New York Post, December 8, 2022 Smile! TSA has yet another boondoggle to make traveling more painful By James Bovard Why would any law-abiding American balk at permitting the feds to vacuum up his biometric data at the airport? The Transportation Security Administration is running a pilot program in which travelers stand in photo kiosks […]
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"The reality is that TSA has played next to no role in the biggest counterterrorism stories of the past two decades. According to the think tank RAND, intelligence and security services manage to foil nearly two-thirds of terrorist plots in the planning stages.” -- Darryl Campbell
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D.C.’s Iron Curtain of Secrecy Endangers The Economy and Everything Else
by James Bovard
A domestic surveillance program called Quiet Skies—which is operated by the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, and was revealed Saturday in a “blockbuster” Boston Globe exposé—is provoking strong criticism, with the ACLU asserting that “such surveillance not only makes no sense, it’s a waste of taxpayer money and raises constitutional concerns.”
(RPI Opinion) — When I was in Congress and had to regularly fly between DC and Texas, I was routinely subjected to invasive “pat-downs” (physical assaults) by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). One time, exasperated with the constant insults to my privacy and dignity, I asked a TSA agent if he was proud to assault innocent Americans […]
A traveler is patted down by a TSA agent as they go through security at the Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City. (AP/Jim Urquhart)
(ANALYSIS) — Every time the government makes a mistake (a frequent occurrence) the people pay the price for its bureaucratic incompetence—both through tax dollars and forced compliance.
Merlin Miller was pulled out of line, subjected to interrogation, and treated as if he were a terrorist. Miller is President of Americana pictures and is a producer, writer and director. He has been stopped many times and supposedly randomly selected for special attention by the TSA. People who are flagged SSS are always selected for this intensive scrutiny.
By JACK BOUBOUSHIAN | Courthouse News | October 22, 2013
Classified TSA documents revealed by clerical error show that the agency does not think terrorists are plotting to attack airplanes, suggesting that nude body scans are unnecessary to protect passengers.
After Rapiscan developed “backscatter” body scanners using Advanced Imaging Technology in 2007, Jonathan Corbett sued the Transportation Security Administration three years later.
RT | August 7, 2013
Cases of misconduct among airport screeners employed by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) increased by 26 per cent between 2010 and 2012, according to a new report. It comes as the agency expands its services beyond airport security gates.
