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TSA: Some gov't officials to skip airport security
chron.com ^ | 11/23/10 | The Associated Press

Posted on 11/23/2010 1:20:46 PM PST by Nachum

WASHINGTON — Cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures when they fly commercially with government-sanctioned security details.

New heightened security procedures by the Transportation Security Administration, which require either a scan by a full-body detector or an intimate personal pat-down, have spurred passenger outrage in the lead-up to the Thanksgiving holiday airport crush.

The senior government officials can opt out of such measures if they fly accompanied by government security guards approved by the TSA. The agency would not explain why it makes these exceptions, but many of the exempted government officials have gone through several levels of security clearances, including FBI background checks.

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To: Nachum

Let’s see. Does the TSA undergo FBI screening? Why do the pilots have to go through TSA screening but not “special” government officials?


61 posted on 11/23/2010 2:26:25 PM PST by petitfour (Are you a Dead Fish American?)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Like Major Hassan?

You win.

62 posted on 11/23/2010 2:27:00 PM PST by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: Nachum
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.
It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,
or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children
and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
"
President Ronald Reagan

Enhanced pat-downs and latex gloves — how often do screeners change them?"



TSA: Some gov't officials to skip airport security
Cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group
of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures"


THE TSA, AIRLINE SECURITY & THE QUESTIONS NOT BEING ASKED
The bottom line is that these TSA policies are more about control of us rather than keeping us safer."


Report: TSA worker abducts woman from MARTA station
sexually assaulting her then giving her a suicide note to deliver..."


Spreadin' the glove: TSA infecting U.S.?
Those latex gloves Transportation Security Administration agents wear
while giving airline passengers those infamous full-body pat-downs
apparently aren't there for the safety and security of passengers – only the TSA agents.
"Herpes via latex glove ... ewwww," wrote one participant
on the independence-minded AR15 website forum."


TSA Rolls Out Ad on Pat-Downs (Your taxpayer money for Obama's propaganda)"


'We hate obese passengers and people with personal hygiene issues:' Now 'abused' TSA staff vent....
'Even worse is having to try and feel inside the flab rolls
of obese passengers and we seem to get a lot of obese passengers!'"


Man’s urostomy bag damaged during TSA pat-down; forced to fly with urine on him"


Some notes on x-ray backscatter imaging"


TSA Does a Pat Down on a 3 Year Old Boy (Video)"


Video Update: Cancer Patient Describes Urine-Drenching TSA Pat-Down"


Security and Terrorism Expert Bruce Schneier: TSA Scans "Won't Catch Anybody"
Popular Mechanics Q The machines have shown up in the wake of
the so-called underwear bomber, who tried to blow up a plane with
chemicals stored in his briefs. Would this technology have stopped him?
A The guys who make the machines have said, "We wouldn't have caught that.""


EDITORIAL: TSA is a joke to al Qaeda, too--Groping nuns, kids and seniors won't thwart terrorists"


White House: Terrorists Have Discussed Use of "Anal Cavity" to Conceal Explosives"


TSA Agent Takes Child From Parent"


Jindal blasts Obama administration, calls TSA searches excessive"


Obama: TSA's Nude Screening a Necessary Inconvenience


TSA Forces Woman To Cut Off Her Nipple Rings With Pliers
This video shows one woman slammed to the floor for arguing with a TSA agent.
Another 71 year-old man with a knee implant describes how TSA pulled down his
pants. A 16 year-old girl with a prosthetic leg has her pants removed."


TSA Forces 12 Year-Old Girl Traveling Without Parents Through Naked Scanner"


Enhanced pat down leaves Grand Rapids airline passenger in tears"


TSA should actually be called T&A [sdcraigo]"


House Republicans Clobber TSA, Insider Deals On Nudie Scanners"


House Republicans Clobber TSA, Insider Deals On Nudie Scanners"


SHOCK VIDEO: MASSIVE LINES ALREADY AT O’HARE CHECKPOINT..."


Obama stands by controversial air security screening methods"


Refuse to be groped or scanned - face $11,000 fine and/or arrest"


Obama Gives a Pass: TSA Won’t Touch Muslims’ Junk"


Obama Gives a Pass: TSA Won’t Touch Muslims’ Junk"


Terrorists hiding in hijabs—Muslims seek special treatment to elude TSA groping"


Profile Muslims or Pat Down the Masses?"


