And in TSA news...

Dreamer · Jun 24, 2011

TSA Officer arrested after items stolen from LAX baggage found in raid:

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_18339547

Better keep an eye on your bags when flying, folks...

It looks like the REAL worry for passengers isn't some "terrorist" clandestinely putting things INTO our bags when we're not watching--it's some sticky-fingered TSA thug taking things OUT of your luggage that poses the threat to passenger security...

Welcome to the "New American Century" folks...

Slavery is Freedom. War is Peace. Theft is Security.

zack991 · Jun 24, 2011

Another reason I will not fly unless I have too.

thebigsd · Jun 24, 2011

I try to carry-on unless I absolutely have to check a bag. I've gotten really efficient at packing my bags.

Dreamer · Jun 25, 2011

My wife is a traveling nurse.specializing in IV therapy. Several months ago, she flew out of BWI, with both checked and carry-on luggage. Upon arriving at her destination, she was looking through her carry-on for her phone charger, and found a half-dozen IV needles (in their sterile packaging) in the bottom of her bag...

Needless to say, she was NOT impressed with the "security theater" at BWI.

And now she refuses to fly for business...

Dreamer · Jun 25, 2011

Of course, to be fair and balanced, we have to admit that this recent report is just a rare, isolated incident, and this sort of thing almost never happens...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...jobs-following-theft-from-luggage-at-jfk.html

http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/houston-police-nab-tsa-thief

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/14/us-airport-bribes-idUSTRE71D72V20110214

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=266573

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/...arrested_in_theft_of_cash_from_travelers.html

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/investigative/100113-tsa-watch-theft-2

http://www.fox16.com/mostpopular/st...g-theft-at-Little/oMbCSazQZkOUkvmyCKn03Q.cspx

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/3-ex-TSA-workers-plead-guilty-to-theft-1183643.php

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Crackdown-Continues-on-TSAs-Luggage-Looters-62573027.html

Kirbinator · Jun 25, 2011

Dreamer said:
Slavery is Freedom. War is Peace. Theft is Security.

+10000

since9 · Jun 26, 2011

Dreamer said:
It looks like the REAL worry for passengers isn't some "terrorist" clandestinely putting things INTO our bags when we're not watching--it's some sticky-fingered TSA thug taking things OUT of your luggage that poses the threat to passenger security...

I wondered where my pocket knife went.

thebigsd said:
I try to carry-on unless I absolutely have to check a bag. I've gotten really efficient at packing my bags.

Works for me, at least for my valuables, including my camera, nice shirt, decent pair of pants, and dress shoes. Everything else I take while on vacation goes in checked baggage, as it would barely pass muster for at-home wear during a weekend football game.

Badger Johnson · Jun 26, 2011

What's surprising to me is that someone isn't taking a close look at these 'TSA' agents, and by that I mean reprobates and thugs, and by someone, I mean a responsible gubmint official.

I guess a 'responsible gumbment official' is a bit of an oxymoron.

zack991 · Jun 26, 2011

Just like the ATF the TSA is a protected groups and wont ever be touched. There may be congressional hearings but it does not mean a thing, its just for show and nothing will ever change.

zack991 · Jun 26, 2011

Rand Paul explains reality to TSA Chief: “You’re clueless on the people who want to attack our country”
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/rand-paul-explains-reality-to-tsa-chief

HolyOrangeJuice · Jun 26, 2011

UPS to destination. Package yourself up in a box with some holes....good to go.

LibertyDeath · Jun 26, 2011

Or get a Pelican Case, check a firearm in it, and that way you're present when TSA searches it and you lock it with your own lock.

Dreamer · Jun 26, 2011

Badger Johnson said:
What's surprising to me is that someone isn't taking a close look at these 'TSA' agents, and by that I mean reprobates and thugs, and by someone, I mean a responsible gubmint official.

I guess a 'responsible gumbment official' is a bit of an oxymoron.

I think you're missing the whole point of the "TSA Exercise"...

These agents ARE getting vetted by their "higher ups", and they are getting more and more of EXACTLY the type of people they REALLY want in these positions.

