WABC-TV reportsthat a TSA agent was arrested Thursday for sexually assaulting an individual in a LaGuardia Airport bathroom.

At checkpoints in airports across America, TSA employees regularly subject travelers to friskings (termed "pat-downs" by the TSA) that would justify arrest and prosecution if done by someone without government-granted legal immunity. The United States government admitted as much when it threatened in 2011 to close down all airports in Texas when the state government was on the verge of passing legislation that would subject TSA employees to fines and jail time for offensive friskings.

British singer, lyricist, and author Morrissey described last month a TSA employee physically abusing him at the San Francisco International Airport checkpoint and Morrissey having little recourse to hold the abuser accountable.