brewer12345
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I got pornoscanned for the first time. If I get skin cancer down the road I plan on joining the class action suit.
At times I think that TSA is just one massive psychology experiment, designed to measure how much crap we will put up with before screaming ENOUGH ALREADY.
brewer12345 said:I got pornoscanned for the first time. If I get skin cancer down the road I plan on joining the class action suit.
Government grants retroactive immunity.
Game over.
If anyone is thinking about going back to w*rk due to the economy, here's a challenging job opportunity.
Public Affairs Specialist Job Opening at Transportation Security Administration in Arlington, VA
This brings back memories.U.S. Transportation Security Administration workers today will begin interviewing passengers entering Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL)’s terminal in Detroit in an expansion of its so-called behavior detection program, Greg Soule, a TSA spokesman, said.
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All passengers at checkpoints involved in the test are required to answer questions when they encounter the agency’s document checker, before proceeding to baggage X-ray and passenger screening. The interview lasts about one minute and resembles an encounter at a U.S. Customs checkpoint.
I wonder what they are going to ask? Trained interrogators or frustrated law enforcement wannabes? If they are anything like US immigration and customs agents, it's not going to be fun.Did you pack your bags yourself?
Have they been with you since you packed them?
Has anyone given you anything suspicious to carry?
Will they include the long, uncomfortable pauses while the agent silently reads while mouthing the words of the next instructions off of his computer screen?All passengers at checkpoints involved in the test are required to answer questions when they encounter the agency’s document checker, before proceeding to baggage X-ray and passenger screening. The interview lasts about one minute and resembles an encounter at a U.S. Customs checkpoint.
Suspicious behavior detected during the chats has led to 10 arrests on charges including being in the U.S. illegally and having an outstanding warrant, Naccara said.
“We don’t have someone who admitted to being a terrorist,” Naccara said. “We’re detecting people who are attempting to deceive us. There are similar behaviors exhibited. There’s no distinction.”
So they have reading skills as well interrogation training?Will they include the long, uncomfortable pauses while the agent silently reads while mouthing the words of the next instructions off of his computer screen?
That would be the only "welcome" aspect of our otherwise unfriendly customs and immigration process.Last time I went through Customs, this drill took what felt like a couple of minutes between each question while the agent stared at the Profile-O-Matic display.
The good news about that encounter is that someone had been insisting on giving Customs a friendlier face. There was a 'greeter' checking for passports and forms in the US line who boomed out "Welcome Home!" periodically.
This has to have more to do with full employment. These "innovations" lead to continued funding of the TSA mission and will allow them to proclaim success at regular intervals.Sounds, um, effective at finding terrorists, right?
I would love for them to go through the same training the Israeli airport security folks receive, not read a flow chart. If you really engage people I think it is possible to quickly identify travelers who pose no risk and refer others for more consideration.
That would be the only "welcome" aspect of our otherwise unfriendly customs and immigration process.
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..........It's just too easy to get in here. I wish they'd toughen our C&I just a tad.
Custom officials have always greeted me in a friendly voice "Welcome home!" no matter how grumpy I was from an overseas flight. They have a great sense of humor at least with me as well. I always assumed the friendly chats were to help identify if I really was LOL! from Texas accent and all.
The new thing yesterday for the TSA folks was to ask names when checking IDs. It was amusing to see the folks in front of me stumble on their own names, but I think this was mostly because their brains are thinking, "But you can see my name right there on my driver license, why do I have to tell you my name." But didn't that happen in the movie "The Great Escape" as well?
Tennessee Becomes First State To Fight Terrorism Statewide - NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports
Oh frabjous joy! The TSA has rolled out VIPR checkpoints in Tennessee. They're initially working truck checkpoints and a couple of bus stations.
No word on whether bus passengers had to take their shoes off, or if they were prohibited from carrying more than 3 ounces of liquid on board.
I wonder when's the last time that anyone carried a glove in that compartment. And shouldn't it be renamed a gun compartment?The extension of this to Colorado will be a sight to see, considering that state law specifically allows the carrying of a loaded handgun in one's glove compartment at all times.
Nords said:My anecdotal data (two trips in two months) indicates that I'll never be able to go through a simple metal detector ever again. And if TSA's new scanner doesn't do well with sweat, then maybe they should consider air-conditioning the waiting line?
I wonder when's the last time that anyone carried a glove in that compartment. And shouldn't it be renamed a gun compartment?
I know this is an old, dead thread, and I don't really want to start it up with all the recent outrages, but this one made me laugh out loud.
TSA Successfully Detects 2 Out of 3 Claymore Mines in Luggage - Hit & Run : Reason.com
I know this is an old, dead thread, and I don't really want to start it up with all the recent outrages, but this one made me laugh out loud.
TSA Successfully Detects 2 Out of 3 Claymore Mines in Luggage - Hit & Run : Reason.com