Posted on 11/24/2010 2:05:36 AM PST by Qbert
Zogby Interactive: 61% Oppose Full Body Scans and TSA Pat Downs; 48% Will Seek Alternative to Flying
Frequent Fliers: 59% Oppose Enhancements and 43% Will Seek Alternative to Flying
The implementation of full body scans and pat downs by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as part of security enhancements at our nation's airports will cause 48% of Americans and 42% of more frequent fliers to choose a different mode of transportation when possible, a recent Zogby International Poll finds. Overall, 61% of the 2,032 likely voters polled from Nov. 19 to Nov. 22, oppose the use of full body scans and TSA pat downs. Republicans (69%) and Independents (65%) oppose in greater numbers than Democrats (50%).
Of those polled, 52% believe the enhanced security measures will not prevent terrorist activity, almost half (48%) say it is a violation of privacy rights, 33% say they should not have to go through enhanced security methods to get on an airplane, and 32% believe the full body scans and TSA pat downs to be sexual harassment. This is in line with frequent fliers (fly more than once every 3 months), as 53% say the enhanced measures will not prevent terrorist activity, 48% believe it's a violation of their privacy rights, 41% say they should not have to go through it to get on an airplane, and 35% believe it is sexual harassment. While roughly the same amount believe the full body scans and TSA pat downs are necessary to keep the country safe and prevent terrorist activities on airplanes (34% of frequent fliers vs. 29% overall), frequent fliers are more likely to feel that the enhanced methods are not needed because metal detectors and bag screenings are working fine (33% to 26%).
Just 16% of frequent fliers say no one has an absolute right to fly and if people don't like the security measures, then just don't fly compared to 20% of everyone polled. The Zogby poll also finds when given a choice, likely voters will choose full body scan over the TSA pat downs (48% to 7%), but 42% would rather have neither. Frequent fliers feel about the same.
Pollster John Zogby: "It's clear the majority of Americans are not happy with TSA and the enhanced security measures recently enacted. The airlines should not be happy with 42% of frequent fliers seeking a different mode of transportation due to these enhancements. It seems the airlines and TSA need to come together to find a solution before the American flying public abandons both."
The interactive poll consisted of 2,032 likely voters and has a margin of error of +/-2.2%. A sampling of Zogby International's online panel, which is representative of the adult population of the U.S., was invited to participate. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, gender, and education to more accurately reflect the population.
At this moment I am beyond ticked!
May G-D have Mercy on our Country!
You should put a profanity warning on a link to that kind of thing. If you have to share it at all.
Profanity, sexually explicit, and really bad taste warnings.
NPR callers are out in force citing civil rights issues against their own right to fly feeling safe. They ignore the facts that the people who have said they will kill us and destroy our economy belong to ISLAM. It is not a question of color.
They also ignore the fact that this protocol does not increase anyone’s safety in the air or at the airport.
Most of these same people support any action by EPA in the name of health, while accepting dubious ionizing radiation that may pose as much of a risk with repeated scans as any of their favorite environmental bugaboos. But the Precautionary Principle seems to not apply with a radical progressive administration.
If we were at war with Caucasian Christians,they would be all for profiling and against being scanned and groped en masse.
They are being facilitated to support their team and hate our team. Yay, team!
A good rule of thumb, never travel with anything it would foul up your day to lose.
Have spare keys, ID, wallet, and phone.
In time, I suspect He will, but IMHO, He's giving us a lot of tough-love right now.
I have met them up close and personal, but I keep hoping they are a small minority!
“A good rule of thumb, never travel with anything it would foul up your day to lose. Have spare keys, ID, wallet, and phone.”
They’ve never let me carry my cell phone through metal detector. Or keys. As I continue to beep, even though I tell them it’s my hip, I have to unload all of those things. It’s a naked, lonely feeling to be separated from important stuff.
Wonder what 61% Oppose Full Body Scans say if a plane went down because of no scan?if one wants to fly you have to deal with it.If you don’t want to deal with take a bus,train.car but for christ sake stop the whining.
A plane will go down with or without these body scans why....the government refuses to profile the people who are likely to set off the bomb and the government under 0bama does not have a clue, in general.
Yes, and if you know you can walk out of there without that stuff, you still have a little sovereignty and dignity.
They’re counting on you to do as you’re told while they hold your essentials hostage.
Bring nothing essential, provide no hostages.
I used to fly with my little white fluffy dog....no more....god only knows what they would do to her!
“I used to fly with my little white fluffy dog....no more....god only knows what they would do to her!”
We flew with cats in the spring and TSA made the experience a nightmare, for the cats and us. Never again. Poor things were scrutinized and inspected more than the middle-eastern travelers.
Agree profile the people it works see Israel.
...and the Borders...360 degrees around the US...they will find a way in...
THEY = Young Muslim Males / 16-60 yrs’ old - SUNNI - SHIA - need to be profiles for what they are.
I’m not saying that a English blond female won’t help them out - but when the pressure on the one community and culture is pressed hard - then maybe the “moderates” will pressure the radicals to stop it (of course this will never happen)...
Thank you.
Wonder what 61% Oppose Full Body Scans say if a plane went down because of no scan?
Facts is, there will always be risks, and grownups just deal with it after taking REASONABLE precautions to deal with it.
I think it rather sad that only 61% of Americans oppose unreasonable searches without probable cause.
You can detect a keychain or a gun but not a molded piece of explosive.
So tell me, sir, in advocating for these scanners, do you advocate for them because they work or do you advocate for them because you think "anything for security!!!!" is an answer ... even though it doesn't work?
Politicians Who Own Stakes in Airport Scanner Companies
By Elizabeth MacDonald
Published November 24, 2010 | FOXBusiness
So which elected officials own stakes in full-body scanning machines now in more than 60 U.S. airports? And what are those individual investments worth?
We still can’t connect the dots to say that, because these Congressmen invested in these tech companies, than, ipso facto, those scanners were then put in place at airports across the country, now the subject of controversy.
But the Center for Responsive Politics says it’s done the legwork and after reviewing the most recent personal financial disclosure filings, found eight members of Congress — three Democrats and five Republicans – who owned at least $2,000 worth of stock in L-3 Communications, which is a government contractor purportedly involved in the full-body scanning machines.
The watchdog group says Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) owns the most stock in L-3 Communications — with a minimum investment of at least $500,000 and a maximum value of $1 million. Congressional financial disclosure forms allow Congressmen to report their assets in broad ranges.
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