  Another TSA Sexual Assault  November 13, 2012 by    Another
TSA Sexual Assault  Shocking stories of unprofessional conduct,
inappropriate actions and sexual molestation at the dehumanizing
checkpoints set up at mass transportation hubs throughout the
Nation abound. But for frequency, stories like that of 58-year-
old Maggie Buckenmayer, who could be anyone’s mother or
grandmother, are no less shocking.  Buckenmayer’s ordeal began
at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at the
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham,
Ala., as she tried to travel home to San Diego. Because the
passenger has artificial knees, she was subject to a patdown by
TSA agents, which involved groping of her genitals, thighs,
buttocks and breasts. The agents proceeded to inform Buckenmayer
that they had found a “protrusion” or “abnormality” between her
legs.  “I’m shocked, I’m humiliated, so I don’t know what to
say, I blurt out ‘I don’t have a penis’ and she looks at me and
says ‘well I’m going to hav