The TSA is all about "dog training"--it has nothing to do with "security" or "safety" or "counter-terrorism". Their base-line function is to train air travelers into a slave mentality through bulling, dehumanization, and relentless violation of civil rights and basic human dignity.

And the sort of people who are perfect for that sort of thing--thugs, bullies, sociopaths, perverts, and thieves--are EXACTLY who the "higher ups" WANT in these positions.

Because the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and this tree is rotten to the core...

since9 · Jun 26, 2011

zack991 said:
Rand Paul explains reality to TSA Chief: “You’re clueless on the people who want to attack our country”

Shhhhh!

The TSA doesn't have any actual experience. They have to make do with making things up as they go along. If they didn't, they'd be out of a job!

Dreamer said:
The TSA is all about "dog training"--it has nothing to do with "security" or "safety" or "counter-terrorism". Their base-line function is to train air travelers into a slave mentality through bulling, dehumanization, and relentless violation of civil rights and basic human dignity.

In sincerely disagree. It's all about convincing the masses by means of a dog and pony show that their hard-earned tax dollars are being used for something useful. Helps take people's minds off the other areas where the government throws five times as much money out the window every week than goes to the TSA in a year.

And the sort of people who are perfect for that sort of thing--thugs, bullies, sociopaths, perverts, and thieves--are EXACTLY who the "higher ups" WANT in these positions.

Makes sense. After all, "It Takes a Thief."

Yard Sale · Jun 28, 2011

The TSA and the LAX Crime Task Force, composed of airport police and LAPD officers, served a warrant

Huh? What? The TSA has police powers now? Or a TSA supervisor stood outside and observed while LAPD officers served the warrant?

Evil Tyler Durden · Jun 30, 2011

TSA the most usless govt. positions held by useless people.

TSA is a useless govt. position, that needs to be eliminated. They talk about tax cuts, let's start with eliminating the legal child molestation the TSA performs on a daily basis.

HandyHamlet · Jun 30, 2011

Yard Sale said:
Huh? What? The TSA has police powers now? Or a TSA supervisor stood outside and observed while LAPD officers served the warrant?

Google VIPER Teams and be very afraid.

Viper Team stops and x-rays trucks with no probable cause or warrants. They had to go with "VIPER" because "The SS" was taken.

[video=youtube;ST2JzDaQg9s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST2JzDaQg9s[/video]

since9 · Jul 1, 2011

Badger Johnson said:
What's surprising to me is that someone isn't taking a close look at...

The appropriate term is "vetted," as in "if repropates and thugs are getting TSA jobs while millions of honest, law-abiding Americans can't find gainful employment, someone within the TSA system isn't properly vetting its employees."

I guess a 'responsible gumbment official' is a bit of an oxymoron.

Not at all. I have noticed, however, a serious decline in quality throughout both the government and the private sector between the late 1980s and the late 2000s.

Citizen · Jul 2, 2011

since9 said:
SNIP..."if repropates and thugs are getting TSA jobs while millions of honest, law-abiding Americans can't find gainful employment, someone within the TSA system isn't properly vetting its employees."

Oh, I don't know. I got $5 that says they're getting exactly the kind of employees they want:

Not too bright automatons who will blindly follow orders, and will do whatever for pay, and don't know enough nor care enough about rights...

Think about it for a moment. Could you do a [strike]custodial[/strike] pat-down search or irradiate a fellow human being without a warrant (meaning, individualized, particularized, probable-cause-ized suspicion)? Could you work on a VIPER team and just up and make suspicionless seizures of truck drivers just trying to get their load through to where ever its supposed to go?

Contrarian · Jul 2, 2011

Badger Johnson said:
What's surprising to me is that someone isn't taking a close look at these 'TSA' agents, and by that I mean reprobates and thugs, and by someone, I mean a responsible gubmint official.

I guess a 'responsible gumbment official' is a bit of an oxymoron.

My personal definition of TSA is "Tough Siht, America....that's how we're treated.

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