The other thread is getting longish, so I thought I'd put up the latest on the issue:[quote]The head of the Transportation Security Administration defend..."/>

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Pistole faces lawmakers on pat-downs, body scans

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:49 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


The other thread is getting longish, so I thought I'd put up the latest on the issue:
Quote:

The head of the Transportation Security Administration defended his agency's security procedures Wednesday, telling lawmakers it is "using technology and protocols to stay ahead of the [terrorist] threat and keep you safe."

John Pistole's testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation follows a controversy that broke out over the past week about the agency's full body scans and pat-downs.

"We've adjusted our pat-down policy that is informed by the latest intelligence," Pistole told lawmakers, acknowledging that the procedures "may challenge our social norms."

"Security is a shared responsibility," the TSA chief said. "We are trying to detect the next generation of non-metallic devices" used in explosives, he added.

Transportation Security Administration officials are permitted to use "professional discretion" in determining whether individuals should be subject to further screening, according to a TSA statement.

But critics have called the procedures invasive.

Much more at http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/17/airport.security/index.html?hpt=T
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He's a pistol! My interpretation: "Be afraid, be very afraid, we'll remind you as much as we can to be afraid, be very afraid". And we'll offend you and delay you into the bargain, so you'll be afraid enough to be embarrassed to demand your civil rights."

I strongly urge others to read the quote on how Israel handles this at the end of the other thread. I find it kind of amusing: America heads straight for "technology" while Israel looks for the most effective way of determining threats using mostly only common sense. Duh...


Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
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