Is the TSA backing down?
Is the TSA backing down?
Tag: security
TSA Now Putting Hands Down Fliers’ Pants
I thought I was joking in my post earlier today, but the TSA actually is requiring agents to put their hands down fliers’s pants!
TSA to investigate man who refused body scan
Freedom of speech alert! The TSA, not content to stick its hands in our pants, is going to investigate the man who refused a body scan and recorded the whole event.
National Opt-Out day suggests wearing kilts as well
National Opt-Out day at the airports is November 24. One commentator is suggesting that men wear kilts, just to drive the TSA even more crazy.
Abolish the TSA
Now here’s a good idea: Abolish the TSA.
More TSA abuse
Another example of the TSA’s abuse of airline passengers. And here’s another, this time abusing a three-year-old.
Big Sis Forced To Respond To Nationwide Revolt Against TSA
Outrage over TSA “naked scans” grows
It appears the outrage over the TSA’s new security measures is growing.
New airport security checks causing protests
And people wonder why I now drive from Maryland to Chicago: It appears that no one is happy with new TSA airport security checks, requiring either a full body scan or a full body pat down. Protests are coming from pilots, flight attendants, passengers, and the airlines. Key quote from the “passenger” link above:
The aggressively enhanced TSA pat down involves over-the-clothes searches of passengers’ breast and genital areas. You can opt not to go through the backscatter body scanners, and thereby keep your genitalia private from pictures, but then a TSA screener will use a front-of-the-hand, slide-down body screening that Ars Technica called “nut-busting pat-downs.”
And there’s National Opt-Out Day, November 24, 2010. (I wish I could participate, but as I said, I will be driving to Chicago for Thanksgiving, mostly to avoid the police-state of the TSA.)
A NASA surprise security drill causes one employee to call the police
A NASA surprise security drill caused one employee to call the police, shutting down the Glenn Research Center in a false alarm.
New technology might allow airline passengers to keep their shoes on
New technology might allow airline passengers to keep their shoes on.
JPL scientists demand correction of White House statements before Supreme Court
JPL scientists demand correction of White House statements before Supreme Court over privacy suit.