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TSA Swabbing Fliers’ Hands For Explosives During‘Chat Downs’



 
 
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Old August 25th, 2012, 03:03 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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Default TSA Swabbing Fliers’ Hands For Explosives During‘Chat Downs’

Where are all you TSA appologists and psycophants?

Get your sorry asses here right now and explain why you're oh so glad
that we have the TSA.

You sick *******s that can't get enough TSA screw'in.

Where's our resident retired US-Air TSA-appologist pilot - DV 8?

Why doesn't he chime in and give his 2 cents. Note that our professor
has turned tail and doesn't show up here to defend his precious TSA
(Transportation Screwing Agency).

And just wait. The TSA is already on your highways, your bus, train and
subway stations.

Once upon a time, the only place you were asked for your papers when
travelling inside your own country was by the KGB in the Soviet Union.
It's only a matter of time you'll be showing your papers to the TSA when
you cross state lines by car, train, or on foot.

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TSA Swabbing Fliers’ Hands For Explosives During ‘Chat Downs’

http://www.infowars.com/tsa-swabbing...ng-chat-downs/

Journalist details ordeal at hands of ‘behavioral detection officer’

Steve Watson
Infowars.com
Aug 23, 2012

A Michigan journalist suffering from a facial disability has described
his treatment at the hands of a TSA behavioral detection officer as
“frightening”, after he was detained and swabbed for explosives
following a refusal to tell the agent what his business was on a
domestic trip from Detroit to Grand Rapids.

Steve Gunn of The Muskegon Chronicle notes that he was approached by a
female TSA agent at Detroit Metropolitan Airport and asked where he was
going and why.

Gunn takes up the story…

“I’m headed home,” I replied.

Then she wanted to know where home was. That’s when the mental alarms
went off and I realized I was being interrogated by Big Brother in drag.

I asked her why the federal government needed to know where I was going
and what I would be doing. She explained that the questions were part of
a new security “pilot program.”

Gunn then admonished the agent that he is a law biding American citizen
and that his movement and business within the country is not restricted
or beholden to the whims of the federal government.

“…we live in a free country where innocent people are supposedly
protected from unwarranted government intrusion and harassment.” Gunn
added.

The journalist then notes that the TSA agent yelled “WE HAVE ANOTHER
REFUSAL” for all within ear shot to hear.

It has been previously noted that TSA agents purposefully resort to
public humiliation tactics by yelling “WE HAVE AN OPT-OUT” when
passengers request not to walk through body scanners.

“One of my bags was seized and I was momentarily detained and given a
hand-swab, which I believe was to test for residue from bomb-making
materials.” Gunn writes.

“I passed the bomb test and was told I could move on, but I hung around
a moment and told everyone within listening range what I thought about
this terrifying experience.” he adds.

In the wake of the recent furor over the claims that the TSA is using
such so called “chat downs” to conduct racial profiling, Gunn’s case
presents another interesting angle.

The writer notes that he believes the reason he was stopped by the
behavioral detection officer was because he has “been suffering from a
condition called “Bell’s palsy,” which includes temporary paralysis of
all the muscles on one side of my face. I can’t smile, and the condition
makes me look even grumpier than usual.”

The TSA does train its officers to look for out of the ordinary “facial
expressions” as indicators of potential security risks.

“I suppose the government figures that grumpy looking people with droopy
faces are potential terrorists.” Gunn suggests. “God help any stroke
victims who try to travel. If they suffer from paralysis beyond their
face they may be detained and questioned for weeks.”

As USA Today reported last week, the TSA’s Behavioral profiling program
at Boston Logan has not proved at all effective. Out of 725,000 Logan
travelers over the past year, just a fraction were referred for further
screening, even less were referred to law enforcement, only a handful
were charged with anything and not one single terrorist suspect was
apprehended.

“TSA had to talk to 2,217 travelers, on average, to spot one who merited
law enforcement attention. Not exactly a big reward for all that trouble
and expense.” the report notes.

Urging his readers to call their representatives and tell them that the
TSA “chat down” program should be scrapped, Steve Gunn notes “This
program is a bizarre and outlandish violation of the Fourth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution, which is supposed to protect us from
“unreasonable search and seizure” by agents of the government, unless
they have probable cause.”
 




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