New Video: See Congressman’s Groping Incident With the TSA
- Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:37am by
Liz Klimas
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Two weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Francisco Canseco (R-Texas) claimed a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent got a little too touchy feeling during a pat down. The Blaze reported Canseco saying his pat down was done “very, very aggressively,” which resulted in him instinctively swatting the agents hand away from his groin area. From there, it was agent vs. Canseco in who assaulted who.
(Related: ‘I moved his hand away’: Congressman claims TSA agent got way too gropey)
The agent patting Canseco called for backup, which held the representative for longer at the security checkpoint and resulted in a second pat down by another agent. Now, the TSA footage has been released and you can see the incident for yourself in this KENS 5 San Antonio news report:
What do you think? Was the agent patting a little too high up Canseco‘s leg at San Antonio International Airport April 25 or was the Congressman’s karate chop-like movement seen on film too aggressive? Granted, you can’t see the opposing point-of-view facing the TSA agent.


KENS 5 reports TSA did not want to comment on the incident but did say they had been contacted by the Congressman’s office and would be in communication with them directly. TSA’s statement went on to note that “once a passenger enters the screening process, they must complete it prior to continuing to a flight or secure area.”
In the report, Canseco says he believes he was targeted and does not view the request for a pat down after he had gone through the full body scanner as a coincidence.
In speaking with Joe “Pags” Pagliarulo — a nationally syndicated radio host based in San Antonio and fill-in for Glenn Beck — a couple weeks ago, Canseco said he believes the incident “calls to my attention what an egregious invasion of our privacy and our dignity is happening with TSA.”



















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jnobfan
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:17pmLets face it. If your going to pat someone down for weapons or anything else you have to check their groin area do you not?
Report Post »I don’t like it but I understand that if myself and my family choose to fly we very well maybe patted down which will result in myself,my wife or my children having our groins inspected for weapons.
Who doesn’t understand this?
EndTheFedNOW
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:28pmYou have got to be kidding me. These pot belly thugs molest your kids and get off while they do it, and you are ok with that? What kind of parent would let these trash tsa agents who are not bonded officers molest their kids? Those who give up their libertys for security, loose both and deserve neither.
We are screwed with attitudes like yours.
Report Post »wvgirl
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:37pmAmericans for freedom DO NOT understand this! We are NOT Islamic Terrorists hell-bent on destroying the USA! We have constitutional rights, apparently something you know nothing about!
Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither: Benjamin Franklin
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:47pmRep. Francisco Canseco
Has the nerve to complain about being groped by the TSA!!! Canseco voted for all the bills making it this possible. You got to be kidding me!! If anyone deserved this treatment its Francisco Canseco
Patriot Act
NDAA
Federal Aviation Administration Act
TSA
Home Land Security
Hope your enjoying your new Freedom.
Report Post »ThemDemsLie2much
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:53pmever heard of a reflex? Next Obama will give them squad cars and send them out into the public. Wonder why they didn’t hire the IRS to touch our junk?
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:54pmI guess he now knows what it feels like to be violated!
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:55pmShould they stick a finger up everyone’s a55 too?
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:09pmSo, what would be the limit? Should they search all cavities?
Report Post »hcartexas
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:21pmJNOBFAN……I want to inspect, and grope your daughters groin, while you watch. Ill smile the whole time, and Ill be very thorough.
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:22pm@JNOBFAN : T.S.A. has NOT made flying any safer. They MUST PROFILE and completely search ALL middle-eastern males aged 1 – 99 years old. Profile is NOT a dirty word. T.S.A. must also screen out ALL the perverts that work for them. If enough congressman and women are molested, they can make T.S.A. go away. My wife and I do not fly because it is not safe. Now the terrorists have perfected a nearly undetectable plastic body bomb. There are no more “ friendly skys ”.
Report Post »naed5048
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:24pmnot able to play video…..Is it being blocked?
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:38pmJNOBFAN…OK lets see what you say when they start doing body cavity searches….For your wife and little daughter that will mean FRONT and REAR cavity searches…You being a male just get your weenie rubbed and a finger in your backside…NOW DO YOU FEEL SAFER???YOU F’ING IDIOT!!!!!!!!
