Fort Worth woman 'humiliated' after Love Field pat-down | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth

Deaton — who has a medical condition — said Transportation Security Administration agents at Dallas Love Field crossed the line after they noticed something hanging from her stomach. She told them it was a gastric tube to flush toxins from her body.

They pulled her aside for a pat-down. Deaton said it happened behind a screen and not in a private room, and away from her luggage. Agents asked to look at the tube.
"When I pulled my shirt out and they catch a glimpse of it, they both go, 'Ugh!'" Deaton said. "I said, 'Thank you for your professionalism.'"

Deaton's experience didn't end there.

Her medical condition requires her to eat only soft foods. She claims that when agents checked her luggage, they threw out her containers filled with applesauce and pudding. She told them it was her food, and asked for a supervisor.
This is disgusting behaviour. Where are the protections for passengers? Where is the accountability on the part of the TSA, which sucks up $8.1 billion dollars a year from the federal budget? Do you give up every right to dignity once you enter an airport?

A comment on reddit offers some food for thought:

I remember people predicting this kind of stuff 10 years ago and being called conspiracy theorists.