TSA Turns Off Scanners, does "normal" pat downs

Gizmodo ^ | 11/24/2010 | various

[Tucson_AZ]

[thethirddegree]

This is very interesting.

[Logical me]

Notice: The TSA are now about to join a union. Unions are communists strongholds and are holding America hostage. Once unionized they will be part of King Obama’s private army and will never be removed from airports.

[SandRat]

BTTT & PING

[Presbyterian Reporter]

I am surprised to see an idealogue like Obama to take a pragmatic approach today by shutting off the nude photo machines and the sexual assault groping.

We must have scared the Obama Marxists more than we realize.

Now we need to give Obama hell on other issues like Dream Act.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>>Interesting that they’d rather risk people’s safety

Like the enhanced procedure prevented anything...

[The_Reader_David]

Come January, the GOP controlled House has the power of the purse. Provisions mandating replacement of the security-theater/jobs-program with Israeli-style behavioral profiling can be included with every appropriation bill covering the DHS. Obama signs, or all of the TSA screeners go on unemployment.

In the meantime 4th Amendment lawsuits are the order of the day.

[GingisK]

Interesting that they'd rather risk people's safety than endure a PR disaster.

Excellent!

There're ain't no security in reduced Rights and increased X-Ray doses. Besides, they won't catch any perps that way. Not only that, my fellow Americans are not my enemies. There is a very specific group of people who threatens airline safety.

PROFILE!

[so_real]

Watch the MSM report that there were no delays, and that the American public has accepted the backscatter naked machines for their own good, rather than reporting the machines were turned off and folks weren't being groped in an effort to avoid the negative PR.

[redreno]

Looks like the TSA opted out. So, How much did the tax payers spend on these machines, to not use them? Is this about safety or control?

[Vendome]

Sandbagging or Gaming the System? Either the numbers are fake.

[Humal]

Fox has been reporting that there has not been the EXPECTED back up from using the pornoscanners. Now we know why.

[snuffy smiff]

"We must have scared the Obama Marxists more than we realize."

Never stop kicking a scumbag when he's down...

[Rashputin]

Call me a cynic, but they must think there’s going to be an incident on a plane today or Friday. Maybe even on Thanksgiving day.

Regards

[markomalley]

lulz

[saganite]

Yes it is, very interesting if true. I would like to see more info though from other sources. Anybody fly today?

[Borax Queen]

Thanks, SandRat.

[Deo volente]

That’s a hardball strategy you outline there, and I’m not sure Boehner has it in him to do that.

[usmom]

yes, very interesting indeed and begins to make one wonder if this all wasn’t just a psy-op from the beginning just to gage how far they could push people or what the reaction would be to this. If the scanners/gropes were SO important to security as they claimed, doesn’t this completely discredit that assertion if they just stop it at will? Hmmm.... I know one thing for sure- this is a GAME, and it is FAR from over!

[EBH]

Fox 8 news local just showed people using the scanners.

And folks saying they were fine with it...just that they wanted to get somewhere ...today.