Al Lews @ Marketwatch: TSA groping just another day at the airport
Aug 24, 2011, 8:22 am
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Al Lews @ Marketwatch: TSA groping just another day at the airport
Marketwatch.com has posted an interesting Al Lewis piece, in which he slams John Pistole.
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Here's a short, two-sentence quote of the piece:
Here is the link:
Here's a short, two-sentence quote of the piece:
Pistole, in case you’ve wondered, is proud of his name, which is pronounced just like the gun. And if you were to say his name at a TSA checkpoint, you could be charged with a felony.
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Aug 24, 2011, 10:19 am
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As per usual, most of the comments on that story mirror the prevailing attitude here at FT, which is highly critical of TSA and Pistole in particular.
But one comment made me laugh out loud:
k2r asked, "Did TSA EVER catch a real terrorist?"
Orygun Duck replied, "Lots. The airlines don't want you to know the plots that have been prevented. It makes people cancel and want refunds. There is a lot you guys don't know, that doesn't make it to the media."
What a LOAD!
But one comment made me laugh out loud:
k2r asked, "Did TSA EVER catch a real terrorist?"
Orygun Duck replied, "Lots. The airlines don't want you to know the plots that have been prevented. It makes people cancel and want refunds. There is a lot you guys don't know, that doesn't make it to the media."
What a LOAD!
Aug 24, 2011, 12:45 pm
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Is that the Pistole that works for Janet Incompetano?
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Aug 25, 2011, 10:45 am
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Oh, I think we have a new t-shirt here: "Don't try and fight terrorism with a Pistole"
Aug 25, 2011, 2:40 pm
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k2r asked, "Did TSA EVER catch a real terrorist?"
Orygun Duck replied, "Lots. The airlines don't want you to know the plots that have been prevented. It makes people cancel and want refunds. There is a lot you guys don't know, that doesn't make it to the media."
What a LOAD!
Orygun Duck replied, "Lots. The airlines don't want you to know the plots that have been prevented. It makes people cancel and want refunds. There is a lot you guys don't know, that doesn't make it to the media."
What a LOAD!
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Aug 25, 2011, 3:13 pm
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I forget what the actual number he claimed was, but if anyone sat down and did a little critical thinking, it would become quite clear that it would take some significant infrastructure that does not exist just to process these people into custody.
So, you have random DHS people spouting nonsense, which the conspiracy theorists glean to support their own paranoia.
Aug 25, 2011, 5:40 pm
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Aug 25, 2011, 7:39 pm
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“Nothing will ever guarantee expedited screening,” Pistole said. “Passengers will always be subject to random, unpredictable measures ... to prevent terrorists from gaming the system.”
Okay, so they want lots of personal information and I might STILL get groped? No thank you.
~~ Irish
Okay, so they want lots of personal information and I might STILL get groped? No thank you.
~~ Irish