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Book with knives, 12/19/11 (TSA photograph) The Transportation Security Administration, commonly referred to as the TSA, has a budget of $8.1 billion for 2012 and plans to add about 3,000 more employees. According to the Mission statement on its own website, TSA “protects the Nation’s transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people [...] Europe bans x-ray body scanners used at U.S. airports. TSA puts off safety study of x-ray body scanners. Terrorists could implant explosives in themselves, TSA said, alerting us to apparently fictional threats, since they also said there was no actual evidence such plots were being planned. I suppose attack-trained chihuahuas with explosives on their backs could swarm airports or that TSA could stop being so transparently hysterical in their attempts to get [...] Suddenly there is major news everywhere. The European debt crisis is growing. Portugal and Spain are next. The banksters are trying to force countries to make good on private loans and bond purchases that should never have been made. They don’t care if they destroy countries. But Europeans and Brits has a long history [...] Think about it. Mass opt-outs for being scanned by TSA would mean long waits on a busy travel day plus by doing so you are demanding to be groped. It’s not surprising that not many are doing it. The increased militarization of US society is troubling. We may have scanners everywhere soon. And to what [...] During this upcoming Thanksgiving travel time (I’m flying too) it’s important to realize that TSA agents at the gate probably have zero leeway in what they can do. Screaming at them when the problem is the policies of TSA is like howling at the customer service rep at the phone company when they screwed up [...] Politico has a round-up of major media news stories opposing the new TSA policies. I’m struck at the difference between Obama’s remote, uncaring response and Hillary Clinton’s, where she acknowledged that she would avoid the searches if possible. Obama made no effort to connect with the public or understand the outrage. Hillary did. Some of it appears to be the verbal abuse they’re getting from travelers, but some of it is just the fact that they have to keep touching people they’d rather not touch in that way. TSA pat-down leaves bladder cancer survivor covered in urine TSA forces cancer survivor to show prosthetic breast Obama’s reaction? The [...] This is truly welcome news. Emphasis added. The incoming leaders of the House Transportation Committee on Friday called the new airport pat-down procedures “overly intrusive” and demanded that the Transportation Security Administration restrict their use. In a letter to the TSA, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., and Rep. Thomas Petri, R-Wis., who are set to assume [...] Well now it’s just gotten silly, hasn’t it? This might be a good time to remind everyone that approximately 233 people re-boarded that plane with assault rifles, pistols, and machine guns-but nothing that could have been used as a weapon. But their nail clippers were confiscated… Security expert Bruce Schneier has a must-read [...] |  | ||||
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