Former Minnesota Governor, ex-professional wrestler and current TRU TV host Jesse Ventura is suing the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA over the new airport security measures instituted last year. In a complaint filed in Minnesota district court on Monday, Ventura alleges that body scans and enhanced pat downs at airports violate his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The suit even claims that pat downs “meet the definition for an unlawful sexual assault.”Ventura flies two or three times a week for his job as the host of Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura. The 59-year-old had a hip replaced in 2008, and the titanium implant sets off airport metal detectors. As a result, he is forced to undergo additional screening every time he goes to the airport. The complaint argues that the TSA and Homeland Security “have no factual basis to support any reasonable suspicion that Governor Ventura poses any threat to airline safety, nor does he in fact post any such threat.”
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