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Napolitano: ‘Adjustments,’ ‘More to Come’ on Whether Muslim Women in Hijabs Will Undergo Airport
CNSNews ^ | November 15, 2010 | Nicholas Ballasy

Posted on 11/15/2010 11:33:04 AM PST by jazusamo

Complete title:Napolitano: ‘Adjustments,’ ‘More to Come’ on Whether Muslim Women in Hijabs Will Undergo Airport Body Pat-Downs

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Homesland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

When asked today if she will insist that Muslim women wearing hijabs must go through full body pat downs before boarding planes, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano did not say yes or no, but told CNSNews.com there will be “adjustments” and “more to come” on the issue.

“On the pat downs, CAIR [the Council on American-Islamic Relations] has recommended that Muslim women wearing hijabs refuse to go through the full body pat downs before boarding planes,” CNSNews.com asked Napolitano at a Monday press conference. “Will you insist that they do go through full body pat downs before boarding planes?”

“Look, we have, like I said before, we are doing what we need to do to protect the traveling public and adjustments will be made where they need to be made,” Napolitano responded. “With respect to that particular issue, I think there will be more to come. But, again, the goal here, you know, we’re not doing this just to do it.

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“We’re doing it because we need to keep powders and gels and liquids off of planes that are unauthorized just as we need to keep metals off of planes,” Napolitano said. “This is being done in recognizing that we all have a collective role in our security and we all know and can recognize that there are threats and risks that have been articulated by those who seek to harm the United States, particularly in the aviation environment. And, so, you know, what we are doing is designed to really be risk based, to be intelligence based, to be layered like I said, when you get to the airport at that screening center, that’s really--these TSO’s [Transportation Security Officers] are really the last line of protection we have for the aircraft and that’s the way we’re going to evaluate things.”

Napolitano responded to CNSNews.com’s question at a Monday press conference held at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., that she called to announce that the department’s “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign was going to be placing advertisements around the Washington, D.C. area to encourage people to report what she called “indicators of terrorism” to law enforcement agencies.

"As Americans head into the busy holiday travel season, it is important to remember that every individual has a role to play in keeping our country safe and secure," Napolitano said in a statement. "The ‘If You See Something, Say Something' campaign encourages travelers and those who work in the hotel industry to identify and report indicators of terrorism, crime and other threats to the proper law enforcement authorities."

Napolitano was joined at the press conference by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Chief Stephen Holl and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Police Chief Michael Taborn.

Last week, the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a “Travel Advisory” that included “[s]pecial recommendations for Muslim women who wear hijab.” These recommendations suggest that women wearing the hijab decline to undergo fully body pat-down’s when boarding commercial airflights.

“In this situation [when a woman has been selected for secondary screening], you may be asked to submit to a pat-down or to go through a full body scanner,” the CAIR recommendations say. “If you are selected for the scanner, you may ask to go through a pat-down instead.

“Before you are patted down, you should remind the TSA officer that they are only supposed to pat down the area in question, in this scenario, your head and neck,” says the recommendations. “They SHOULD NOT subject you to a full-body or partial-body pat-down.”

“Instead of the pat-down,” say the recommendations, “you can always request to pat down your own scarf, including head and neck area, and have the officers perform a chemical swipe of your hands.”


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cair; exempted; hajib; hijab; muslims; napolitano; patdowns; scanner; tsa; tsapervs
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To: jazusamo

Civil disobedience. What if a group stages a dedicated protest by purchasing the cheapest possible one-way ticket and then refuses the body scanner and pat downs all while wearing a burka or hijab?


21 posted on 11/15/2010 11:47:22 AM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est)
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To: jazusamo

TSA Bookmark.


22 posted on 11/15/2010 11:49:17 AM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

That is part of the problem. The Leftist and Judges no longer believe in ‘Law’.

They just what want to do.

Their point of view is, “The Law is what I say it is.”


23 posted on 11/15/2010 11:50:56 AM PST by 240B (he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
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To: jazusamo
“We’re doing it because we need to keep powders and gels and liquids off of planes that are unauthorized just as we need to keep metals off of planes,” Napolitano said.