Profile Muslims or Pat Down the Masses?"


Profile Muslims or Pat Down the Masses?"


Profile Muslims or Pat Down the Masses?"


TSA Forces 12 Year-Old Girl Traveling Without Parents Through Naked Scanner"


Enhanced pat down leaves Grand Rapids airline passenger in tears"


TSA should actually be called T&A [sdcraigo]"

100 “Naked” Scanner Images Made Public"


CAIR Tells Muslim Women Wearing Hijabs to Allow ONLY “Head and Neck” Pat Downs"


Governor Palin Calls Out the TSA for Extreme Political Correctness"



HILLARY: NO BODY SEARCH FOR ME..."


Body scanner saved 35,000 ‘naked’ images"


Pilot to Hannity: The TSA wanted to see my penis"


Mom upset about 12-yr old daughter’s full body security scan experience"


Obama: The rights of Muslim suicide bombers come before the rights of US citizens"


Senators and TSA Defend “Love Pats” at Airports"


Soros Scores on Scanners [Invested with ‘psychic’ precision]"


Terahertz/Submillimeter Activity Radiation (TSA-Rays) will “melt” your DNA, physicists find."


DHS Head Chertoff Using His Position To Profit For Company He’s Employed By"


video: Ted Poe (R-TX) ties Michael Chertoff to TSA abuse"



Airport Scanners Sparking Litigation and Protests."


Woman says her Lambert security screening was sexual assault"


Homeland Security chairman to TSA: 'Reconsider' pat-downs"


Is the TSA allowing convicted rapists to perform pat-down searches?"


This is the picture they release.

ADULTS ONLY: Click on it to see the inverse.
NOTICE: It is too graphic for a thread.
============= CLICK HERE=========


Napolitano Considering Allowing Muslim Women to Pat Themselves Down at Airports"


Senator Kerry 'Liveshot' lives in no-pat-down zone (Avoiding TSA for the very special non-taxpaying people)"


Young Boy Strip Searched By TSA"


TSA pat-down leaves traveler covered in urine (Non-muslim bladder cancer survivor) A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat-down by TSA officers recently at Detroit Metropolitan Airport."


Enhanced pat down leaves Grand Rapids airline passenger in tears "The female officer ran her hand up the inside of my leg to my groin and she did it so hard and so rough she lifted me off my heels," I yelped. I was in pain for about an hour afterwards. It just felt excessive and unnecessary.""


Qaeda's surgical strike: Breast & butt bombs [UNDETECTABLE by TSA]"


Gov Sarah Palin tweets to TSA: Profile!"



How to Think About the Tiny Cancer Risk Posed by Airport Scanners"


Schneier on Security - TSA Backscatter X-ray Backlash"


TSA Creeps Force Cancer Survivor to Expose Prosthetic Breast"


TSA Makes Cancer Victim Remove Prosthetic Breast A flight attendant and cancer survivor said she was forced to remove and show her prosthetic breast to a TSA agent during a security pat-down."


My Very Own TSA Nightmare - new category of suspect persons to the TSA: "traveling with scars" They took me aside and did the pat-down, feeling all over my body as is their habit. Then the TSA officer proceeded to feel my stomach as if I were a pregnant woman. He explained that I had a hard patch on my stomach and they wanted to check it and make sure it was all me. It was painful and disturbing. I informed the TSA officer that it was the scar from my colon cancer operation that went from my crotch to my sternum. A day later the scar still hurts from the kneading and prodding."


TSA Full-Body Scans Would Not Pass Hospital IRB Reviews An IRB is an Institutional Review Board, a group of physicians, scientists, lawyers, ethicists, and members of the community which meets periodically to review and approve or disapprove research projects.... If the IRB judges the risks outweigh the benefits, the research is denied."


The demand came last week from the politically-connected Muslim rights organization (CAIR) that serves as the U.S. front for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. Janet Napolitano is actually considering exempting Muslims as per CAIR's demands."



