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‘I Moved His Hand Away’: Congressman Claims TSA Agent Got Way Too Gropey
- Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:22am by
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U.S. Rep. Francisco Canseco said he was assaulted by a TSA agent at the San Antonio International Airport.
The Texas Congressman said the security agent went too far during a pat-down earlier this month.
“The agent was very aggressive in his pat-down, and he was patting me down where no one is supposed to go,” said Canseco. “It got very uncomfortable so I moved his hand away. That stopped everything and brought in supervisors and everyone else.”
Canseco told the KENS 5 I-Team the agent said he too was assaulted when Canseco pushed his hand away.
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dirtydog1776
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 5:24amJust pretend it is a high priced ****** or a teenage student page. You’ll do fine.
Politicians…..always whining about something.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:24pmCongress created this System; please commit suicide!
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:45pmA Congressman huh? The TSA “agent” should have used vice grips.
Report Post »Brae
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:53amPeople should just stop flying. Do it for 4 months straight. No flying. That would put the financial pressure on and then maybe something would be done. No fly for four months~
Report Post »jcizarter
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 5:10amI have boycotted airlines since Sept. 2001.
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 6:55amNo problemo. I’ve never been on a plane in my life. For vacations, when I had the time I didn’t have the cash, when I had the cash I didn’t have the time. So, I’ll start boycotting the airlines… um… decades ago.
Report Post »Kidding aside, I have family living all across the country (NH, ME, MA, MT, TX, CO) and they all stopped flying quite a while ago. Everyone only drives for visits now.
Not flying isn’t going to bother TSA though I imagine. It will hurt the airlines that have no control over the situation instead. TSA is just another parasite feeding off of taxpayers, aren’t they? And since when do the Feds care about wasting money? Especially with Obama in office. Obama would probably consider hurting the airlines’ profits as an accomplishment since he seems obsessed with killing non-green jobs.
Anyways, personally, I would never allow my kids to be molested and terrorized – especially not for something as insignificant as travel. I’ll drive.
Bill Rowland
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 6:57amWe quit flying not long after 911. The TSA people pulled me out of line because of the buckles on my suspenders and made a major case out of it. Then when we landed at BWI I watched them unload the luggage and break one of my suitcases by throwing it. When I complained the airlines attitude was not my job.
We are retired and time is relative. We drive, its usually a plesant exerience and we take different routes to keep the scenery fresh.
OMG 2012
Report Post »jens63
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 7:27amI think stop flying will put pressure on the airports and the airlines to address the tsa thing. Airports have the option to request private security. If they all start doing that it will put the issue on the front lines.
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 7:36amSoon the TSA will be on buses, subways, trains, road side check points, etc what are you going to then?
Only 1 Candidate has been warned us about the TSA, Patriot Act, NDAA, etc and the would be Ron Paul.
People need to wake up and look at these peoples voting record.
Rep. Francisco Canseco voted for all of these things. I think he needs more of this treatment. Maybe he should take “ The Great Patriot Allen West” with him next time. West supports and voted for all this crap too!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 7:45amI refuse to fly. I am not giving my 4th Ammendment rights to any pedophile and you are a FOOL if you do.
Report Post »Get in line for the anal probe sheeple….
The Bushmaster
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 8:08amAgreed.. Boycott all airlines foreign and domestic except for dire emergencies and the airlines themselves will put this outrageous govt back in check.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 8:14amme and mine have been boycotting the govt since sept 2001.
Report Post »ztrosper
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 8:26amBoycotts don’t hurt the TSA. They hurt the airlines. Furthermore, when a business loses revenue due to a boycott they start making cuts at the bottom first and many hard working people could lose their jobs. The answer isn’t going after airlines, it is electing different people into office that will replace the TSA with a different and better system.
Report Post »jens63
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 8:43amYou have to apply the pressure on many fronts
Report Post »tbb
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 8:50amIt doesn’t have to be as long as four months. Just 3 weeks and airports and airlines alike will be screeming about it.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:00amActually, on this one, I do blame Bush……do away with homeland security !
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:04amAll while Achmed and the boys, walk right on with missile launchers and the southern border is wide open…..and TSA is doing cavity searches on grandma…..
Report Post »BrerRabbit
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:10amI haven’t flown in three years & don’t plan to do so until this insanity stops. Usually travel to Italy very two years but now if I can‘t drve I don’t go. Must say it has worked out well. Have seen some lovely parts of the USA.
