How the TSA shakes down a fully armed squad

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by coadie

This is how Aquila creates a security risk for the gubment. Viruses come when gubment workers steal time and blog all day between meetings.

Coadie, I'm on my netbook. lol

You mean well, but you don't know what you're talking about. lol

[Aquila]

My point is that there is a reason for what they do. Maybe the process could be made more passenger friendly. Screeners would rather not have to pat down total strangers.

[Aquila]

Coadie has obviously dominated the thread and convinced people that the TSA is nothing but thugs. It's a lost cause. I guess being on the frontline of the homefront security network is just one of those thankless jobs.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Coadie, I'm on my netbook. lol

You mean well, but you don't know what you're talking about. lol

*sigh*

[sandie]

Originally Posted by Aquila

My point is that there is a reason for what they do. Maybe the process could be made more passenger friendly. Screeners would rather not have to pat down total strangers.

What is the reason????
Again, as I said, we know why we take our shoes off....

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Coadie has obviously dominated the thread and convinced people that the TSA is nothing but thugs. It's a lost cause. I guess being on the frontline of the homefront security network is just one of those thankless jobs.

not true for me.

my attitude about this has nothing to do with actual TSA employees.

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by sandie

What is the reason????
Again, as I said, we know why we take our shoes off....

the answer is, there are bad guys and we have to keep people safe.

But the reality is, the methods are not the most effective/effecient.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by sandie

What is the reason????
Again, as I said, we know why we take our shoes off....

Sandie... sometimes the TSA can't release information that they have. It would alert various terrorist groups as to what tactics we're looking out for... it would also endanger various intelligence sources.

This can be a very complicated issue. Remember, the people on the ground who are reporting the methods terrorists are considering could be compromised. They are risking their lives to help us, do we endanger them because someone is upset about getting a mere patt down?

[Azzan]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Coadie has obviously dominated the thread and convinced people that the TSA is nothing but thugs. It's a lost cause. I guess being on the frontline of the homefront security network is just one of those thankless jobs.

Coadie hasn't convinced everyone that the TSA is all thugs. My hat is off to you.

[sandie]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Sandie... sometimes the TSA can't release information that they have. It would alert various terrorist groups as to what tactics we're looking out for... it would also endanger various intelligence sources.

This can be a very complicated issue. Remember, the people on the ground who are reporting the methods terrorists are considering could be compromised. They are risking their lives to help us, do we endanger them because someone is upset about getting a mere patt down?

You had me until the use of the word "mere".

THAT is part of the problem the average citizen who wants to travel via air has with this whole situation.
Our concerns are not validated, so we fear they'll never be addressed.
We're just a bunch of whinny cry babies ignorant of the real world.