Feeling Secure Yet?
October 26th 2008 14:45
You can never say enough about the airport security that is currently in place in most airports. Yes, this is about the TSA yet again. I could probably fill a blog on this whole fumbling Gestapo-wannabes at work in our airports. Forget about my personal experiences, but headlines are being made as I write. They continue with their theatrics, and the show must go on!
An 85 year old woman in a wheelchair was moved from her wheelchair, spread-eagled and physically searched by the Transportation Security Administration in Albuquerque. This isn't the first time this has happened to her.
From the article:
...when she asked why she had been singled out to be searched, the TSA personnel said first it was because her name was in its database. Then, she said, they gave her another reason. “They said, ‘The terrorists didn’t buy one-way tickets.’”
Next:
TSA spokeswoman Andrea McCauley said she could not comment on this incident because she could not confirm it. She was able to say that Anderson may have a similar name to someone on a watch list, but added that the TSA does not release information about names in the database.
Then why did the "agent" tell her that her name is in the database? Is there a FOIA for TSA, or are they truly above that? No accountability? They seem to have many 'similar' names in their database. I'm sure I wrote elsewhere about children and pilots that are on their crackerjack 'watch' list!
I believe that a part...even if it is small(although I wouldn't count on that)...of the airlines' financial woes are due to higher paid security. Many airline employees have had to give back alot just to keep their job and help the airline stay afloat. Maybe you're one who felt that the employees were making too much anyway, but security is costing airlines one way or another.
Take for example an AmericanEagle *incident at Chicago's O'Hare back in August. This is the result. Just read the last paragraph!
*Author's note:I seem to be having some difficulty linking to the 'incident' at O'Hare. In the paragraph before the last just click on the highlighted 'As ANN reported' to view the story!
An 85 year old woman in a wheelchair was moved from her wheelchair, spread-eagled and physically searched by the Transportation Security Administration in Albuquerque. This isn't the first time this has happened to her.
From the article:
...when she asked why she had been singled out to be searched, the TSA personnel said first it was because her name was in its database. Then, she said, they gave her another reason. “They said, ‘The terrorists didn’t buy one-way tickets.’”
Next:
TSA spokeswoman Andrea McCauley said she could not comment on this incident because she could not confirm it. She was able to say that Anderson may have a similar name to someone on a watch list, but added that the TSA does not release information about names in the database.
Then why did the "agent" tell her that her name is in the database? Is there a FOIA for TSA, or are they truly above that? No accountability? They seem to have many 'similar' names in their database. I'm sure I wrote elsewhere about children and pilots that are on their crackerjack 'watch' list!
I believe that a part...even if it is small(although I wouldn't count on that)...of the airlines' financial woes are due to higher paid security. Many airline employees have had to give back alot just to keep their job and help the airline stay afloat. Maybe you're one who felt that the employees were making too much anyway, but security is costing airlines one way or another.
Take for example an AmericanEagle *incident at Chicago's O'Hare back in August. This is the result. Just read the last paragraph!
*Author's note:I seem to be having some difficulty linking to the 'incident' at O'Hare. In the paragraph before the last just click on the highlighted 'As ANN reported' to view the story!
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