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:15amReally folks, why punish the airlines for something the GOVERNMENT does? Now that the war on terror is over (according to 0bozo and Co.) disband the TSA (T and A??) and we won’t have to put up with this crap anymore!
Report Post »jmsdysart
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:16amAgreed, Brae. I have a friend who is now in Freedomworks, Kristina Ribali, who was telling us that earlier this year she (because she is a famous Tea Party personality) got stopped by TSA at the Portland Airport 9 times…in 8 weeks! And one time the female Testicle Search Administrator who was checking her out declared that she would “have” to do a breast exam. One of the male TSAgents then replied to her “I’ll help with that!” i told her I would have had a team of lawyers down there before they could have blinked if anything like that had happened to me. God Bless this awesome Congressman for standing up for the Constitution and his own God-given Natural Rights, and ours!!
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:31amthats the plan………….airlines go belly up……….obama can take them over
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:48amYeah, pushing someone’s hand away from your private parts is assault. RIIIIIGGGHHHHT. We have so perverted the meaning of laws in order to gain revenue for the state. Whenever I hear of an assault of any kind, I automatically do not believe it. Especially if it is a govt goon clamining he was “assaulted” by a citizen. My friend was charged with “assault” for yelling at his neighbor.
Report Post »Anadara
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:00amMy (septuagenarian) parents have refused to fly since 2007 when they were aggressively searched (which was a diversion) and had their traveling money stolen by TSA slime. They have not flown since and have absolutely nothing good to say about that experience and the TSA.
Report Post »Socialism_Is_The_New_Black
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:30am@Bill Rowland – Same thing here. 2002 trip to Vegas was my last flight. Was treated like a perp cause my shoes “Skechers” had metal instep supports in them.
Report Post »Prepper Politics
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:01pm@BADDOGGY
Report Post »You said anal probe… now you know some on the left are going to fly just for teh chance of that. It’s like the lottery for them.
TheWholeTruth
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:53pmRECOVERINGNEOCON “soon?” The TSA VIPR teams are already going to train stations, bus stations, all sorts of mass transit stations and doing random checks. They are also going out to the freeways and doing stops there. That happened close to my home. They had all sorts of vehicles out at the freeway, stopping everyone and doing searches and checks. TSA is everywhere. And even though BHO has declared the war on terror ‘over,’ he has no intention of taking down the laws. They now claim they need them for us (Citizens) since the new ‘danger’ comes from white, right wing extremist, militia, Libertarians, Christians, etc etc etc.
Report Post »johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:46amGosh, I seem to detect a little resentment here!
Many of you seem to be genuinely pissed off about your rights being usurped at every turn.
Imagine that!?!?!?!
Report Post »sueacworth
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 6:08amGood Post. I also stopped flying. No one should have to take this kind of abuse. Our government is so screwed up. I have also advocated all TSA agents should have strict back ground checks such as molestation charges, etc. This is the perfect place for this kind of activity. My God, we can’t even keep them from stealing out of our luggage does anyone think they (TSA) would have a problem with feeling us up?
Report Post »LetsBeSmartAboutThis
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:29amIn all seriousness I say ‘Save us Mitt Romney’. The TSA and so much of the NoBama administration is out of control. Get rid of Obama, get rid of Obamacare, and get America back on the right track as of November 6th!
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:57amLOL
Naive!
Romney LIKES BIG GOVERNMENT. He won’t get rid of the TSA or anything else. While I will vote for Obama just like I GAGGED and voted for Bush and McCain – more RINOs – I have little doubt NOTHING WILL CHANGE! Romney is the lesser of two evils . AGAIN
And why stop at getting rid of ObamaCare. Get rid of MedicCare and RomneyCare and MediCaid – NONE of it is authorized by the Constitution. Also get rid of FORCED payments into SS – talk about FASCISM. Let people have their own retirements in their OWN NAME where government can’t touch it.
Report Post »HowardSternIsABigot
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 6:33amlamelib is right. We need to prepare for 2016. As long as republican-lites keep winning nothing wll change. Romney is a fraud as a conservative. I like him personnally, just like McCain. Unfortunately there is a reason the libs picked both of those candidates for us. Scrap the corrupt primaries system while we are at it. Stop letting NY dems cross over and sway our votes, stop repub elites from cheating Ron Paul and Tea Party candidates, and stop dems cheating at the p[olls too. We are the majority if we wise up and stop the cheaters.
