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"...problems persist for some American frequent fliers and some customers of United Airlines, which joined the Transportation Security Administration's TSA PreCheck screening program for low-risk travelers in late June, said airline officials, security experts and frustrated travelers..." 

Racial Profiling Rife at Airport, U.S. Officers Say

“They just pull aside anyone who they don’t like the way they look..."

"...in response to pressure from managers to meet certain threshold numbers for referrals to the State Police, federal immigration officials or other agencies."

"The stops were seen as a way of padding the program’s numbers and demonstrating to Washington policy makers that the behavior program was producing results, several officers said." 

but... "Most said the agency was somewhat or not effective."

Asking for a TSA supervisor makes matters worse.

 “I then overheard the TSO graphically describing that ‘they will need to touch your privates,’” the author writes.

“That just about did it for my wife,” he adds, explaining that the TSO’s order quickly sent his wife into a fit of shakes and sweats as she was forced to let TSA agents have an x-rated look at her exposed body. Her problems didn’t end there, though."