Female passenger subjected to TSA patdown 'because her sanitary towel showed up on body scanner'

A female passenger has claimed that she was assaulted by TSA agents when she was ordered to be patted down because her sanitary towel showed up on the body scanner.

The woman was wearing a flannel panty liner, that evidently aroused suspicion, causing her to endure what she described as a 'horrible' experience.

Humiliated by her experience, the unidentified Army vet wrote to women's health company Gladrags to detail what happened. More...

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