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Refuse to be groped or scanned - face $11,000 fine and/or arrest
Examiner.com ^ | 11/20/2010 | Joe Newby

Posted on 11/21/2010 7:10:40 AM PST by FredJake

For travelers going through Spokane International Airport - or any airport - this holiday season, the choice is simple. Either go through a device that allows security personnel to see your body through your clothing, get felt up and groped, or find another way to your destination.

According to an article at the Sun-Sentinel:

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is warning that any would-be commercial airline passenger who enters an airport checkpoint and then refuses to undergo the method of inspection designated by TSA will not be allowed to fly and also will not be permitted to simply leave the airport.

If you refuse to be scanned or groped, you could face a penalty of $11,000 and possible arrest.

Miami-based TSA spokesperson Sari Koshetz told the Sentinel that passengers who first submit and then refuse the process would be questioned by authorities "until it is determined that they don't pose a threat"

The Sentinel reported that the ACLU is urging Americans to petition the Department of Homeland Security to change the policy. In a statement, the group said,

"All of us have a right to travel without such crude invasions of our privacy. Tell DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to put in place security measures that respect passengers' privacy rights. You shouldn't have to check your rights when you check your luggage."

But the TSA plans to continue the invasive practice.

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airportsecurity; bhotyranny; bodyscanners; donutwatch; lossoffreedom; policestate; powertrip; respectmyauthority; tsa; tsapervs; tyranny
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So, we have a choice - be treated like cattle and let the gov't poke our privates and abuse/humiliate us, or pay a $11K fine and face arrest. Time to Opt Out!
1 posted on 11/21/2010 7:10:44 AM PST by FredJake
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To: FredJake

Why wouldn’t they just allow you to leave the airport??


2 posted on 11/21/2010 7:12:18 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: FredJake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQTz1bccL4


3 posted on 11/21/2010 7:13:17 AM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: cotton1706

This appears to be more about intimidation and control than actually stopping terrorist attacks.


4 posted on 11/21/2010 7:13:28 AM PST by CajunConservative (0, we'll stop treating you like a dog, when you stop treating us like a hydrant.)
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To: FredJake

So basically TSA is a cheap date - get groped and save $11,000!


5 posted on 11/21/2010 7:14:08 AM PST by bigbob
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To: FredJake

It appears the TSA fiasco is not being linked to Obama.

According to Rasmussen Obama’s negatives are not getting worse.

“”The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 27% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -13”””


6 posted on 11/21/2010 7:16:50 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: FredJake

This is way out of hand and needs to be stopped.


7 posted on 11/21/2010 7:17:16 AM PST by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: CajunConservative

Strip search every passenger and all crew members. That would make Liberals happy!


8 posted on 11/21/2010 7:17:47 AM PST by Rational Thought
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To: FredJake
The Sentinel reported that the ACLU is urging Americans to petition the Department of Homeland Security to change the policy. In a statement, the group said, .... Just keep it up....keep it up. Maybe you won't get a 'petition' next time...... maybe "re-petition" of a different nature.
9 posted on 11/21/2010 7:18:13 AM PST by Gaffer
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10 posted on 11/21/2010 7:18:26 AM PST by SubGeniusX (Rule #34...No Exceptions.)
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To: Dallas59

If it doesn’t stop by Black Friday, it never will. People will lose interest.


11 posted on 11/21/2010 7:18:56 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: FredJake

Muslims want to blow up stuff....so lets humiliate the potential non Muslims victims.


12 posted on 11/21/2010 7:19:25 AM PST by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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and the muslims who caused the problem are exempted..... all by executive order from the muslim commander in chief, the grand jihadist, living in the big White House, Ibn Hussein Barrack.

Welcome to the new and great dissolution of American circus.


13 posted on 11/21/2010 7:20:43 AM PST by himno hero
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To: FredJake

All men should show up in kilts with no underpants.

All women should wear a dress or skirt, also sans underpants to the airport.

The ladies should rig a mouse trap close to their genitals.


14 posted on 11/21/2010 7:22:26 AM PST by Grunthor (Touch my junk and Ill knock you the f**k out)
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To: himno hero

15 posted on 11/21/2010 7:22:48 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: himno hero

16 posted on 11/21/2010 7:23:35 AM PST by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: FredJake

No, we have another choice - not to fly. Hit them where it really hurts - ticket $ale$.


17 posted on 11/21/2010 7:23:50 AM PST by bgill (K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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To: CajunConservative

Yes, Barry has found a new method to humiliate the American public. The ridiculous groping plan was obviously unworkable in concept, let alone in execution. Any normal person would reject such a plan on its face, but Barry thinks it’s okay for the average American to be considered guilty until proven innocent.


18 posted on 11/21/2010 7:25:16 AM PST by purplelobster
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To: CajunConservative
This appears to be more about intimidation and control than actually stopping terrorist attacks.

Or more about Obama throwing his temper tantrum against Americans because they rejected him and his corrupt agenda at the ballot box.

On a side note; has anyone seen any film footage or written MSM articles regarding TSA encounters with Muslims refusing the airports security system that Americans are being subjected to by TSA infidels? I haven't seen anything on this subject of Muslims and the TSA except the odd quip about Janet saying that aspect is under review.

One other item. Isn't it odd that the very people we are supposedly being protected against are now asking for and will probably receive exemptions from the security screening process.

19 posted on 11/21/2010 7:26:04 AM PST by Ron H. (November 2 was only the opening salvo in a long war to retake America!)
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Wanna bet they didn't get searched by Obama's TSA?
20 posted on 11/21/2010 7:26:30 AM PST by jimbo123
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