Posted on 11/19/2010 4:38:23 AM PST by ml/nj
The war on error has been the justification for a litany of government abuses and invasions of privacy. And the new measures rolled out by the Transportation Security Administration — the agency responsible for security at America’s airports since 9/11 — constitute yet another substantial addition to America’s burgeoning police state.
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These measures do not make us safer. The government has stated it remains “unclear” if the full-body scanners would have detected the explosives carried by the 2009 underwear bomber. Additionally, the enhanced pat-down can easily be circumvented by terrorists who hide explosives in body cavities.
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Those who cower at every shadow of a threat, who tremble at the mere mention of the word “terrorist,” are ill-suited to the rugged life of the free citizen. Courage is a prerequisite for freedom.
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Just wondering... What about all those personal body piercings in the whole “junk” area?
TSA make you take them out or do they just cop a feel and say you’re good to go?
“The war on error has been the justification...”
When errors are outlawed, only outlaws will make errors!
My good ol’ Ann Coulter has it right: It’s people who blow things up, not substances. Target people, not substances.
Profile!
Unclear? How can it be that the TSA cannot due a simple test? They have scanners. Either they would have detected items or not!
I think we should import the Israeli model for airport security and disband the TSA.
It’s much too late for that. TSA is here to stay. Already spreading to railroads and soon coming to interstate highways....”your papers please?”
ML/NJ
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