The Transportation Security Administration has rolled out changes to pat-downs at airports, which some travelers said resulted in more invasive screenings, NBC News reported.
Seasoned traveler Joel Stratte-McClure, who was catching a flight from Redding Municipal Airport to Egypt on Thursday, said the agent warned him the new procedure "would involve a more intense horizontal and vertical pat-down" to look for concealed weapons that people typically hide in their pants.
"This was the most intriguing, intense and invasive pat-down I've had by the TSA since they came into existence," Stratte-MCClure said in an email to NBC News.
The changes come after an audit found that the TSA failed to detect handguns and other weapons in security screenings.