I Beg To Differ

In an article at The Atlantic entitled 'The Maddening Stupidity of the TSA Security Burlesque ', Jefferey Goldberg writes:

"We recently saw in Saudi Arabia the detonation of a rectal bomb, so it really doesn't take much creativity to imagine that terrorists will be taping explosives to their scrotums. Of course, TSA is not going to be feeling-up people's scrotums anytime soon."

I flew out of DFW this year. I'm as non-Arab/Muslim/Nigerian looking as they come. But that didn't stop the TSA guy patting me down just to prove they don't profile. I was also treated to a discreet testicular cupping - the kind that would have thwarted Operation Balls of Fire before it started.

My scrotum check was over in less than a second and caused no lasting psychological trauma. I didn't sue and neither did we exchange phone numbers... I just put my shoes back on and headed off to departures.

So just an FYI to Jeff, airport security do check balls. Not all the time, but they do.