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Full Frontal Nudity Doesn’t Make Us Safer: Abolish the TSA
Bipartisan support should be immediate. For fiscal conservatives, it’s hard to come up with a more wasteful agency than the TSA. For privacy advocates, eliminating an organization that requires you to choose between a nude body scan or genital groping in order to board a plane should be a no-brainer. (blogs.forbes.com) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Yeah, let's abolish TSA and return security to the lowest bidding private contractor. That worked so well before 9-11. TSA has gotten a little out of hand, and needs to have the ability to profile, but their top priority is security. Profit is the top priority of private contractors. Why don't we pattern our airport security after the most successful security program, El Al? I'm no fan of Israel, but at least they've got that figured out.
The TSA has shown that they are incompetent at their jobs. . .it has been documented that they miss a large portion of weapons that pass through their systems. The real point here though is that 'security' while flying is a complete charade. Americans are being forced to display their genitalia on computers for the sake of 'security,' which doesn't really exist. Why should we be asked to make that compromise when there is no real improvement to the system?
@desperardo "Yeah, let's abolish TSA and return security to the lowest bidding private contractor. That worked so well before 9-11." -- are you aware that tests have shown no measurable improvements in detection of prohibited materials? Billions of dollars later, their success rate is roughly comparable to that of the private contractors pre-9/11.
Both of you want to abolish the TSA but you offer no viable alternatives. I can't think of a single successful act of terrorism aboard a commercial aircraft since 9-11. Should we go with no security? Incompetent private contractors? Or maybe something like El Al uses. Profiling should be a top priority. I'm no fan of TSA, (they're a real threat to GA) but until something better comes along, they'll have to do. If you want to talk about the waste of billions of government dollars, I could go on and on.
You are right that in the 9 years since 9/11, there hasn't been a successful attack on a commercial airliner in the US. However, that's also true about the 9 years prior to 9/11.
TSA = Transportation Stupidity Administration.
I had a TSA agent tell me that I "gave up" all my rights after 9/11. I didn't give up anything. I didn't VOTE on ANYTHING. Our crap representatives voted for us and what THEY thought was in our best interest. Simply put I hate the TSA. Bunch of $10/Hr workers who really don't give two hoots about our personal liberties. I can't believe Americans put up with this stuff. X-Ray machines, groin groping. It's 4th Amendment violation all the way. And when I told this same TSA worker they are violating the 4th Amendment, her response was, "What's that?" SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?!? THAT is the problem with the TSA.
I had a TSA agent tell me that I "gave up" all my rights after 9/11. I didn't give up anything. I didn't VOTE on ANYTHING. Our crap representatives voted for us and what THEY thought was in our best interest. Simply put I hate the TSA. Bunch of $10/Hr workers who really don't give two hoots about our personal liberties. I can't believe Americans put up with this stuff. X-Ray machines, groin groping. It's 4th Amendment violation all the way. And when I told this same TSA worker they are violating the 4th Amendment, her response was, "What's that?" SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?!? THAT is the problem with the TSA.