Flyer's pat-down refusal goes viral

Release Date 16 Nov, 2010 in Montreal Gazette

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Man faces $11K fine for refusing TSA screening Chicago Tribune - 16 Nov, 2010 An Oceanside man who blogged about a confrontation with security officials at the San Diego airport could be slapped with a civil penalty of up to $11000 ...
	Backlash over naked body scans and groin pat downs grows as pilots push for ... Daily Mail - 16 Nov, 2010 By Daily Mail Reporter Pilots may avoid increasingly personal airport security checks as the backlash against naked body scans and genital groping pat downs ...
Flyer's pat-down refusal goes viral Montreal Gazette - Sheldon Alberts - 16 Nov, 2010 An incident between a TSA screener and an airline passenger taken on a cellphone video,has ...
TSA, U.S. Airlines to Meet on Speeding Pilot Security Screenings Bloomberg - Mary Schlangenstein - 16 Nov, 2010 The Transportation Security Administration will meet today with US airlines to discuss quicker ...
	'You touch me and I'll have you arrested': Man ejected from airport and ... Daily Mail - 16 Nov, 2010 By Mail Foreign Service An airline passenger was thrown out of San Diego International Airport and threatened with a $10000 fine after refusing to submit to ...
Scan or Pat Down? CNN (blog) - 16 Nov, 2010 We are still talking about body scanners and the TSA's new pat down procedures today. Pilots as well as flight attendants have spoken out about their desire ...
TSA Probes 'Don't Touch My Junk' Guy Fox News (blog) - 16 Nov, 2010 The Transportation Security Administration has opened an investigation targeting John Tyner, the Oceanside man who left Lindbergh Field under duress on ...
	Body scanners, pat downs prompt traveler backlash Christian Science Monitor - Jonathan Adams - 16 Nov, 2010 New airport security measures, particularly full-body scanners, are angering many passengers. One man's refusal of the scan has galvanized others across the ...
US airport pat-downs touch raw nerve The Australian - Brad Norington - 16 Nov, 2010 THE Obama administration is battling a flood of complaints about full-body image scanners and pat-downs introduced to boost security at US airports. ...
TSA Rage Hitting All Age Demographics Now TIME - Megan Gibson - 16 Nov, 2010 After refusing a full body scan, John Tyner in San Diego was told that he'd have to submit to a pat down. Tyner then recorded his conversation with security ...
	Molloy: 'Groin check' is necessary evil at airports New York Daily News - Joanna Molloy - 16 Nov, 2010 The words are immortal now. Not "honor thy neighbor as thyself," or "to be or not to be" - but "Don't touch my junk." This phrase entered the lexicon over ...
	Passenger becomes internet sensation for telling US airport security 'don't ... Telegraph.co.uk - Alex Spillius - 16 Nov, 2010 US airport security is facing growing anger from the public at new anti-terrorism screening procedures considered invasive and harmful. ...
	Anger at invasive airport screenings CNN International - Catherine E. Shoichet, Phil Gast - 16 Nov, 2010 Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- In response to a video of a California man's dispute with airport security officials, the Transportation Security ...
Airport security, civil liberties and some serious travel questions Chicago Tribune (blog) - 16 Nov, 2010 Thanksgiving travelers who haven't flown recently will face what might seem like an abrupt and intrusive introduction to the always-changing reality of ...
Invasive new TSA airport screening procedures are barely justifiable Dallas Morning News - 16 Nov, 2010 It's kind of a personal rule, but I really try to set limits on the number of people who are allowed to feel me up or look at me naked. ...
	Up in arms over airport security Chicago Tribune - Jon Hilkevitch, Julie Johnsson - 16 Nov, 2010 If you could put three faces on the emerging public reaction to new government ...
	Man shuns body scan, prompting flap with TSA and celebrity status on Web Los Angeles Times - Rick Rojas - 16 Nov, 2010 John Tyner says he did not intend to create a fuss. He skipped his flight in San Diego rather than submit to a search. By Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles ...
Airport Security Reports: 'Where Are the Airlines?' The Atlantic - 16 Nov, 2010 1) This is being sent from the United/Air New Zealand holding area at Sydney airport, waiting for the flight to Los Angeles. Sydney airport security system: ...
Standing Up to Pat Downs: Join the Live Chat CNN (blog) - 16 Nov, 2010 Tonight, standing up to pat downs and other airport security measures, like full body scans that fliers feel have gone way too far. ...
Screening Protests Grow as Holiday Crunch Looms New York Times - Joe Sharkey - 16 Nov, 2010 WHO knows how these things gain momentum on the Internet, but there have been enough online protests against the new body imaging machines at ...
The Full-Body Backlash New York Times (blog) - Nate Silver - 16 Nov, 2010 As full-body scanners come into more widespread use in American airports (they will be phased in soon at the three major airports in the New ...
Man refuses airport 'sex assault' pat down Ninemsn - 16 Nov, 2010 By ninemsn staff A US man was thrown out of an international airport after refusing to undergo a full-body X-ray scan and "pat down" which he said was like ...
TSA gets personal with security screens Atlanta Journal Constitution - Katie Leslie, Craig Schneider - 16 Nov, 2010 Joe Miller knew that airport security measures were changing before he arrived at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson ...
	NJ lawmakers ask feds to back off full-body scans USA Today - Ben Mutzabaugh - 16 Nov, 2010 EDITOR'S NOTE: The Associated Press has revised the wording of its story to say the group of New Jersey politicians is asking ...
New Airport Security Rules Cause Traveler Discomfort NPR - Sarah Gonzalez - 16 Nov, 2010 Transportation Security Administration officers give a demonstration of the first Advanced Imaging Technology unit at John F. Kennedy ...
TSA and John Tyner -- usually, this sort of thing is preceded by dinner Washington Post (blog) - Alexandra Petri - 16 Nov, 2010 So said 31 year-old software engineer John Tyner to the TSA official attempting to pat him down at San Diego's airport. ...
	Your comments: NJ lawmakers announce bipartisan resolution asking Congress to ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - 16 Nov, 2010 Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerTSA officials demonstrate the full-body scanner at Newark Airport in October. Several state lawmakers, citing legality concerns, ...
Will 'opt-out day' become no-fly day? Independent - David Hecker - 16 Nov, 2010 US travellers are being urged to refuse body scans at airports next week by several pro-consumer groups in an action which could cause delays on one of the ...
	Should John Tyner Worry about More Than His Junk? CBS News - Joshua Norman - 16 Nov, 2010 Image from a Rapiscan Secure 1000 backscatter X-ray scanner, which can produce cancer-causing radiation, albeit at very low levels. ...
Oceanside man challenges airport's full-body scan [Updated] Los Angeles Times - 16 Nov, 2010 A recording made by an Oceanside man who refused to undergo a full-body scan at San Diego International Airport over the weekend has gone viral as Internet ...