BIG SIS REBUKE: Texas House Passes Bill Banning Pat-Downs Of 'Anus, Sex Organ, Buttocks, Breast'...

Texas House Bans Offensive Security Pat-Downs

May 13, 2011 6:44 AM
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A TSA agent waits for passengers to pass through a magnetometer at Los Angeles International Airport on November 22, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (credit: David McNew/Getty Images)

AUSTIN (AP) - The Texas House passed a bill that would make it a criminal offense for public servants to inappropriately touch travelers during airport security pat-downs.

Approved late Thursday night, the measure makes it illegal for anyone conducting searches to touch “the anus, sexual organ, buttocks, or breast of another personâ€