down, the 2 women behind me in the scanner got patdowns.

talk about being cooperative next time....

you think the TSA is the problem?