Report Post »God you people are stupid!
Patrick Henry II
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 5:14pmWhat a dip****, ever heard of “unreasonable search and siezure”? The 10th Amendment? Privot property rights? Go stay in Venuzuela and take up citizenship there.
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 5:22pmOK this was stupid after watching the video. The Congressman was not at all in the wrong. The guy grabbed his wewee. He did not even agressivly block his hand away. TSA thug/guy met his match with authority. If it were me I would have gotten worse treatment for doing the same. I am glad the Congressman stepped up to the bully.
Report Post »CommonSenseTalk
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 5:41pmneed to check every women privates. just one finger inserted up no more then 4 inches to be sure no weapons. you can’t be to sure. I’m know your children will understand about security. The metal detectors, xrays, body scanners, and now cavity searches next. How about profiling and be done with it. How many old people over 60 in the history of the airlines, attacked a airplane? Why are my 78 year old parents going to the body scanners and pat downs every time they fly. What a waste of manpower. Wait, maybe its just about union jobs. hmmmmmm, who gets most of the union money? Ok I understand now. Bring on the ****** searches.
Report Post »DProffitt
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 6:02pmIf your willing to allow this intrusion, how far are you willing to allow the government to go ? Cameras on your house…how about IN your house….GPS on your car…..how long until you have to address everyone as Commrade ? just curious as to how far you would allow government intrusion ?
Report Post »Sick-N-Tired
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 6:06pmAre you out of your mind?? You would actually let them check your groin and that of your children. What’s next? They want to put a tracking device under the skin on your arm ARE YOU GOING TO SAY IT IS FOR OUR PROTECTION??? Those pat downs have not served anyone!
Report Post »This should have been stopped the first day they started…if enough people had stood their ground and not used the x ray machine, then it would have slowed down the WORLD and this would not have flown.
poorrichard09
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 7:34pmWell, with the new improved underwear b0mb the CIA supposedly discovered, get ready to have to strip to your underwear or worse! Apparently just feeling you up would not have uncovered this device.
Report Post »CafeConservative
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:03pmAmazing that Israel has been dealing with problem much longer than the US has and never found the need to grope someone’s grandmother, someone’s child, someone’s prosthetic breast, etc.
Being as complete and necessary as their assaults, err searches, are, the TSA would have you believe that Israel has had hundreds of security lapses and in-flight incidents yet El Al is incident free and safe and granny, daughters, and women with prosthetic breasts have gone unmolested.
Cafe Conservative
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NOT A CRAZY
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:48pm@JNOB..You are your effing family can pretend you are in prison, strip down naked, squat and cough all you want. You can even let them stick a finger or two where the sun doesn’t shine because we all know that you can hide weapons or other contraband there. Maybe you wouldn‘t mind some surgery so they can open you up and make sure you don’t have a surgically implanted bomb.
YOU DON”T SPEAK FOR ME!!!!
Report Post »BobtheMoron
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:27pmYou must enjoy the groping. Pervert.
Report Post »FromSeaToSea
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:49pmWhy don’t they just require people to fly naked? That ought to do it.
We can get rid of the TSA. Every passenger will be assigned to keep an eye on everyone boarding. Any clothes and the FBI can jump their bones. No more burkas if you want to fly. No more turbines.
“Oh, and it’s for your own protection. We have terrorists trying to wear clothes and board airlines everyday.”
Report Post »schlepnier
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:46am“Who doesn’t understand this?”
Report Post »Those if us with a brain who understand that in the last 10 years every single person arrested for attempted acts of terrorism this is trying to stop have been muslim males between the ages of 18-45 usually of middle eastern or african decent. however instead of focusing on the target demographic political correctness forces us to do illegal 4th ammendmant violating intrusive searches of children, old women and other law abiding US citizens of low risk demographics.
lordjosh
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:19amwanna take it back?
Report Post »Square Dancer
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 8:59am“Who doesn’t understand this?”
