The End of the TSA?

[Will E Worm]

More Private Screeners to Be Allowed at Airports Under Bill

Companies wanting to take over passenger screening at U.S. airports from the Transportation Security Administration will have an easier time getting contracts under Senate legislation.

The U.S. agency must allow airports to switch to private companies for screeners unless it can show the move wouldn’t be cost-effective and would be detrimental to security, according to the legislation, which the Senate cleared today for President Barack Obama’s signature. The House approved the measure Feb. 3.

“They’ve been trying to force the door open for several years,” Jeff Price, a Denver-based consultant who has written a textbook on aviation security, said of U.S. lawmakers. “It reverses the burden of proof. It is definitely trying to checkmate the TSA.”

TSA Administrator John Pistole raised the ire of House transportation committee Chairman John Mica, a Florida Republican, last year by freezing the number of airports using non-government screeners. Mica, who proposed the House version of the FAA bill, has said the TSA should get out of passenger screening to focus on intelligence gathering and security oversight.

Before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, airlines were responsible for aviation security and hired security companies to operate checkpoints.

The law that created the TSA put it in charge of security while requiring five airports to have private screeners under a two-year pilot program. The number later grew to 16. Pistole halted new participation in January 2011.

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Does this mean the end of the naked scanners and pat downs?

 

[Ravenholm]

With any luck yes it does mean the end of those two things.

 

[Will E Worm]

Texas State Rep., if Reelected, Will Reintroduce Popular Anti-TSA Bill

Though the Republican presidential debates have garnered much of the media spotlight of late, controversies such as those surrounding the Transportation Safety Administration are still very much alive. And one man who is determined to keep up the battle against the TSA's unconstitutional overreach is Texas State Rep. David Simpson (left), who has just filed for reelection. If elected to the 2013 biennial legislature, he has promised to reintroduce his signature bill from the 2011 session, the anti-groping Traveler Dignity Act.

Simpson, who nearly brought down the TSA's authority in the Lone Star State last year, has never let go of the issue. His 2011 bill enjoyed wildly popular support among Texans, and initially, 100-percent approval in both houses of the legislature. However, as reported at the time by The New American's Alex Newman:

[the act], which would have made TSA agents liable for sexual assault when groping passengers without probable cause, was pulled from the Senate floor after the Department of Justice sent a letter threatening to create what critics called a "no-fly zone" over the state by preventing flights to or from Texas airports. The legislation ... sailed through the Texas House earlier ... with a unanimous vote. It was then sent to the state Senate.

But before Texas senators had a chance to vote on the legislation, U.S. Attorney John Murphy sent high-ranking state officials a stark warning: Kill the bill or else.

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"But before Texas senators had a chance to vote on the legislation, U.S. Attorney John Murphy sent high-ranking state officials a stark warning: Kill the bill or else."

Sounds like a terroristic threat. :nono:

 

[STDiva]

I can't wait to die in a bombed plane because some people whine about being patted down. I hope they're on the same plane as me.

 

[Will E Worm]

I can't wait to die in a bombed plane because some people whine about being patted down. I hope they're on the same plane as me.

Someone "whining" about someone else violating them and their rights. I know it's tragic.

Freedom means you take risks. TSA has done nothing. You could move to Canada.

 

[STDiva]

Someone "whining" about someone else violating them and their rights. I know it's tragic.

Freedom means you take risks. TSA has done nothing. You could move to Canada.

lol

 

[Will E Worm]

lol

Nothing funny here, mister. :nono:

 

[Master Roshi]

good riddance IMO

 

[Elwood70]

Someone "whining" about someone else violating them and their rights. I know it's tragic.

Freedom means you take risks. Tsa has done nothing. You could move to canada.

lol

nothing funny here, mister. :nono:

roflmmfao!!!

 

[Will E Worm]

good riddance IMO

Yes.

roflmmfao!!!

Not funny. :nono:

 

[Master Roshi]

SMH

 

[Supafly]

SMH

I ask myself:

Why don't they take it to the next level and start fingerfucking the young lady?

 

[STDiva]

lol groped. You people are fucking stupid.

 

[Master Roshi]

lol groped. You people are fucking stupid.

anyone who believes grope downs are ok for 6 year olds and that actions like this will thwart criminal acts on airplanes needs a head examination

 

[STDiva]

If you're getting on a plane, you should be checked. I don't understand why that's so hard to accept. Do you complain just to complain? I like travelling and I like feeling safe when I do. Check those fucking kids!! And while you're at it, duck tape their bitch mouths so I don't have to listen to them for the next 6 hours.

 

[lurkingdirk]

if you're getting on a plane, you should be checked. I don't understand why that's so hard to accept. Do you complain just to complain? I like travelling and i like feeling safe when i do. Check those fucking kids!! And while you're at it, duck tape their bitch mouths so i don't have to listen to them for the next 6 hours.

qft

 

[Jagger69]

You could move to Canada.

lol

Nothing funny here, mister. :nono:

Surely you're kidding, Will E.....please tell me you are!

 

[Mayhem]

I can't wait to die in a bombed plane because some people whine about being patted down. I hope they're on the same plane as me.

lol groped. You people are fucking stupid.

If you're getting on a plane, you should be checked. I don't understand why that's so hard to accept. Do you complain just to complain? I like travelling and I like feeling safe when I do. Check those fucking kids!! And while you're at it, duck tape their bitch mouths so I don't have to listen to them for the next 6 hours.

Everything you said here is bullshit and it is the reason why you'll get to heaven, but they'll stick you with the other old ladies and you can join them in their quilting. And that is where you'll stay for all eternity....quilting, sipping tea, munching on cucumber sandwiches, wondering why God put you on Earth in the form of a man but didn't equip you with two functioning testicles.

The TSA is a boodogle of biblical proportions, a complete waste of the taxpayers money, an abuse of government and a jobs program for people who like feeling other people up while getting paid for it. It should have never been implemented, it is a primary reason why Repubs have lost their credibility, and it should be killed and gutted like a suckling pig.

Airline security is entirely possible with private companies, less intrusiveness and more attention to the travelers civil rights and aforementioned dignity.

 

[STDiva]

And those private companies won't pat people down??Or...I'm sorry, molest people down?

 

[Master Roshi]

And those private companies won't pat people down??Or...I'm sorry, molest people down?

end the TSA and if the privates attempt to grope then you end the companies that do and promote the companies that don't and I am sorry that I don't like seeing 6 year old's private parts being needlessly touched, I know its crazy to get upset over such actions SMH