Saturday Night Live's Take On TSA Security: It's Our Business To Touch Yours.

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SNL take on TSA security: 'It's our business to touch yours'

By Michael Krebs.











NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' took a swipe at the TSA's airport pat-down security controversy in the U.S., likening the TSA employees to characters in a sex worker commercial.

The pat-down security debacle that has made headlines nationally and caused infinite headaches for the Transportation Security Administration has caught the attention of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" writers - yielding an SNL commercial that puts TSA airport gate employees in a steamy commercial, styled after late night phone-sex spots.

"Feeling lonely this holiday season? Looking for a little human interaction? Do you want to feel contact in certain special places," three suggestive women ask over porn-music riffs.

And then the commercial cuts away to three uniformed TSA security employees.

"Then why not go through security at an airport?"

The TSA pat-down security issue has received broad scorn, as reports continue to emerge of outrageous experiences from American travelers. One breast cancer survivor was forced to remove her prosthesis during a pat-down exercise, and another man was said to be left in his own urine after enduring an invasive pat-down.

Lawmakers are struggling with the balance between anti-terrorism security measures and respecting the personal space of American travelers. Congressman Ron Paul has introduced a bill to specifically deal with the TSA controversy.

The increased security measures were introduced in the wake of Yemen-based terrorist activity that led to the discovery of numerous printer cartridge bombs placed in cargo on flights bound for American cities. The uptick in terrorist activity put U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano in motion.

"Following the thwarted terrorist plot last week to conceal and ship explosive devices on board aircraft bound for the U.S., the Administration took a number of immediate steps to increase security by tightening existing measures related to cargo bound for the United States," Napolitano said in a statement issued on TSA's web site.

The entire matter proved to be good fodder for the producers and writers at SNL. A good chuckle right before the Thanksgiving travel rush could be well timed.





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