You don’t…and it is rather obvious. Read the Constitution. And do you REALLY want some fat, lazy, over-paid pedophile checking your kid? Or your wife? If you do, put an ad in the paper, and see how many responses you get.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:44amI have seen videos of pat downs. You can‘t tell me you have to actually move the genitals or buttocks or breasts to see if there’s a weapon there. If they grab my boob enough to actually move it, you can bet I’ll Karate chop their hand away too. My sister-in-law is from the Netherlands and claims that she doesn’t have a problem with such a violation of person. Some Americans were steeped in too much freedom. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MOLEST ME TO “KEEP ME SAFE.” If I patted down anyone entering my house (in the name of keeping my family safe) like they pat down passengers on an airplane, I’d be arrested for molestation or assault. If more Americans felt this way, there wouldn’t be TSA pat downs.
Report Post »XScramblerX
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 12:00amYou’re soulless or brainless
Anyone touches my wife or children is pushing up daisies.
Report Post »Boy! We have a world full of useful idiots.
Bend over JNOBFAN.
Walkabout
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:13pmIf we do not offend, if we do not go on the offensive, then we will have a prevent defense forever.
Kill the terrorists & reduce or eliminate the intrusive screenings
Report Post »Best_Patriot
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:07pmIt’s becoming fashionable for congressmen/senators to cry “grope!” They think it makes them look all tough when they talk. Funny how it’s always the conservative men who are allegedly getting groped by the TSA.
Weiners Wiener
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:15pmApparently the democrat pols love same sex groping and won’t report it.
Report Post »Best_Patriot
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:34pmI appreciate the deflection, Weiners Wiener, but my observation is valid and based on historical fact. Yours is silly and based on silliness. Which is fine, I guess. Nothing wrong with silliness.
Report Post »JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:57pmBecause the liberals like it…………………………
Report Post »NealPatrick
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:15pmWhat’s silly is to assign political party to claims of being groped by the TSA…….. Once again losing sight of the issue, which is the intrusive, badly run TSA……. and instead fighting about some silly comment about who yells “groped” the most.
Report Post »Best_Patriot
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:08pmSorry man, but I’m “addicted to fact.” And the fact is, all of the politicians who have allegedly been groped are Conservatives. Kinda fishy that they’re the ones who are also so vocally opposed to the TSA.
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 7:47pm@best_patriot(sic)
Report Post »Have you used ANY of your alleged brain. Have you thought about that the TSA molesters just might know exactly who these people are and they are targeting conservatives? It still doesn’t matter, anyone that is willing to give up their rights to molesters and perverts and commies IS NO PATRIOT!!!
Irenic
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:08pmI suppose it is fashionable for Ambassadors, too.Indian diplomat Meera Shankar was livid and refused to ever return to America.
Hillary said she would avoid the invasive searches herself and was going to review procedures. I’ve heard no more about it…
Report Post »NealPatrick
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:56pmI only wish this happened to every Senator and Congressman, over and over and over……. it is the only way they will do something about the TSA……. it has to be as big a problem for them as the citizens they don’t represent.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:11pmI only wish this happened to every Senator and Congressman, over and over and over …
***
No you don’t. Barney Frank might decide to run fro Congress again!
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:34pmRep. Francisco Canseco voted for this and now he is enjoying it, very time the SOB flies.
Report Post »ferdnerkel
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:35pmEven if this did happen to every senator and congressman and not just the enemies of liberalism would the aforementioned representatives have the power to stop it? Personally I don’t believe they do. They gave that authority to their lackeys (the TSA) and now as with all bureaucracies, Once the bureau is in place its creators have no more control over it. As far as I know not one bureaucracy has been dissolved since the early days of the republic when I think it was Madison got elected and disbanded all of them that were created up to that point. It would be nice if we could hear them all complaining about it though, wouldn’t it?
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:12pmWell the good news is that these agents are dying off due to CANCER. KARMA! these agents are a cancer to the 4th Amendment and are agents of tyrany so they need to be rotting off.
http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/30/did-airport-scanners-give-boston-tsa-agents-cancer/
TSA agents don’t know that they are violating the Constitution? they don’t know that they are agents of tyranny? sure they do. They want a paycheck……so to hell with DECENCY and the Constitution(traitors). To hell with FREEDOM of privacy and personal space!!! Well, to hell with you too as you rot of the radiation.
