Re: More TSA fun

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

So now it's Adult Security Theater. 

I love to sing "You can leave your hat on" as I do the "Size 9 Shoe"
dance at the check point (and of course, you can't).

Everyone on this list knows you have a pretty good chance of getting
some substantial amount of stuff that can be used in an attack on as
cargo, right?

Don't take any anecdotes for word on the weaknesses, hear it from the
source:

http://www.counterterrorismtraining.gov/pubs/01.html

http://www.mipt.org/pdf/gao06371t.pdf

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0676.pdf


 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Alex Eckelberry
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:04 PM
> To: funsec
> Subject: [funsec] More TSA fun
>
> http://cbs2chicago.com/investigations/xrated.security.screenin
> gs.2.77742
> 3.html
>  
> Fliers Complain About X-Rated Security Screenings
>
> TSA Agents Forced Woman To Remove Nipple Rings, Pulled Pants 
> Off Disabled Man Pam Zekman When travelers go to the airport, 
> they know what kind of security to
> expect: luggage searches, metal detectors and shoe inspections. 
>
> It's all part of our post 9-11 reality enforced by the 
> Transportation Security Adminstration. But as CBS 2 
> Investigator Pam Zekman reports, thousands of travelers have 
> complained that some of these screenings can become abusive 
> and even x-rated. 
>
> For arguing with a TSA agent, Robin Kassner wound up being 
> slammed to the floor. She's filed a lawsuit. 
>
> "I kept begging them over and over again get off of me ... 
> and they wouldn't stop," Kassner said. 
>
> And it wasn't enough for another woman to show TSA agents 
> nipple rings that set off a metal detector. The agents forced 
> her to take them out. 
>
> Mandi Hamlin said, "I had to get pliers and pull it apart." 
>
> In Chicago, people like Robert Perry are subjected to 
> exhaustive security checks. He was patted down, his wheel 
> chair was examined and his hands were swabbed, all in public 
> view in a see-through room at the security checkpoint. Perry, 
> 71, is not alone 
>
> "It's humiliation," Perry said. 
>
>
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