The TSA security flap

[LKTraz]

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With Thanksgiving coming up the security measures at airports is the hot issue.

Recent information about the full body scans has created a huge backlash with travelers. The TSA assured us that there was no way to save and transmit the images. It turns out that this is bullshit. They most certainly can! Even the manual states that once you get an image you are to save it and then transmit it to the TSA central operations office so that this function may be confirmed as active.

The images are very vague they said. More bullshit.

Passengers who do not feel comfortable with the scan may opt for a security pat down. BUT......there are numerous complaints now that the pat downs are more of an intrusive, if not even explicit groping as opposed to a simple police style search.

On top of all this fervor the TSA is giving all but a free pass to Muslims who coplain that it violates their religious beliefs but have no problem all but strip searching 4 year old kids and elderly women!!!!!

Now I ask you, how many elderly women have attempted to blow up a plane? NONE!
How many 4 year old kids? NONE!
How many middle aged businessmen? NONE!
Black, white, asian or hispanic families traveling together? NONE!
Youthful to middle aged men of distinctly middle eastern descent? Damn near all of the attempts were committed by those who fit this bill!!!!!!


Now I am not saying that all of the aforementioned groups excepting the arabic men be given a free pass, BUT......the concentration should not be on those who have no history of such activities.

The screenings should be directed toward a greater percentage of the common perpetrators of these acts and also to those who are exhibiting suspicious behaviors regardless of their social/ethnic appearance.

Should there be screening of a random selection of varied subjects? Well sure!

This bullshit stems from the PC crowd who want to appease everyone but average Joe.

Any thoughts?

[Twitchin Kitten]

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They need to use the Israeli security measures as a model.

They most certainly can do a better job of screening and how they conduct these pat downs, which are totally unnecessary to begin with.

Why do they need the whole queue to see the images on the scanner? Why can't you pass through a curtain or enclosed vestibule and just let the scan run through? Everyone would be more comfortable this way. Know why? They don't want to pay for extra employees to guard each side of the queue I bet!

The whole thing is because of the privacy that isn't being granted to those being screened. They botched this big time.

They don't save the images LK, that would take way too long to scan effectively.
They have revised the searches/patdowns/checks for children under 10 - I think they should go to 14 but what do I know?

Did you know that Michael Chertoff, head of HSS has a stake in the xray machine company?

[twisteroo]

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Just splain to junior that it's like going to vist uncle Joey.

They should hand out a loaded .38 revolver to every adult that boards the plane, there would be 4 hour inflight Mexican standoff till the plane landed. Forget the scans, make everyone equal while flying the friendly skies.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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There ya go - problem solved.

[LKTraz]

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Now this is over the top.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40291856/ns/travel-news/

Why were they patting down an elderly man like this?


Oh BTW Twitch......they DO save the scans. It's just a touch of a key to do it. They aren't supposed to but they have saved some images. Now I could see if they were suspicious images which may be relevant to potential prosecution of someone but this isn't the case. This is one of the reasons congress is delving into the issue.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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That old guy hit all the news shows today. I agree, the moron conducting his pat down is just that, a moron.

I still say they can do this security check better. WAY better.

[Twilla]

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There should be an airline that caters to middle eastern men... only middle eastern men. They can blow each other up.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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That is another excellent idea. They're so nutty they'd probably blow each other up on a regular basis too.

[BarEdul]

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you don't see middle aged 30-38 year old white males suing the US government for profiling middle aged 30-38 year old middle aged 30-38 year old white males for being serial killers do you? BUT THE FBI sure as hell profiles them for being the type of people who kill women...

and lets say if a black male is found with his dick hacked off and stabbed 48 times they certainly aren't going to profile .. lets say a 4 year old white child are they HELL NO they will profile a black female who recently broke up with him..

or case in point if the loan officer of a bank is found shot in his bank behind his desk they dont LOOK for a damn 16 year old football player they hunt for a disgruntled employee or a turned down customer!

DUH profiling works so why in the HELL are they patting down 50+ white males with colostomy bags? and little 5 year old white children with soccer moms for parents Because their bosses are retarded and afraid that Mabib has a lawyer and will actually sue them in the court of law they plan on blowing up in two weeks that's why jesus christ thats rediculous!

Get a grip and do a little profiling and chase down the ones who do this not a blonde headed 3 year old clutching a plastic boobie without a cell phone attached to it for a detonator!