Report Post »Some no doubt are perverts. Most are just selfish bastids promoting tyranny for a paycheck. IF EVERYBODY SAID NO TO THIS JOB…………Big C…..err Sis……….would have no one to carry out her evil demented degerneracy!!! rot in hell big C with all these rotten TSA minions. DON’T GO THROUGHT SCANNERS!!! they radiate!!!
Bangstick
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:09pmSome animals are more equal than others.
A common citizen would have bee dragged off to jail by all of those gov’t agents for the same action.
Congressmen get a nearly free pass.
Report Post »L0WRYDER
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:59pmMaybe I would have went to jail but that TSA person would have had broke bones and would rembered my name for every one of these days some one will kill a TSA for doing stuff like that lots of people want take it. I dont have a fear of flying just the pat down that why I dont fly!!!
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:08pmThere is no reason to harrass and grope every single person. That is stupid. The very fact that it might look like we are singling out a group make no difference to me. Little blonde haired 6 year old girls are not carrying bombs. Neither are old gray haired ladies. The TSA is groping everyone because it is part of a bigger plan. If the government can treat you like cattle, herd you like cattle, and handle you like cattle….then you are cattle. You no longer are a free, thinking, sovereign person. You are an animal with no rights.
Report Post »EyesOpen2
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:53pmWell put thegreatcarnac: That is exactly what the govenrment is doing. As long as they continue to take away rights slowly, people will not complain. I find the pat downs by TSA, a disgrace on the part of the government.
Report Post »suedstate
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:07pmI think they just want to know what a pair feels like, since most of these liberal turds don’t have any.
Report Post »TomSawyer
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:01pmI want less security and more freedom.
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:09pmYou sound just like Ben Franklin..way to go Tom
Report Post »ConstLaw
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:13pm@ TomSawyer Best post ever!!!
Report Post »DRAGONSEED
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:29pmHey, Tom, you and me both!
That would make a great bumper sticker–and even GREATER ELECTION CAMPAIGN THEME:
~We want less security & more freedom!~
Report Post »tbb
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:57pmI don’t need to see a video to know that the TSO was at fault. They are at fault every time there is an incident it is always the TSO’s fault. Time to end the tyranny of the TSA.
Report Post »altops
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:00pmyeup
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:54pmI think all Neo Cons and Neo Libs so go through that and than maybe they will want to get rid of it.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:50pmWhat is it about people that let themselves be groped, felt up and down like they are criminals??? What is it about people who don’t care about their rights as citizens of America and continue to let this happen?? All it would take is a good week of no one flying period to stop this injustice against American’s! But like sheep being led to the slaughter they just keep letting this happen! Wake up American’s.. we are not the enemy!
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:04pmHey Abby, why are you supporting a candidate that hasnt vowed to end the TSA and supports other attacks on American citizens freedoms like the Patriot Act and NDAA?
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:29pmunder P/A/u/L TSA is null and voided. Good news friend going thru states via car says the P signs ARE OFF THE CHARTS!!!!!!!!
Report Post »WASP
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:46pm(Jungle J) read my mind! Closet gays have the advantage in locker rooms and @ airports posing as TSA agents. In the locker rooms crotch gazers were easy to spot. Many times they were the ones walking around with semi-woodies deflecting your attention with crass jokes, but @ airports crotch-grabbers have the perfect cover. Not fair.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:40pmWho knows what indignities they plan on heaping upon the flying public now that it’s come out that some kamikaze-muslims have had implanted bombs in their bodies!
Report Post »FromSeaToSea
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:38pmObummer has a plan and we don’t. Maybe a vote, but that’s it. The votes will be counted by a foreign business out of Spain controlled by a Obama supporter. Look it up.
Report Post »The checks and balances for vote counting are almost nonexistant.
Were being herded into the slaughterhouse folks.
Everyone is looking for a saviour. The saviour is You and I organizing to take back our freedom.
There’s no one else coming to help us. The butcher is waiting.
