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Do Body Scanners Make Us Safer? (NO)
New York Times ^
| 11/23/10
| Bruce Schneier
Posted on 12/02/2010 8:41:01 AM PST by tricksy
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To: Tzfat
Okey dokey. I guess the screeners at my local airport are all lying to me.
Most of them are veterans, who’da thunk they would be so dishonest?
To: jazminerose
I have asked screeners at our local airport & they do indeed have mid level clearances.
Not sure what mid-level clearance means, but this article does not indicate they have any "secret clearance", currently. Only a few higher-ups have secret clearance.
TSA Officers to Receive Higher Security Clearance
The Transportation Security Administration is upgrading security clearances for 10,000 of its airport personnel, giving them access to 'secret' intelligence to help them better detect threats and stop terrorists," reports CNN.............
The clearance of those additional TSA employees will take place over the next two years. Only 744 of front-line supervisors, managers, and behavior-detection officers now have the higher security clearance. The higher clearance does not and will not include airport screeners.
TSA spokeswoman Sterling Payne said the change will empower higher-ranking employees with accurate information about intelligence threats. The majority of TSAs headquarter managers already have secret- or higher-level clearances for classified information and the agency sees this move as a natural progression.
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posted on
12/02/2010 11:09:30 AM PST
by
Girlene
To: jazminerose
Okey dokey. I guess the screeners at my local airport are all lying to me.
There is a clinical name for it, but let's just say it is a the attitude of self-importance for lower-level enforcers. Again, think Barney Fife.
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12/02/2010 11:19:32 AM PST
by
Tzfat
To: jazminerose
Okey dokey. I guess the screeners at my local airport are all lying to me. Most of them are veterans, whoda thunk they would be so dishonest?
You are confusing receiving clearance to become a TSA screener with the type of "secret clearance" that 10,000 TSA workers will receive in the next two years. (referred to in the last two articles I posted)
Here are the requirements to become a TSA screener.
How Do I Become a TSA Screener?You need to have a GED (or a year in a security position - no GED required even), be a US citizen, 18 years of age, pass a background criminal check and credit check, complete training, and be able to perform certain physical requirments.
Those requirements do not add up to secret clearance.
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12/02/2010 11:21:11 AM PST
by
Girlene
To: tricksy
"This is why the Israelis do it right -- with behavior-based profiling (not "racial profiling" as the leftists say to obfuscate the issue)."
I'm all for this in addition to increased use of scanning technology. But it is impossible to implement the full Israeli system on millions of airline passengers because it would take too long and requires much more manpower.
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posted on
12/02/2010 11:22:55 AM PST
by
ari-freedom
(Happy Chanuka!)
To: tricksy
Do Body Scanners Make Us Safer? (NO) Message to TSA: It's the Muslims, Stupid.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:30:21 PM PST
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on its own.)
To: fredhead
“Someone at the Slimes has intelligence? Whod have thunk it?”
The Gray Lady is telling Barry to throw in the towel.
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12/02/2010 7:02:36 PM PST
by
devere
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