DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Women passengers complain that TSA agents are targeting them for extra screening.Oh, come on, Sweet Cheeks - it's all for your own good, just like it was for the former Miss America that got sexually assaulted in a pat down:
The Transportation Security Administration has a policy to randomly select people for extra screening, but some female passengers are complaining. They believe there is nothing “random” about the way they were picked.
A Dallas woman says TSA agents repeatedly asked her to step back into a body scanning machine at DFW International Airport. “I feel like I was totally exposed,” said Ellen Terrell, who is a wife and mother. “They wanted a nice good look.”
Castillo said that an older woman who worked for the airport attempted to comfort her as she sat crying, saying, "Well honey, you know what, I'd rather go through the scanner or get a pat-down than, you know, be blown up." In the video Castillo recalls thinking, "Okay, I guess I'm supposed to find comfort in that, but I didn't."So lie back and think of
TSA has since reviewed the incident and a representative reportedly told TMZ, "We have reviewed this passenger's screening experience and found that the officer followed proper procedures."
The results of tests on the radiation levels at x-ray body scanners that have been put in airports acorss America are flawed, the Transportation Security Administration admits.Off by a factor of ten? Whatevs. At least the TSA is unionized now.
The tests came back showing ten times more radiation than was expected.
This is what bureaucracies do. They gather power to themselves, power lost by the rest of us. The more power they gather, the more budget and headcount they get. The more power they gather, the more they attract those who are attracted to the arbitrary and petty exercise of power.
And to all the Progressives out there so proud of their education, just remember that Gogol's novels were filled with petty functionaries and how they acted. What, did you sleep through literature class, or just think that could never happen here, or just never thought of it at all? Impressive display of elite education, right there.
Via Uncle.
Get the women and children outta here BP! I'll handle this! And avert your eyes - it's for your own safety!
ReplyDeleteNot so brave when some fat old guy is in the machine are ya fellas? Look at my junk and abandon all hope! Oh yeah - don't forget the cavity search you poltroons! Oh yeah, I'm a little gassy! Do a GOOD job of it you snivelling cowards!!!
Now do your jobs! The fate of the nation hangs in the balance!
Power is not the only thing that corrupts! (Or corrodes, for that matter...)
Anon, LOL!
ReplyDelete"What, did you sleep through literature class, or just think that could never happen here, or just never thought of it at all?"
ReplyDeletePlease, they want the job security and petty power of being functionaries.