Most people are fearfully moving towards the meat hooks as the drug inducing TV plays overhead beautiful nature scenes of world heritage sites.
LeadNotFollow
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:25pm…
I hate TSA agents, but I did not see any crotch touching before the Congressman hit his hand. Why can TSA agents touch women‘s crotches but not men’s crotches?
I can understand the Congressman’s situation. It’s an automatic defense reflex, when someone’s hand is headed for your crotch.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:05pmThey do touch your crotch. I was groped twice in one week.
Report Post »FromSeaToSea
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:19pmWe can overcome the TSA at airports, but we can win the fight by removing our leades and replacing them with moral and just candidates and by taking up our neighbors cause in numbers bearing arms.
The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea. John Adams
Fear is the foundation of most governments. John Adams
Power always thinks… that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all his laws. John Adams
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:19pmMaybe he will sign Rand Paul’s petition to abolish the TSA …….I will !!!
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:52pmI have
Report Post »Razlord
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:07pmsame.
Report Post »Sloburn
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:14pmYou should not only sign you should as I did give them money.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:17pmI’d rather have one of those big scarey lookin TSA chicks grabbing at my junk, rather than some guy named Trevor………
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:41pmU are an idiot too…so what?
Report Post »Razlord
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:53amInternal DHS Report: ‘Vulnerabilities’ Identified in TSA Body Scanner Screening Process
May 8, 2012 at 10:50am
TSA Releases Video Of Pat Down Confrontation With Congressman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZODrqcPsFU&feature=player_embedded
nothing about safety…you are being conditioned.
Report Post »Razlord
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:52amUNCUT VIDEO: Tom Ballantyne Speaks with US Air Force Investigator about Obama’s eligibility
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M4T2iSSNWbc
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/05/uncut-video-tom-ballantyne-speaks-with.html
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:45amwhat a great job for a homosexual!
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:59amBlaze commenters seem to have a way of making any issue about homosexuality. I wonder why that is…
Report Post »Infidel49
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:28pmBecause it makes sense.
Report Post »huntinwabbits
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:41pmA job position well known to ‘pat’ people down and do things that are ‘questionable’ at best and you act like you are surprised to see a gay comment. Give me a break. This has homosexual written all over it. Applause to Jungle J for not giving in to the demands of such a small minority and speaking his mind. An abnormal lifestyle demanding normalcy is pathetic. Weekend, get your panties out of a bunch. The comment was hilarious and well deserved.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:51pmWeekendAtBernankes, Liberals always seem to connect dots that arent even there. I wonder why that is.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:45amWhat more proof is needed? Get rid of the blasted TSA NOW!
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:44am“They” are LAUGHING at how we submit to this degradation. MUST READ:
MUST READ !!!:
” Obama admin…. planning a manufactured insurgency against America….(possible) indefinite postponement of elections… So far, he’s got the support of the majority of the DHS “brass” behind him, according to my source.
..whole purpose is to keep Obama in office for another term, no matter how unpopular he is, as he is not finished changing our country from a Constitutional Republic… according to my source: . “This is what we’ve been working toward and we’re closer now than we’ve ever been. If we lose now, we might not have another chance.”
… common objective is the revolutionary overtaking of America….(They) are working closely with Bernanke, Geithner and others not to save our economy, but to outright destroy it. ..Do you actually think that .. Geithner’s father worked with Obama’s mother in Indonesia was coincidental?,” stated my source rhetorically. “What we’re seeing now is the fourth quarter of a game that started long ago, which also currently involves the Clintons…
The “surreal” aspect of suspended elections won’t look so surreal when you see any or all of the “trigger points” take place in the not-so-distant future.”
The end-game plan for America is its destruction as a Constitutional Republic, with the assistance of the agencies under the umbrella of the DHS.”
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:00pmScary stuff Mom, but your link appeas to be out
Report Post »momrules
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:55pmMomprayn is right, this is a must read. These are things a lot of us have been saying and it explains Farrakhan’s reemergence.
JustAngry…………go to canadafreepress.com………I couldn‘t get Mom’s link either but the story is on the web site.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:43amAnother weirdo.!!!
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