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TSA Follies Thread (merged)
Re: TSA Follies
by rangerone314 » Mon 15 Mar 2010, 09:13:48
The last time I flew was in 2005 for my honeymoon, and before that 2002.
Just imagine if the average American only flew twice in a decade. Starve the beast -- it will die. Since I don't intend to fly again, or at least not for a really, really long time, I could care less if they use scanners that can see people nude or if they do full body cavity searches with latex gloves. Shame on everyone who flies and perpetuates the system by feeding it.
Modern things that are useless or borderline-useless: voting (haven't done that since 1992), flying (not since 2005), talking on cellphone (Oct 2009), driving an SUV (never done that) When Bush said to spend money was patriotic, because I disagreed with him, the first thing I did after turning off the TV was to transfer $50 from checking to savings.
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Equals barter and negotiate-people with power just take
You cant defend freedom by eliminating it-unknown
Our elected reps should wear sponsor patches on their suits so we know who they represent-like Nascar-Roy
Equals barter and negotiate-people with power just take
You cant defend freedom by eliminating it-unknown
Our elected reps should wear sponsor patches on their suits so we know who they represent-like Nascar-Roy
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Re: TSA Follies
by eXpat » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:04:27
OK, not TSA but Britain, but i bet this is happening everywhere those scanners are placed.
"I love those gigantic tits."
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') HEATHROW security man was quizzed by police after ogling a girl colleague "naked" in a new anti-terror body scanner.
Jo Margetson, 29, reported John Laker, 25, after he took her picture with the X-ray gadget and made a lewd comment.
The pervy guard leered and told her: "I love those gigantic t**s."
She had entered the X-ray machine by mistake - and was horrified when Laker pressed a button to take a revealing photo.
Laker, who faces the sack, was the first airport worker to be caught abusing the controversial new devices.
They were brought in by the Government after the Christmas Day underpants bomber tried to blow up a flight to Detroit.
They produce full-body "nude" images of passengers to locate hidden weapons or explosives. This includes clear outlines of genitalia.
Opponents of the scanners, including anti-paedophile groups, have furiously condemned their use.
After Laker sneaked a look at her body and made the remark, horrified Jo told her bosses and police at the West London airport.
"I love those gigantic tits."
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') HEATHROW security man was quizzed by police after ogling a girl colleague "naked" in a new anti-terror body scanner.
Jo Margetson, 29, reported John Laker, 25, after he took her picture with the X-ray gadget and made a lewd comment.
The pervy guard leered and told her: "I love those gigantic t**s."
She had entered the X-ray machine by mistake - and was horrified when Laker pressed a button to take a revealing photo.
Laker, who faces the sack, was the first airport worker to be caught abusing the controversial new devices.
They were brought in by the Government after the Christmas Day underpants bomber tried to blow up a flight to Detroit.
They produce full-body "nude" images of passengers to locate hidden weapons or explosives. This includes clear outlines of genitalia.
Opponents of the scanners, including anti-paedophile groups, have furiously condemned their use.
After Laker sneaked a look at her body and made the remark, horrified Jo told her bosses and police at the West London airport.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2904943/Airport-security-guard-John-Laker-ogled-woman-colleague-in-body-scanner.html#ixzz0j5g2NNua
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/24/heathrow_body_scanner/
This of course has been gone public because they are airport personnel, travellers have not right to complain...
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Re: TSA Follies
by eXpat » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 19:12:25
TSA worker accused of slipping powder-filled baggie into flier's bag ... as a joke
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Transportation Security Administration is in the news after one of its workers allegedly "jokingly pretended to plant a plastic bag of white powder in the carry-on luggage of a passenger at Philadelphia International Airport" on Jan. 5, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The paper reports that employee is no longer employed by the TSA, though the agency says privacy laws prevent it from saying why the worker is no longer there.
The brouhaha apparently began when the TSA worker showed the passenger -- a 22-year-old college student -- a small clear bag of white powder that he said he pulled from her carry-on luggage. The passenger – on her way to Michigan – says the worker then asked her: "Where did you get it?" She says she was told all would be fine if she answered truthfully.
The student tells the Inquirer she was stunned, wondering if someone sneaked drugs or explosives into her bag. Then, after about 20 seconds, she claims the TSA worker began to smile before telling her the item was his. The woman says she was told the worker trained TSA screeners how to detect contraband. TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis tells the paper she does not have any information to contradict the woman's account.
