Nicki Minaj takes on TSA: 'I was just overtly fondled'

Rapper Nicki Minaj is the latest celebrity to take to Twitter with a complaint against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Monday.

Minaj took on “a very old lady [with] an accent” of “overtly” fondling her at a TSA check point on a flight apparently headed out of the country. She then tweeted a picture of the woman’s back.

Pretty sure I was just overtly fondled @ this check point. By a very old lady w/an accent. Word?

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 9, 2012

In a subsequent tweet, Minaj complained that she was told not to take photos.

So TSA always takes pics of me while doing their job! But wld u believe they just told ME EYE couldn't take pics???? Wow. #luckyIMsick

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 9, 2012

According to the TSA website, the agency does not specifically prohibit photography at security checkpoints, but it does ask passengers “to not film or take pictures of the monitors.”

The TSA has become one of the more unpopular government agencies in recent years, and regularly takes heat from both celebrities and politicians. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who was detained for refusing a pat-down in January, recently launched an online petition to “end the TSA.”

TSA complaints frequently show up first on Twitter because the microblogging service makes it easy to publish complaints in real time.

The TSA is facing increased scrutiny this week with the House Homeland Security Committee planning to "challenge the status quo at TSA” at a subcommittee hearing on Tuesday.