TSA Area Director Concedes Scanner Images Extremely Graphic
Aug 10, 2011, 11:12 pm
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At this time, I am not required to be screened according to TSA standards to fly back to the US. I do not have to pass through a NoS or have a full patdown. Nobody asks me my name or my destination. And unless I have shoes that are likely to have metal in them, I do not have to take them off.
Aug 10, 2011, 11:23 pm
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some things could no longer be denied.
"could be shown to little kids". Blogdad Bob should be arrested for conspiracy to corrupt minors.
Aug 11, 2011, 4:59 am
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First fired for gross violations of integrity.
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Aug 11, 2011, 8:17 am
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"They were graphic, no doubt about it," TSA area director Pat Ahlstrom said of the old scans. "Now, they don't have to be concerned that a private image will be viewed by a TSA officer."
Colorado Springs Airport will obtain the software in a few months...
Aug 11, 2011, 9:21 am
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Aug 11, 2011, 12:09 pm
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I hear "knowingly giving a false impression" is popular these days.
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Aug 11, 2011, 1:23 pm
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The standards at the time, perhaps.
At this time, I am not required to be screened according to TSA standards to fly back to the US. I do not have to pass through a NoS or have a full patdown. Nobody asks me my name or my destination. And unless I have shoes that are likely to have metal in them, I do not have to take them off.
At this time, I am not required to be screened according to TSA standards to fly back to the US. I do not have to pass through a NoS or have a full patdown. Nobody asks me my name or my destination. And unless I have shoes that are likely to have metal in them, I do not have to take them off.
I don't have to go thru a lot of that BS at certain US airports, at others I do (aside from the mandatory shoe carnival). It doesn't necessarily mean that TSA standards aren't enforced. It's probably the "unpredictability" factor.
Aug 12, 2011, 4:59 pm
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The photo accompanying the linked article depicts the screen that the NoS operator supposedly sees, at least as of 2009.
Two thoughts:
1.) Isn't that prohibited? TSA says photographing everything is okay EXCEPT X-ray or NoS screens;
2.) Note that the brightness control on the screen is turned all the way down. I wonder what this obscures that would normally be visible.
Two thoughts:
1.) Isn't that prohibited? TSA says photographing everything is okay EXCEPT X-ray or NoS screens;
2.) Note that the brightness control on the screen is turned all the way down. I wonder what this obscures that would normally be visible.
Aug 12, 2011, 5:45 pm
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Allof this reminds me of the childhood story, "The Emperor's New Clothes", where the Emperor gets sold invisible clothes that aren't really there and everyone pretends they see them except a child who correctly points out that he is naked.
TSA is relying on an endless stream of lies to convince travelers that they don't really see or experience what their senses tell them they do. The deny, deny, deny strategy that has proven so reliable it keeps being employed. It worked for Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal and for countless other politicians and agencies in the past.
We all know what they saw based on the images from the same machines when used on baggage. The guns and other devices in the bags were revealed in photographic quality. It is simply a matter of time before these naked images make their way to the internet at which time TSA will claim that they "no longer do that", i.e. will be using privacy software, and act as though the past transgressions were no big deal.
There needs to be an investigation of TSA that results in the prosecution of Pistole, Napolitano and the high ranking managers within DHS and TSA. Hopefully the next Administration or Congress will bring this to fruition and put these creeps in jail where they belong.
TSA is relying on an endless stream of lies to convince travelers that they don't really see or experience what their senses tell them they do. The deny, deny, deny strategy that has proven so reliable it keeps being employed. It worked for Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal and for countless other politicians and agencies in the past.
We all know what they saw based on the images from the same machines when used on baggage. The guns and other devices in the bags were revealed in photographic quality. It is simply a matter of time before these naked images make their way to the internet at which time TSA will claim that they "no longer do that", i.e. will be using privacy software, and act as though the past transgressions were no big deal.
There needs to be an investigation of TSA that results in the prosecution of Pistole, Napolitano and the high ranking managers within DHS and TSA. Hopefully the next Administration or Congress will bring this to fruition and put these creeps in jail where they belong.
Aug 12, 2011, 8:05 pm
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I'd like to see a spokesperson declare an Area Director misspoke. That position is within spitting distance of the Asst Admin of Security Operations, so they better be real careful, saying something like that... unless they were told to.
