Meet Mikey, 8: TSA Has Him on Watch List

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Wow. I didn't think the no-fly list would be quite this stupid. It's just a list of names? They don't have useful stuff like pictures, physical descriptions, age, race, sex, etc?

[Balog]

Wow. I didn't think the no-fly list would be quite this stupid. It's just a list of names? They don't have useful stuff like pictures, physical descriptions, age, race, sex, etc?

You're just asking for trannie suicide bombers there, mate.

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

It's just a list of names?

Yes.

[Jamisjockey]

I think jamisjockey is referring to the fact that every attempted terror attack has resulted in more and more TSA/DHS rules & regulations, resulting in less and less privacy and freedom. In that way, they have been successful.

My point exactly.  Every attack has resulted in a creeping incrementalisim that invades every aspect of our lives. 
Ya'll just wait and see what happens when a bunch of homegrowns legally aquire some firearms and shoot up a mall or school.

[tokugawa]

Yes- and just wait till some burka clad beauty has breast agumentation surgery with semtex instead of silicone. TSA is gonna LOVE that. "Please step over here Mz., and let me feel your boobs....."

[Stevie-Ray]

You'll never get me to say that TSA is "just doing it's job" or any other crap like that. We watched as 2 surly Mediterranean types that were annoying just about everybody in the area were practically guided through with hugs and kisses, while they damn near strip-searched my wife in her wheelchair.  I let them know in no uncertain terms what idiots they were. All their attitudes changed somewhat after that and we were on our way. Those people are so afraid of being accused of "profiling" they are completely reversing their train of thought.

Nasty Mediterranean men: No problems-let them be on their way
White infirm scarred women in wheelchairs: Whoa! Call for backup, we've got a problem

[BlueStarLizzard]

You... seem to have a magical delusion that Israel's screening system is not invasive to random, non-suspicious people.

In short - no.

any screening system is going to be invasive. the thing is the israel one seems to actually work. ours is a joke. all it does is create a visable presences that sorta soothes the ignorent, and even thats not working anymore since they've had too many screw ups.

my thoughts are, if your gonna be invasive, you better have real results. i would prefer no invasive, but thats not gonna happen.

[RocketMan]

More TSA fun and games.  Literally.

[RevDisk]

More TSA fun and games.  Literally.

At least the guy was fired. 

[MicroBalrog]

any screening system is going to be invasive. the thing is the israel one seems to actually work.

How does ours differ from yours?

How is ours more effective than yours?

[Hawkmoon]

At least the guy was fired. 

Where did you read that he was fired? I read that he was disciplined "appropriately," but -- as usual -- they couldn't/wouldn't say what that meant.

[CNYCacher]

Where did you read that he was fired? I read that he was disciplined "appropriately," but -- as usual -- they couldn't/wouldn't say what that meant.

At the bottom of the article, there is an update where they claim that he no longer works for them.  The author points out that it could be firing or quitting, they don't know.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

some of you folks would not like the guys from el al either. they don't like folks who don't talk to them and could give a hootif it hurts your feelings. i know a moron that tryed to flex with them and his family left his butt at the airport and flew on without him when he got stupid and they denied him boarding

[BlueStarLizzard]

How does ours differ from yours?

How is ours more effective than yours?

when was the last time someone with fancy underpants even got close to a plane over there?

[MicroBalrog]

when was the last time someone with fancy underpants even got close to a plane over there?

You realize an Israeli company screened underpants guy in NL, right? If our method had worked, it'd have worked there.

But besides, Israel screens everyone. And we don't just have searches in airports - we pat people down on entrance to every train and bus station, too. And shopping malls, hotels, colleges, courthouses, museums, and so on, and so force. Profiling? HAHAHA. Everybody opens their bags, everybody gets patted down or screened for metal. Everybody carries a state-issued ID card.