TSA: Texas Congressman Conseco Says TSA Assaulted HIM
Lisa Simeone blogs at TSANewsBlog:

Francisco Canseco of Texas says he was assaulted by the TSA during a "pat-down."

Canseco said:

"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."

It gets better. Because reflexively brushing away the hand of someone who is groping your genitals -- in other words, a normal reflex anywhere else -- is considered by the TSA to be -- wait for it -- assault.

That's right. In an about-turn that out-Orwells Orwell, you, the victim, are now being accused of doing to someone else the very thing that was done to you.

In psychology, this is called projection. Normally it refers to emotions, not actions. When you project onto others the emotions, motivations, characteristics you yourself harbor, in an attempt to distance yourself from them.

So the TSA called the cops. They wanted Canseco charged. He wasn't.

Love this bit from the KENS5 link:

Canseco told the KENS 5 I-Team the agent said he too was assaulted when Canseco pushed his hand away.

The assault is on our civil liberties -- daily, at airports across America.

Unfortunately, it seems that if a Congressman's balls aren't fondled, he isn't outraged enough to do anything about this.