Report Post »jens63
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 7:29amWhen we have a new president, it is not enough to just get rid of health care bill. I want to know that the 10s of thousands of regulations will be reviewed and largely negated too. I want the czars and their offices/budgets removed and the cabinet used like it is supposed to be. And in time some of those cabinet departments should be pared down or removed too.
Report Post »Tell your gop reps, senators, and leadership that we want all of this…keep the pressure on.
PPMStudios
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 8:24amLameliberals must have got good marks in his/her/it’s soothsayer class because other than claiming to have a good grasp of what our future holds with Romney, I thing you’re an idiot!!!
Report Post »Razlord
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:07amRon Paul Winning: MSM Decides its Safe to Announce Delegate Wins
Report Post »Now three people have won Iowa during this primary season. Last night, Ron Paul’s delegate finagling strategy paid off as he guaranteed himself at least half of the delegates in Iowa and Minnesota.
http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-winning-msm-decides-its-safe-to-announce-delegate-wins/
kenr1963
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:55amYep with Romney all we’ll get is Oboma out of office everything else will stay the same.Replacing one Socialist with another and when TSHTF the Dems will be able to point back and say look at what those Evil Conservatives did like they did after Hoover.Enjoy.
Report Post »roadhog
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 3:40amOld Liberal gets the Obama treatment. Do you know Who I am?
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 3:31amWhy are they still doing this? Don’t they know the War on Terror is over?
Report Post »johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:40amOh my! Someone forgot to copy the jihadists on the memo about the war being over!
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:50amLol. Nice one, Burnt eye.
Report Post »Deana_jo
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 8:59amThe war on terror is over because the politicians of this country have embraced the terrorists…you are the one who is SOL.
Report Post »kadster01
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:23amThat’s an excellent point! We’re all safe now, so they can stop molesting the passengers.
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 3:18amI hate tsa and the congressmen who allow this crap to continue
Report Post »cuzifit
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 3:11amAccording to the Administration “ the war on terror is over”. I feel safer already since the “Man Who Would be King” has declared it to be so! (Wrong!) So why do we need the TSA and Homeland Security?
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 6:39amBingo-o!
Report Post »scrapadapolis
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 3:09amI had an interview to be a TSA agent,The questions asked of me were safety,personal,and how would I protect the TSA.I told them people come first before above and beyond.The TSA also asked me what would I do to protect another agent? My answer was Im here for a job to protect the people on the flights in and out of airports.I didn’t get the job..Jason K (Syracuse international airport)..
Report Post »Razlord
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:32amthanks for info jayson.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 2:37amthese people are freaks…what is to be expected when the tsa advertises on pizza boxes..thats the truth google it
Report Post »Teufel Hunden
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 2:25amI wonder if those pat downs are a part of the Obama cares prevention program.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 2:39amNO if you kiss him behind the ear,
Report Post »you get a free trip to the WH
for a beer and MORE
possom
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 2:09amWelcom to our world congressman conseco!
Report Post »ThankBabyJesus
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 2:02amIt’s not random.
Report Post »RamboTheDog
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 2:02amI used to get angry, now I just laugh at anyone willing to subject themselves to this farce of “safety and security” to save some travel time.
Obamas TSA is unionized..you will not remove them without and act of congress to abolish them or actually boycotting flying and hit them where it hurts so the airlines turn on the Government and force them to.
Report Post »jcizarter
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 5:11amI agree Rambo, I laugh at people who send their child to a Public Indoctrination and humiliation center. I cry for the children.
Report Post »megarobryder
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:34amIt is time to stand up and say enough is enough…..How long does this crap have to increase in intensity? This has happened time & time again in history with the same disastrous ending. Nip it in the bud.
Report Post »Maji
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:45amTo bad he couldn’t beat the crap out of the tsa agent…then say it
Report Post »was for “Trayvon Martin” then he would have gotten away with it!!!
Marci
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:55amThe TSA agent claims he was assaulted when his hand was pushed away? Insanity. The groping is unconstitutional and only designed to keep U.S. citizens “in line”. They ignore any red flags running through security out of political correctness. In other news, Obama appoints a radical anti-Israel moonbat as Atrocities Czar and her main focus seems to be to build up a better army for Palestine and slam sanctions down on pro-Israel groups, businesses and institutions here in the U.S. It’s official, the 60′s hippies are running the show.
