Posted on 12/27/2010 5:16:22 PM PST by Kaslin
Terrorism: A pilot who posted a YouTube video documenting flaws in TSA's airport security has his home raided and federally issued firearm confiscated. Body scanners and junk-touching are just the beginning.
Ever watchful all 364 days of the year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has discovered a new security threat — pilots who fly our planes and have questions about the TSA's security practices and policies.
Three days after a 50-year-old veteran pilot living outside Sacramento, Calif., posted a YouTube video to shed light on the security gaps he believes exist at major U.S. airports, he had his home raided by four federal air marshals and two sheriff deputies, including members of an anti-terrorism task force.
The pilot, who was deputized by the TSA to carry a handgun in the cockpit as a federal flight deck officer (FFDO), had his federally issued firearm and badge confiscated. A follow-up letter from the sheriff's department said his CCW (carry a concealed weapon) permit would be revaluated pending a federal investigation.
Sacramento's ABC TV affiliate News10 reports that the pilot, who has asked that neither his name nor his airline be disclosed pending the investigation, on Nov. 28 posted six video clips taken from a cell phone camera at San Francisco International Airport.
The pilot also provided News10 with video of the confrontation on his driveway, which he recorded on a camera positioned at an upstairs window.
The posted videos showed TSA's current practice of forcing pilots to go through TSA screening while ground crew members who service the aircraft are able to access sensitive areas merely by swiping a card at an unmanned door.
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The TSA, at the behest of the federal government, has actively been stripping us of our rights. They deserve what they get.
I’m in Alberta, but I wouldn’t day Canada is a safe haven from this kind of thing. Free speech is gone, and the amount of social programs etc we have is astounding and we’re going broke.
There is no safe haven anymore, I still stand by my evaluation in early 08, when I said US/Canada is the last stand for “freedom” what little there was left, if it fails here, all is lost.
Lost in all of the shouting about Wikileaks and the arrest of Julian Assange as the imprisonment-torture of Bradley Manning is the fact that a lot of people in power want to pay back Assange for his role in releasing the so-called Climategate emails. These emails detailed how “climate scientists” manipulated data, bullied those who disagreed with their “hockey stick” Algorean world temperature chart, and suppressed good science that contradicted their own work.
Even though the NY Times and other major news outlets ignored these emails (or claimed that they were nothing but irrelevant “noise” and not worth any public discussion), nonetheless the emails still were a blow to the outright authoritarian attempts by governments to further control people. A lot of people in power have been unhappy with Wikileaks for letting the truth spill out regarding “climate change,” and have looked for a way to go after those who have exposed the lies.
Myself, I didn't know that Wikileaks had a hand in releasing the Climategate documents but I can see the reasoning behind Anderson's point.
I hope this helps. Since it's off the top of my head, it's not very systematic.
I’ll keep that in mind. I had kind of ruled out Canada because I have relatives there in Ontario and they are all incredibly left wing. They think Obama is the best thing in the world. I gather many Ontario citizens think the same but I don’t know. And it is a seemingly very socialist province.
Your assumption is that the bad guys don't already know the security flaws, from debriefings of all the people they have working at the airports. The bad guys already know security is an expensive joke. This guy's "crime" was in letting the taxpayers be as informed as al Queda.
When traveling, I noticed at McDonalds in Alberta, the people frequenting it were very well dressed in comparison to what Americans wear at Mcdonalds in the States.
The cost of living in Canada is substantially more than in the States. Many Canadians we met on that vacation indicated they'd move to the States in a heartbeat if they could.
I sort of suspected since the month after 9/11...when I was pulled out of line for a check for explosives residue...and the woman doing the testing for security was a Muslim woman in full hajib.
Personal tax rates are higher all told too. Each province has a hefty income tax, and there are provincial sales taxes (except in Alberta.)
As far as they moving to the States, I think it's a matter of the grass looking greener on the other side of the fence Some do, however; during the Chretien years, there was a veritable exodus of computer professionals to the States.
When up in northern BC, we found a small alcove along the highway which was perfect for a picnic. We walked into it a bit and found two picnic tables and a small lake (unmarked on highway) beyond it. We commenced lunch and a fairly large group of Canadians arrived in multiple vehicles. Evidentally we happened upon a "locals" place to meet. They brought canoes and water gear with them. Quite a nice group of people and we made a whole afternoon of it instead of just a picnic. They worked for the railroad and the park service.
Why I don't watch TV or listen to radio anymore. Conditioning is for hair only now, and the wife's at that.
Afraid Canada is further gone than we. They are the testing ground for a number of Orwellian policies, like 'hate-speech' laws.
Are you merely conditioned well or a conditioner yourself?
The "enemy" is anyone labeled "terrorist" which is soon to be any one who is anti-gay-"marriage" or uses or condones other such "hate" speech, or is a registered Second-Amendmenter, or dare I say it the well conditioned members of our beloved FR like Lone Ranger Dave. It's what happens when you have a "war on terror" and don't clearly define "terrorists".
As good as the background check given to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan? Keep in mind that Hasan would have needed a Top Secret clearance since he would be giving psychiatric treatment to soldiers with security clearances.
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