"Former Orlando TSA officer gets probation in sex-slave case



A former Orlando TSA security officer arrested for allegedly molesting a minor pleaded
no contest to one charge today and was sentenced to 10 years' sex-offender probation.
A victim told deputies Bennett asked her to be his sex slave
and fondled her against her will."


"TSA officer charged in boy's kidnap attempt"


"TSA airport screener arrested for child porn also worked at Catholic school; Questions remain"


(How-many-tsa-sex-offendersDHS doc on TSA screenings from 2004)"


"A Review of Background Checks for Federal Passenger and Baggage Screeners at Airports" (pdf file)"


"Thread dedicated to TSA Criminal Activity"


"Former Orlando TSA officer gets probation in sex-slave case"


"TSA airport screener arrested for child porn also worked at Catholic school; Questions remain"


"TSA Agent Arrested at LAX (TSA using drugs at a party)"


"TSA Agent Accused of Harboring Fugitive"


"TSA officer at DIA arrested in connection with luring child online"


"TSA screener arrested for drug theft at Little Rock airport"


"TSA officer charged in boy's kidnap attempt - Police in Idaho say man also possessed documents for 5 separate identities"


"TSA Worker Arrested On Drug, Gun Charges"


" Memos Detail TSA Officer's Cocaine Pranks Worker joked about finding drugs in luggage"


"TSA screener arrested for beating co-worker"


"TSA Agent: "I am god, I'm in charge""


"TSA officer among duo arrested for stealing from fliers' luggage at JFK"


"Child rape charge rocks TSA"


"TSA- Screener Charged With Raping 14 Year Old Girl"


"TSA Agent arrested for sex crimes www.privateofficer.com"



"TSA Employee Steals Over $200,000 in Electronics"



"TSA Forces Woman To Remove Nipple Rings


Compliments of BossLady Friday, November 19, 2010"



"...J. Brian Doyle, the former fourth-ranking official in DHS's propaganda directorate,
who was arrested for conducting sexually explicit cyber-conversations with what he thought was a
cancer-stricken 14-year-old girl."


Sadeq Naji Ahmed - the Transportation Security Administration
hired him as an airport screener after the Air Force kicked him out for making
statements supporting Osama bin Laden and praising the 9/11 attacks.
Ahmed worked almost a year before enough people at the TSA found that
he previously had his security clearance revoked and had to let him go."


"SCARY But Ignored: Terrorist Spies Successfully Infiltrated Top Classified US Cyber-Files
in March, a TSA employee was allowed to remain at his computer-
and inserted a virus-after he knew his TSA employment was terminated."""


"USB Stick May Have Contributed to Deadly Plane Crash
A corrupted USB stick contributed to Spain's worst air disaster on record,
according to a 12,000-page report cited by the Spanish newspaper El Pais and USA Today.
It was initially believed that the crash of Flight 5022 that killed 154 people in 2008
was the result of pilot error, but investigators have now concluded that
a computer infection spread through an infected USB stick may have contributed to the crash."""


"Are External USB Drives a Target for Espionage?"""


63 posted on 11/23/2010 2:27:20 PM PST by Diogenesis ('Freedom is the light of all sentient beings.' - Optimus Prime)
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To: Nachum
"It's good to be The King."


64 posted on 11/23/2010 2:31:13 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (NASA? Muslims? Muslims will want to go to the moon only when Israel sets up shop there.)
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To: Nachum; STARWISE; onyx; maggief; hoosiermama; SE Mom; Liz

Boy..this ought to go over well with ‘the folks’...rotflol!

Ping!


65 posted on 11/23/2010 2:47:03 PM PST by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: don-o
you have a dirty mind

Don't forget, don-o: some animals are more equal than others.

66 posted on 11/23/2010 2:50:29 PM PST by Romulus (The Traditional Latin Mass is the real Youth Mass)
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To: Jim Robinson
If you see something wrong with FUBO then you have a dirty mind.

All righty. If the F is NOT the well known f word and U is not You, is it:

Forget Underwear, Barack Obama
Forge Unicycles, Barack Obama
Fold Umbrellas, Barack Obama
Flee Unicorns, Barack Obama

Is this kinda close to those heart felt sentiments you are getting at?