Report Post »joehanx2
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:21amthats rascist using nip you oughta be ashamed….lol
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:33amThe TSA agent was assaulted? How is pushing someones hand away assault? The TSA always seems to have an excuse, alibi or counter complaint. If that had been me, I would probably be in jail for punching the TSA agent.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:09amIts Zero tolerance! You must OBEY! Submit/Subject yourself to their total dominion over your body! This is Nimrods eye/hand over your individuality which Americans sooooo love and adore. Doncha get it yet? Your being conditioned! Conditioned into compliance. The same kind of compliance I see many Americans say is OK as long as the plance does not blow up I’m all for it. These are the worst kind of Americans because they will trade the illusion of Peace and Safety for rape.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:58amThe American Public needs a guarantee that these TSA Agents are NOT homosexuals. If discrimination ever needs to be practiced, this is it. The agents are touching our most private parts, and the thought that some woman is getting her jollies off, under guise of a “security check”, turns my stomach. Perhaps ****’s could be employed if lesbians checked men and gays checked women.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:03amThe censored word is a short version of the word: homosexuals. Geez!
Report Post »LDSmommy
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:44amDiane, I’m all for getting rid of the TSA, but a lesbian won’t get off on patting you down. A gay man won’t get his jollies by patting down, or even…OMG, TOUCHING a mans parts through his pants…anymore than a straight women would get off on patting down a guy. Being a lesbian doesn’t equal being sex-crazed. Growing up, my best friend was gay. Every time we went to a function, the women thought they were sooo funny saying “Make sure ***** doesn’t get to close to you!” etc. like she would be hot for every, single woman. Gay people have the same hormones as we do and patting people down ain’t that satisfying!
Report Post »this1can
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:46amI think we don’t need them any longer Obummer declared the war on terrorism is over. that’s was the reason for them being there.They can all go away now. Love/Pray
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:41amOnly one presidential candidate is against the TSA and the loss of rights we have had.
Ron Paul2012!!!!
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:40amWell if you are going to be accused of assaulting someone may as well give the smack down they just lied about.Don’t want the pervs to look like liars do we…………?
Report Post »Wakeup Maggie
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:39amNo mo Bo 2012
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:37amSince Obama administration says the war on terrorism is over .. time to FIRE the TSA .. Congresman get it done.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:11amIts past time to fire them; this mess with the TSA has become nothing more than about intimidation and control of people.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:32amlet them molest you or you cannot fly. missing freedom anyone?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:31amMore of our congress persons should get the same treatment. Hope it will teach them what they have done to the American public in the first place. Regardless of party affiliation.
Report Post »RebelPatriot
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:05amFunny how this is the first representative to be accosted by the TSA. I guess the rest are using private planes and planes that belong to the corporations the representatives are pimping for.
He will make this his platform for his next election.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:14amSome of them would enjoy it, if not the majority. Especially BHO.
Report Post »Master_and_Commander
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 7:40amDitto, RJJinGadsden, well said.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 8:13amactually , rand paul played with the tsa months ago…remember?
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 8:22amI have been given the “personal” pat down. The TSA agent asked me if wanted a “private room” which I declined. I was reminded several times that he was using the “Back” of his hand, while rearranging the family jewels.
Report Post »I’m taking a trip to Wisconsin this summer. I’m driving…
RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:06amThere are lot of excellent posts here. I do certainly remember the incident when Senator Rand Paul was illegally detained for something like just over an hour. REBELPATRIOT, your statement really caught my attention. It does make me wonder why we have not seen more of this happening knowing that all of Congress gets out of town on every one of their recesses. Just how are they getting from point A to point B without being harassed by the TSA? Are they taking private or military aircraft a la Nancy Pelosi? Otherwise, we really should be hearing of more in the congress being accosted too.
Report Post »Socialism_Is_The_New_Black
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:41am@Welcome Black Carter Back of the hand? What’s the difference? Are the sheeple that stupid? Oh it’s okay for you to rub the back of your hand all over my privates. I can’t believe people put up with that. Look what good it does to put up with the violations of the TSA when someone like the underwear bomber can get on a plane in a foreign country and almost blow up an airliner. I‘m so happy I haven’t flown since 02′, I loved traveling by plane before that.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:48amThat’s the way I went I while ago, but in the end I ate some humble pie and came back…
Report Post »Justthefactsmam
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 6:15amThis will help…unless you are just being a troll… support@theblaze.com
Report Post »poster
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 6:43amI hear MSNBC is accepting new users.
Report Post »MiloArk
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 7:00amYeah, I haven’t seen any of my comments appear in ages. Probably not even this one will make it.
Report Post »Razlord
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:30amfeel free…dont announce.
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