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CNN reporter in tears after invasive pat-down at airport security | Daily Star

US journalist Angela Rye breaks down in tears in the shocking footage after she was randomly selected for a security search at Detroit’s Metro Airport on Friday (December 16).

She later shared the video on Twitter describing the “invasive vaginal pat-down” by airport security.

The political commentator has since said she is worried about the effect security checks by the Transport Security Administration (TSA) could have on sexual assault victims.

The disturbing footage shows Angela looking incredibly uncomfortable as the female officer roughly frisks her body.

The 37-year-old said she was originally sent back through the backscatter machine but was then told she needed a “backhanded pat-down around the upper thigh”.

But in an opinion piece published for CNN, Rye said the search went much further than that. HUMILIATED: Angela is worried about the effect of the screening on victims of sex assault

She wrote: “The pat-down began and was uneventful until she went down my leg, up my dress and her hand sideways hits me right in the crack of my labia.

“She comes around to the front, I grow nervous and pull back a bit, afraid of the same thing happening ― and her sideways hand hits in the middle of my genitals again. I can no longer hold back the tears.”

The reporter had been told that if she refused the pat-down, she would be escorted from the airport and would miss her flight to New York. DISTURBING: Rye breaks down after being thoroughly frisked by the security officer Angela said she asked a police officer – who had been called by the TSA – to film the pat-down.

She has reportedly filed an official complaint over the incident, adding: “Of course we want America to be safe and protected. Top porn star sent death threats over Virgin Mary photo