White House Pulls Down TSA Petition

[roo_ster]

I mean, really?  This is the sort of thing tinpot dictators do when results trend away from the expected.

https://epic.org/2012/08/white-house-pulls-down-tsa-pet.html

White House Pulls Down TSA Petition
At approximately 11:30 am EDT, the White House removed a petition about the TSA airport screening procedures from the White House "We the People" website. About 22,500 of the 25,000 signatures necessary for a response from the Administration were obtained when the White House unexpectedly cut short the time period for the petition. The site also went down for "maintenance" following an article in Wired that sought support for the campaign.

http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/white-house-tsa-petition-goes.html

A White House petition about the TSA's screening procedures was 90 percent of the way to completion when Wired ran a story giving it a final push. The White House's petition site went down for unannounced maintenance, and when it came back up, the petition had "expired" -- though the Electronic Privacy Information Center says it still had time left on the clock:

Oh, I forgot who is at the top of the political machine.

Nice way to shore up faith in our institutions and the idea that they will play by the rules.  (Oh, my bad.  I forgot the TSA has classified much of its operating procedures and standards to which it holds us proles..)

[erictank]

I mean, really?  This is the sort of thing tinpot dictators do when results trend away from the expected.

https://epic.org/2012/08/white-house-pulls-down-tsa-pet.html


http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/white-house-tsa-petition-goes.html


Oh, I forgot who is at the top of the political machine.

Nice way to shore up faith in our institutions and the idea that they will play by the rules.  (Oh, my bad.  I forgot the TSA has classified much of its operating procedures and standards to which it holds us proles..)

New petition up at https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/begin-hearings-use-full-body-scanners-tsa-finding-epic-v-dhs-no-10-1157/7YpJKlKl - a whitehouse.gov account is required to sign. Only running until Sept 10 .

[Jamie B]

The panic has ended.

[agricola]

Is it really that much of a surprise that the TSA are involved in pulling something down, or wrongfully interfering?

[zxcvbob]

New petition up at https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/begin-hearings-use-full-body-scanners-tsa-finding-epic-v-dhs-no-10-1157/7YpJKlKl - a whitehouse.gov account is required to sign. Only running until Sept 10 .

If you search petitions.whitehouse.gov, you'll see that the new petition is not listed anywhere.  The only way you'll find it is with a direct link.  (that's probably why it only has 52 sigs)

[erictank]

If you search petitions.whitehouse.gov, you'll see that the new petition is not listed anywhere.  The only way you'll find it is with a direct link.  (that's probably why it only has 52 sigs)

Color me completely unsurprised.

[kgbsquirrel]

 (that's probably why it only has 52 sigs)

That and you need to register to sign it. Can't have people supporting an idea without going on the appropriate lists, can we?

[geronimotwo]

maybe they were concerned with fradulent signatures?

[kgbsquirrel]

maybe they were concerned with fradulent signatures?

Damned fraudulent signatures on those ballots internet polls, something should be done about those!

[MrsSmith]

I mean, really?  This is the sort of thing tinpot dictators do when results trend away from the expected.

You mean like the one that's in the White House?

[cordex]

Damned fraudulent signatures on those ballots internet polls, something should be done about those!

I think we should require photo ID's for internet polls.

[kgbsquirrel]

I think we should require photo ID's for internet polls.

But not for elections right? 'Cause that would just be racist.