Congress and Whitehouse has ignored Airline Security since the 90's.

Funk for Congress News ^ | January 07, 2010 | Dave Funk

[geniusbyosmosis]

"Rep. Leonard Boswell is on the House Subcommittee for Aviation. I’d like to reach out and give Rep. Boswell a chance to make our airways a safer place to travel before terrorists have another chance at killing innocent Americans. Here are the solutions proposed:

We need to combine intelligence and a careful selection of passenger information with redundant and data-integrated technologies. We need to use what we know. Passengers must be analyzed based on flight history and current flight plans. Individuals on the watch-list should never make it on an airplane let alone be given a US visa; especially when they have a one-way ticket from Amsterdam.

While all travelers must be screened, they do not need to be screened to the same level if a profiling system based on a prospective passenger’s previous and current flight activity is employed. With technology, we can effectively screen individuals and those that fit the profile can be sent through a separate line to be checked in where they can be further screened. Many people think of profiling in a racial sense, but instead it is done based on what we know about you, or in most cases, don’t know. The frequent business traveler or family on vacation does not require the same level of scrutiny as a Middle-Eastern young male with a one way ticket and no checked baggage."

Read more here: http://www.funkforcongress.com/news/finally-fixing-our-airline-security-system.html

[geniusbyosmosis]

Executive and Legislative Branches have been ignoring this since 1994. The TSA is nothing more than a multi-billion dollar marketing campaign selling the American people on "Safe Skies." They are less efficient, cost more, AND THEY HAVE NOT IMPROVED DETECTION RATES PRIOR TO THEIR TAKEOVER/REGULATION!

Funk posted a response to PBO's speech yesterday here: http://www.funkforcongress.com/news/funks-response-to-president-obamas-speech-airline-security.html

[ColdOne]

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