After she realized she was off the hook, the woman says she broke down and was consoled by other passengers after she began sobbing at the checkpoint. "It was such a violation," the University of Michigan student tells the Inquirer's Daniel Rubin in his Thursday Metro column. "I'd come early. I'd done everything right. And they were kidding about it."
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Transportation Security Administration is in the news after one of its workers allegedly "jokingly pretended to plant a plastic bag of white powder in the carry-on luggage of a passenger at Philadelphia International Airport" on Jan. 5, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The paper reports that employee is no longer employed by the TSA, though the agency says privacy laws prevent it from saying why the worker is no longer there.
The brouhaha apparently began when the TSA worker showed the passenger -- a 22-year-old college student -- a small clear bag of white powder that he said he pulled from her carry-on luggage. The passenger – on her way to Michigan – says the worker then asked her: "Where did you get it?" She says she was told all would be fine if she answered truthfully.
The student tells the Inquirer she was stunned, wondering if someone sneaked drugs or explosives into her bag. Then, after about 20 seconds, she claims the TSA worker began to smile before telling her the item was his. The woman says she was told the worker trained TSA screeners how to detect contraband. TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis tells the paper she does not have any information to contradict the woman's account.
After she realized she was off the hook, the woman says she broke down and was consoled by other passengers after she began sobbing at the checkpoint. "It was such a violation," the University of Michigan student tells the Inquirer's Daniel Rubin in his Thursday Metro column. "I'd come early. I'd done everything right. And they were kidding about it."
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?ak=16217.blog&type=blog&&obref=obnetwork
It seems to be that security in the airports is full of merry people.
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Re: TSA Follies
by eXpat » Sun 04 Apr 2010, 21:09:10
More people to the no-fly list ...
U.S. to Begin Profiling Air Passengers
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he United States will announce Friday it plans to begin profiling U.S.-bound passengers in a major shake up of air travel security measures.
Under the new measures to begin this month, which will apply to U.S. citizens as well, the level of screening of travelers will depend on how closely their personal characteristics match against intelligence on potential terrorists.
The measures will replace mandatory enhanced screening of all passengers traveling to the United States from 14 mostly-Muslim nations, put into place following a failed Al-Qaeda attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day.
"It's much more tailored to what intelligence is telling us and what the threat is telling us, as opposed to stopping all individuals from a particular nationality," said an unnamed U.S. official quoted by The Washington Post.
The announcement to be made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) comes after a three-month review of security protocols, said the Post, citing a senior administration official.
"It is much more surgically targeting those individuals we are concerned about and have intelligence for," the official said, according to the New York Times.
The current "no-fly" list is to remain in place under the new procedures, but supplemented by cross-referenced information that may see passengers subject to further screening even if their names are not flagged, the Wall Street Journal said.
Characteristics such as nationality, age, recently visited countries, and partial names will be used alongside the "no-fly" list, the Journal said.
U.S. to Begin Profiling Air Passengers
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he United States will announce Friday it plans to begin profiling U.S.-bound passengers in a major shake up of air travel security measures.
Under the new measures to begin this month, which will apply to U.S. citizens as well, the level of screening of travelers will depend on how closely their personal characteristics match against intelligence on potential terrorists.
The measures will replace mandatory enhanced screening of all passengers traveling to the United States from 14 mostly-Muslim nations, put into place following a failed Al-Qaeda attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day.
"It's much more tailored to what intelligence is telling us and what the threat is telling us, as opposed to stopping all individuals from a particular nationality," said an unnamed U.S. official quoted by The Washington Post.
The announcement to be made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) comes after a three-month review of security protocols, said the Post, citing a senior administration official.
"It is much more surgically targeting those individuals we are concerned about and have intelligence for," the official said, according to the New York Times.
The current "no-fly" list is to remain in place under the new procedures, but supplemented by cross-referenced information that may see passengers subject to further screening even if their names are not flagged, the Wall Street Journal said.
Characteristics such as nationality, age, recently visited countries, and partial names will be used alongside the "no-fly" list, the Journal said.
http://news.discovery.com/human/homeland-security-airport-profiling.html
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