Senator Tweets About 'Very Uncomfortable' TSA Pat Down: 'OMG'
from the love-pats dept
A few years ago, we wrote about how many elected officials in Congress get to skip through airport security when they fly -- which might explain why they're not so concerned with the intrusive nature (and lack of effectiveness) of today's security theater at airports. It turns out that this only applies when they travel with law enforcement. At other times, if they're traveling alone, they do, in fact, have to go through the standard TSA process, and it appears that Senator Claire McCaskill was not too happy about her latest experience:Today in my airport screening, test on my hands was positive. Got private, more aggressive pat down. OMG. #veryuncomfortable
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) March 11, 2013
Of course, the real question is whether or not this will actually change anything at all. As some have pointed out, Senator McCaskill has been criticizing such pat downs for years (while also arguing in favor of "full body scanners") and it hasn't changed much. In some ways, it just feels like another piece of the theater act.
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The test for explosive residue was positive? And all she got was an aggressive pat-down? They still let her board?
Sounds like she still got the VIP treatment.
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The real reason the TSA doesn't work
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When the Politicians truly do something real then I will believe it but until then it is business as Usual.
I fly very rarely and would rather take a train or rent a car.I have cut many plans.............things I could of done.
I hate the TSA !
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But where are the terrorists
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However don't let this idyllic vision of our country direct your focus away from the darker side. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has yet to gain a reasonable foothold within our system. In fact, it appears that any measurable form of intelligence seems to be lacking on a grand scale.
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Indeed, even this guy got elected.
(come on, it had to be done!)
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Born on the ides of March.
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Re: cybogs in the Senate?
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It's surprisingly easy to false-positive an explosives detector
A good example of this, is that they scan for nitroglycering, dynamite, etc by detecting nitrates and glycerin. Someone who has both on them will false positive the detector.
Blow bubbles with your grand children, then change a diaper, and you have enough nitrate and glycerin residue to set off the detector even days later, even if you wash your hands.
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Will Hans get the 3rd degree from the TSA if he's recently made a batch of homemade bratwurst?
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Key lesson learned for today. Do not have grandchildren or babies. Too dangerous. Even the TSA thinks so:
http://i.imgur.com/roNfT.jpg
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In some ways, it just feels like another piece of the theater act.
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/rhetorical question
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OMG, I do it anyway
Sounds to me like this lady is going to even more strongly push the scanners, cuz OMG, she doesn't want another patdown.
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I do a lot of driving these days.
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Pat-downs vs body scanners
Which bemuses me, as I consider a pat-down to be much less intrusive than the body scanners.
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Degrading into conspiracy theory: A direct result of DEA policy of supporting foreign suppliers of drugs.
If one was really against terrorism then they would remove all the laws regulating drugs including prescriptions. This would remove any monetary support for gangs, hoodlums, most terror cells, gangsters, motivation for many bank robberies and the development of new drugs based on societal use. (don't laugh as many current drugs were first found by individual use and its success as such)
In all that we consider the feelings of an elected representative's feelings about being searched with the scrutiny to find even a hidden jump drive.
-two page rant tossed into campfire-
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Smoke and Mirrors
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