The front line grunt is just doing his job. It's up to us, the American people, to tell he policy makers when there's a problem- not shoot the messenger.
"I was just following orders" was not a successful defense at the Nuremburg trials... why should it be here?

Well this is good news, search Google News and you will see articles from people concerned that they have not been regularly changing gloves. I am pleased to hear anecdotally that this is changing.
Me too. Hopefully public outrage over such lack of hygienic procedures has caused them to ensure that gloves are changed. Everyone submitting to the groping should demand clean gloves.