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Obama Calls Airport Pat-Downs Frustrating But Necessary
WTSP ^
| 11/20/2010
| WTSP
Posted on 11/20/2010 4:47:58 PM PST by Dallas59
President Obama said today he sympathizes with passenger complaints about aggressive body pat-downs at airports, but his counter-terrorism aides say they are necessary to guard against hidden explosives.
Balancing privacy and security is a “tough situation,” Obama told reporters at a news conference following the NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal.
“One of the most frustrating aspects of this fight against terrorism is that it has created a whole security apparatus around us that causes a huge inconvenience for all of us,” Obama said.
Obama cited the attempted airplane attack by the so-called underwear bomber last Christmas as justification for aggressive security measures.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: fubo; grope; marxistpos; obama; tsa; tsaperv
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To: Dallas59
The _resident is a scum-sucking low-life freak of a snake IMHO. Isn't it time for some clandestine agency to pull the dirt out on him and remove the beggar from office?
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:39:43 PM PST
by
b cool
To: bergmeid
>>I predict that that will become a big issue again, especially if he thinks he can run for 2012. Will John Boehner falsify documentation like Pelosi did? He’d better not.<<
What are you talking about? “He’d better not.”” Or else what?
The coward Reps haven’t done a thing about the idiot half breed we’ve got living in the White House, have they? And they aren’t intending to either. So what?
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posted on
11/20/2010 8:11:25 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Conflict is inevitable; Combat is an option. Train for the fight.)
To: hondact200
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posted on
11/20/2010 9:33:45 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: Dallas59
11 months ago, and he just NOW makes this change? Bravo Sierra!
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posted on
11/20/2010 10:36:47 PM PST
by
MortMan
(To Obama "Kill them all and let [God] sort them out" is an abortion slogan.)
To: Dallas59; All
Did the underwear bomber really have explosives in his underwear? I just wonder sometimes...
To: Sacajaweau
Well said, and deeds repeating!
...not a groper because you won’t catch a mule.
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posted on
11/21/2010 7:05:43 AM PST
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: aces
I fly twice a week and am really considering changing careers.. I predict an upswing in teleconferences and video conferences.
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posted on
11/21/2010 7:08:59 AM PST
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: sionnsar
I am an engineer and must hands on, I think I will commit to driving..
68
posted on
11/21/2010 7:12:24 AM PST
by
aces
To: MrsEmmaPeel
I will never wear a burkha...
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posted on
11/21/2010 7:15:27 AM PST
by
EBH
( Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.)
To: EBH
If Islamic women are being exempted, then it seems to me if everyone would turn up in a burkha, everyone can get an exemption.
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posted on
11/21/2010 7:34:42 AM PST
by
MrsEmmaPeel
(a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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