[TADSLOS]

But it's possible that the program could step over the line, he says.

"If [air marshals] are trying to see what's on the screen of a computer or take more intrusive steps, it could raise serious privacy issues under the Constitution," Turley said. "Also, if they're using these types of digital dossiers to restrict people, putting them on flight lists or putting them under some type of other limitation, that could also raise a serious matter under the Constitution. We simply don't know."

So, they’ll do it anyway.

[Moonman62]

The Israelis seem to do a pretty good job of keeping their aircraft safe. Why don’t we learn from them?

[Lurkinanloomin]

I gave up flying when the TSA was instituted and will not fly again until they are disbanded.

[Zathras]

NPR:”...but its perfectly fine to phone tap the winner of a Presidential election....”

[cyclotic]

I think the TSA is a waste of time. We as a nation could do so much better.

That said, I don’t care if an air marshal is scoping me out.

I visited the Flight 93 Memorial yesterday. It was a very somber reminder of our need for vigilance and the heroism of the average American.

They identified the terrorist scum as Islamist which was good. They did use their names on the seating chart where I would have preferred “dead Terrorist” or some such nomenclature.

One of the women on the plane was identified several times by her name and unborn child. Good pro-life message.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Perhaps the reason air travel is so bad these days is that the crowded, overbooked flights are the result of so many air marshals and TSA dupes riding aboard.
 

[Yaelle]

Pretty soon there will be no more living members of the Mile High Club.

[faithhopecharity]

we keep letting Muslim terrorist invasion troops into USA
and they are almost everywhere in our communities already

but
we are paying for these folks to spy on Americans who are not even ‘suspected’ of any terrorist intentions ?

WTF!?

recalling also that 96% of all weapons got thru TSA at the airports, in a test... not too long ago...

[I want the USA back]

Complete stupidity. The person who’s going to see a dying parent is going to trigger their idiotic warnings, or someone who’s afraid of flying.

Anything to avoid keeping liberals and muzzies off airplanes.

[PA Engineer]

[backwoods-engineer]

Would NOT be surprised if they were surveilling people like us who check handguns with our baggage when flying to/from free states. Or, surveilling known Trump supporters.

[NoCmpromiz]

PFL

[YogicCowboy]

More destruction of due process. 9/11: the curse that keeps on giving.