TSA Chief: US Will Never Ease Screening Policy
Hints at Even More Intrusive Measures to 'Take
TSA to the Next Level'
by Jason Ditz, November 21, 2010
TSA Chief John Pistole reiterated today that the administration has
absolutely
no intention of ever changing its screening policy, insisting that
the TSA is
“the
last line of defense for the US government” and that all the
incidents of groping he was asked about were “appropriate” in the face of
terrorists.
Though some said President
Obama’s
feigned sympathy suggested a change might be in the offing, Pistole
seemed determined to indicate that the system is only going to get more
intrusive over time.
Indeed as a number of Americans look to train travel to avoid the
systematic genital groping that air travel has
become,
Pistole warned in separate comments that rail traffic was his top
priority, hinting that he might add more intrusive screener there and
elsewhere because he wants “to take TSA to the next level.”
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton further chimed in on the pat-downs,
taking much the similar tack as the
president.
Clinton insisted she wouldn’t want to have to submit to pat-downs, but
that she was perfectly fine with the program continuing for other
people. She, like President Obama, is exempt from the screening
process.
The TSA website also sought once again to cow American travelers into
submission on the issue of “enhanced pat downs,”
r
eiterating that once you are in line anything the TSA screener demands
must be complied with and that failure to do so would result in a $11,000
fine and detention. They also warned that any garment warn for
religious modesty, or indeed even underwire bras, were like to result in
“enhanced” screening.
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/11/21/tsa-chief-us-will-never-ease-screening-policy/
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