LETTER: New airport security measures no worse than Patriot Act

I read with amazement the virulent language hurled at the Transportation Security Administration by the right-wing "freedom" protectors. It is perfectly OK with them for the government to listen to their phone conversations, read their mail, hack into their e-mails, and search their homes and offices without a warrant — all legal under the Patriot Act, and a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. But an X-ray or a pat-down to find weapons in airports? Gross misappropriation of power!