Posted on 07/18/2013 5:15:58 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Rochester, N.Y. -- She says she had no warning that someone was going to search her car after she left to catch her flight. So the woman contacted News10NBC.
We found out it happened to her because she valet parked her car. Those are the only cars that get inspected.
So if security feels it is necessary to search some cars in the name of safety, why not search all of them?
Laurie Iacuzza walked to her waiting car at the Greater Rochester International Airport after returning from a trip and that's when she found it -- a notice saying her car was inspected after she left for her flight. She said, “I was furious. They never mentioned it to me when I booked the valet or when I picked up the car or when I dropped it off.”
Iacuzza's car was inspected by valet attendants on orders from the TSA. But why only valet parked cars? That's what News10NBC wanted to ask the TSA director about. We reached him by phone.
Berkeley Brean asked, “Are the cars in the short term lots and long term lots getting searched as well?”
John McCaffery, TSA, said, “No, those vehicles that are in the garage, short term long term parking, even if they carry pretty large amounts of explosives, they would not cause damage to the front of the airport. But for those who use the valet, the car could be there for a half hour or an hour so there is a vulnerability.”
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So did the valet park between those two bearded Muslims driving taxi cabs to do the search?
They inspect the valet parked cars because they have a key.
Duh.
She’s from New York so there’s a 90% chance she voted for Obama, so tough luck lady. You are getting exactly what you voted for.
I don’t have a problem with them searching the car, but they should wash and wax it when they are done.
Do they get to keep the change under the seat cushions and the carpets? You would think that alone would pay off the national debt in a few months...
Seriously, I wonder what recourse you have if something goes missing. I’m guessing, probably nothing. Of course, that sort of theft could never happen, with the high ethics and standards of our government officals... </barfsarc>
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A free society is always vulnerable. Do we really want a security state?
Seems pretty silly to me. Anyone who is going to willingly hand their keys to a stranger to park their car and leave the keys with the stranger, isn’t likely to have an explosive planted in the car that they are so willingly giving a stranger full access to.
The TSA didn’t physically search it. They supposedly ordered the valet company to do it for them.
How can they ORDER anyone outside the confines of the turnstiles to boarding and beyond to do anything?
CCW here in Georgia applies and as long as you are in a public area not associated with TSA gate-keeping, you are allowed to carry.
Something just doesn’t sound right about this.
In a word, none. Just be thankful you still have your life and your bones are still in one piece.
That’s how I’m reading it, and if so, I think she owns herself a nice valet business.
3rd party, I presume, NOT overseen by the TSA, with no consent from the owner...what could go wrong there?
Next you know, the cops will be using the same process
Do we HAVE a Constitution anymore?!
“John McCaffery, TSA, said, “No, those vehicles that are in the garage, short term long term parking, even if they carry pretty large amounts of explosives, they would not cause damage to the front of the airport. But for those who use the valet, the car could be there for a half hour or an hour so there is a vulnerability.”
There it is. We have gone from a system where they need probable cause to violate your right to privacy to a system where they can search because it is POSSIBLE that you might cause some damage. That covers just about EVERYTHING.
How can they ORDER anyone outside the confines of the turnstiles to boarding and beyond to do anything?
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Indeed - sounds like brown shirts on retainer. Imagine the TSA giving this authority to others in the airport?
How about your own car insurance? Would your car insurance cover any damages?
At the end of the video:
They inspect the trunk, engine, and scan inside of car which takes about 30 seconds. They don’t inspect glove box or console.
So what’s next? Arriving home after a long flight to see a note on your door from the TSA? “Hey, we just got done inspecting your house. Found the key on under the mat. Fed the cat and made ourselves some sandwiches. Thanks.”
You’re exactly right.
How long before the TSA orders neighborhood watch people to search private vehicles or homes?
Could this be challenged in court?
My new car came with a “valet” key. It gets them into the car and allows them to start and drive it, but they can’t get in the trunk.
Note to self: Whenever carrying a b0m and using valet parking - always put it in the trunk. ;-)
A free society is always vulnerable. Do we really want a security state?
GMTA
actually, I'd think that would make it easier.
Figure that the valet isn't going to look too hard in the trunk, etc. They'll just park it and hurry back for the next pick-up.
That being said, I think that the TSA is waaaaay out of line here.
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