Complete moron.

24 posted on 11/15/2010 11:50:59 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: WayneS

Where do we get one? I see a business opportunity here!


25 posted on 11/15/2010 11:51:57 AM PST by wxgesr (I want to be the first person to surf on another planet.)
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To: jazusamo
...AND I'm going to open a hijab rental outlet in every major metropolitan airport in the country. People will be able to rent a hijab at the airport from which they are departing and return it at the airport at their destination. My stores will be called We-Be-Hijabs and we will accept all major credit cards. I'll even try to cut a deal with the airlines to allow people to trade in frequent flyer miles to pay their hijab rental fees.

I'll probably even be able to get 'stimulus funds' to start my new business.

26 posted on 11/15/2010 11:54:07 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: RexBeach
I wouldn’t hire her as a waitress at an Applebee’s.

She's completely unqualified to be a waitress at Hooters. I might put her in a Ronald McDonald suit if the labor market was tight.

27 posted on 11/15/2010 11:54:14 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine (/s, in case you need to ask)
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To: wxgesr

See my Post #26.

;-)


28 posted on 11/15/2010 11:54:51 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: grumpygresh

lOVE IT.....

hOW ABOUT START suing TSA employees as they pat you down.
Request a police officer immediately and file the complaint right there. Have lawyer with you...better yet have several witnesses and a lawyer with you.
Ha.


29 posted on 11/15/2010 11:55:11 AM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie ( Ok, Joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: jazusamo

“If You See Something, Say Something”.

So we can get your name right on the lawsuit against you by the DOJ.


30 posted on 11/15/2010 11:55:21 AM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: William of Barsoom
In the "Road to Serfdom", F.A. Hayek has a chapter entitled, "Why the Worst get on Top". It is a good explanation of why the Village Idiots are where they are.
31 posted on 11/15/2010 11:55:52 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: a fool in paradise
When is CAIR going to go after “so called Islamic” terrorists and point out they are giving peace loving muslims a bad name? Oh that’s right, CAIR got caught supporting terrorist groups.

They can claim they are a clean organization “now” but that does not right the past associations.

They are moslem. Therefore they are terrorist. They can never be clean.

(Individual members can be clean if they convert to Christianity, however, they can never be trusted as moslems are commanded to lie if they can gain advantage from it)

32 posted on 11/15/2010 11:57:18 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: WayneS

Great minds think alike. See Post #9.


33 posted on 11/15/2010 11:59:27 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: WayneS

Someone should start a Rent-A-Hijab store at every major airport.


34 posted on 11/15/2010 11:59:40 AM PST by kara37
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To: WayneS

LOL!

Sounds like a sure-fire business to me. They have to be cheap to make, they’re just a black sack with three holes cut in one end and sleeves sewn on two of them.


35 posted on 11/15/2010 11:59:44 AM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Archie Bunker posited the ultimate solution to airliner security back in the 1970s:

His plan: EVERY passenger is issued a loaded handgun as they board the plane. The weapons are retrieved as the passengers disembark.

It’d be simple, effective and MUCH less expensive than the crap we’re doing now.


36 posted on 11/15/2010 12:00:45 PM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: jazusamo

Seems her non-answer that everyone will go through same guide lines, indicates their exemption. Cair seems to have a lot of power with this administration.


37 posted on 11/15/2010 12:01:28 PM PST by opentalk
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To: kosciusko51

Sorry, I meant #14. I was replying to #9. D’oh.


38 posted on 11/15/2010 12:01:49 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: jazusamo
“If You See Something, Say Something” campaign was going to be placing advertisements around the Washington, D.C. area to encourage people to report what she called “indicators of terrorism” to law enforcement agencies.

I suppose that saying something like "That man over there is obviously part of a group having a large number of people sworn to the destruction of my country", means that they'll get right on it and pat HIM down too, huh?

39 posted on 11/15/2010 12:02:29 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: William of Barsoom
I remember when we used to laugh at our Village Idiots ...

Now we elect him president...

40 posted on 11/15/2010 12:02:43 PM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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