67 posted on 11/23/2010 2:50:58 PM PST by don-o (Wait. What?)
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To: Hildy

They honestly believe they’re better than the rest of us.


68 posted on 11/23/2010 2:55:03 PM PST by B Knotts (Just another Tenther)
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To: don-o

FUBAR was a universally accepted and revered term amongst the troops when I was in the service. It meant, “Fouled Up Beyond All Repair!” We’ve just realigned it a bit to fit for Barack Obama & Co. FUBO!!


69 posted on 11/23/2010 2:55:59 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
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To: penelopesire; STARWISE; onyx; maggief; hoosiermama; SE Mom; WVNan; Dr. Scarpetta

Tyranny.

Outrageous.

Where is the breaking point? Is this it?

Are you ready?


70 posted on 11/23/2010 2:57:03 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: don-o
(your mileage may vary)
71 posted on 11/23/2010 2:58:13 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
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To: HIDEK6

Yeah, I have FBI background checks done on me every once in a while, that should not make me ‘special’ but it does: I have the privilege of getting grabbed at will!


72 posted on 11/23/2010 2:58:30 PM PST by elpinta (TSA: Feds gone wild)
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To: onyx

Unbelievable.

Do you wake up some mornings and wonder just where it is that you live?

I sure do. Every damned day!


73 posted on 11/23/2010 3:01:10 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: onyx
Where is the breaking point? Is this it?

No. This is not the breaking point. The breaking point will involve cable television, cell phones, and internet access. If one of those three goes - then it's game on.

74 posted on 11/23/2010 3:03:58 PM PST by don-o (Wait. What?)
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To: SE Mom

Well, nothing about this regime shocks me anymore. I am thoroughly disgusted and outraged, but not shocked. I have no plans to fly anywhere soon, but if I did, I would be “on fire.”


75 posted on 11/23/2010 3:07:57 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: don-o

You can bet the Internet will be shut down in the U.S. when the NWO opens the shooting war here. Thewir goons in unions and greenie freaks will sacrifice themselves ... and I intend to bag a few before they silence me.


76 posted on 11/23/2010 3:08:46 PM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: don-o

You can bet the Internet will be shut down in the U.S. when the NWO opens the shooting war here. Their goons in unions and greenie freaks will sacrifice themselves ... and I intend to bag a few before they silence me.


77 posted on 11/23/2010 3:09:07 PM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: penelopesire; stephenjohnbanker; TommyDale; Nachum; STARWISE; maggief; hoosiermama; SE Mom; ...
The diabetes blogs are on fire about the scanners and enhanced full body pat downs. The TSA did not factor in this information........

Insulin pumps are not supposed to be exposed to x-rays, and even if a pump-wearing flier does wear their pump for a full body scan, the invasive pat down will be conducted by people who don’t know that the insulin pump is a life saving device.

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CONNECTED POLS GET BIG PAYOFF We keep hearing full body scanners are necessary because of terrorist threats. But it turns out the people who make the things played a role as well. USA TODAY found firms with multimillion-dollar contracts to supply airports with body-scanning machines more than doubled their spending on lobbying in the past five years and hired several high-profile former government officials to advance their causes in Washington.

Scanner firms hired lobbyists include Linda Daschle, a former federal aviation official and wife of Tom Daschle, former Senate Majority Leader. L-3 Communications, which has sold $39.7 million of the scanners, spent $4.3 million trying to influence Congress. Rapiscan Systems spent $271,500 lobbying. It also hired former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff who has been a big proponent of scanners. Rapiscan made $41.2 million from the government.

78 posted on 11/23/2010 3:14:41 PM PST by Liz
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To: don-o

Ok. So I still don’t get it then.

Fouled Up Barack Obama?

Fouled Up By Obama?

Fouled Up Beyond Oregon?


79 posted on 11/23/2010 3:15:20 PM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: don-o

Waiting for one of those three does not sound like a plan. Marxists work incrementally, but this TSA crap is pushing it.

Full body scans are used to detect and now curtail movements of cash (cash belts) and other items that aren’t ordinarily placed in carry-on luggage.

The scans and pat-downs (gropes) have little, if anything, to do with trying to catch Islamic terrorists.


80 posted on 11/23/2010 3:15:39 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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