Alaska Representative Sharon Cissna had to take the long way home after refusing to submit to a TSA pat-down following a full body scan at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport.

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Alaska Representative Sharon Cissna had to take the long way home after refusing to submit to a TSA pat-down following a full body scan at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport. The scan showed scars from her mastectomy, and TSA rules require security officers to "see and touch" a prosthetic device, cast or brace in the screening process. Cissna, who had been in...