TSA screening of Muslim travelers has escalated into chemical swabbing and head pat-downs

Evidence

Now TSA agents perform a chemical swipe of their hands and have them pat down their heads and necks to test for dangerous weapons. This was not done at the time of the interviews. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 539

Categorization

• XREF: Concrete escalation detail that grounds the reader’s ‘how the fear touches bodies’ anchor — the bodily intrusiveness of the current regime.
• SEED: The chemical swipe and head/neck pat-down are visceral, current-practice material for an essay on the material intrusiveness of ‘security theater.’