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As a counterpoint to what everyone is saying, there is no point in any pat-down if it's not thorough.

A pat-down that doesn't touch the genitals or other sensitive areas is not going to find any terrorists, it just gives the impression of security.

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Yeah, but the point is that anyone with half a brain would put whatever they're carrying out of reach of the pat down (ie places you'd have to do a cavity search for, however it gets there), so all that we're accomplishing here is feeling people up for that same impression of security (and, to drive people to the scanners to be photographed naked, which still won't find whatever is hidden in your body).

That's a good argument for why there's no point in any pat-down.

A pat-down that doesn't search body cavities is not going to find any terrorists, it just gives the impression of security.

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