One man writes, “TSA is trying to use its police powers to make examples out of anyone who has the temerity to protest the body scanners.”
What does TSA stand for? One possibility is totally subjugating Americans.
Is the White House hoping that disgust with the get-naked-or-grope regime will prop up demand for more rail projects?
A San Diego man (no, not the one you’ve heard about) strips down to his undies for the TSA, and was handcuffed and paraded through the airport.
Next up, one person asks 20 TSA employees for their take on the new policy. The result is not necessarily a representative sample, but it is interesting nonetheless. Here’s one comment: “I come to work to do my job. It is not up to me to decide policy, it is up to me to carry out my duties as dictated by the Transportation Security Administration.” True enough, but if your disagreement with the policy is strong enough, perhaps you should quit.
Did the head of the TSA signal a weakening of his stance?
According to ABC News, “The head of the Transportation Security Administration John Pistole today said that at least one airport passenger screening went too far when an officer reached inside a traveler’s underwear.” Well, be thankful for small favors.
Have the terrorists already won? We as a society have failed to distinguish between healthy defenses and paranoid bureaucratic responses. HSA and its sub-agency, TSA, are but two examples.”
Here’s a long story of a traveler who asserted his constitutional rights and left the airport, 2.5 hours later, not under arrest and without being groped or scanned.
Need a calendar for next year? Try this TSA version
Here’s one cartoonist’s idea for how to avoid a pat-down.
Does Barry White work for the TSA?
From The Detroit News: http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/watercooler/index.php?blogid=1108