House Oversight Committee wants *YOUR* Questions for TSA, for March 26, 2012 Hearing!
Mar 23, 2012, 3:38 pm
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House Oversight Committee wants *YOUR* Questions for TSA, for March 26, 2012 Hearing!
At 1:30 PM on this coming Monday (March 26, 2012), the US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure will hold another joint hearing regarding TSA. Here's the link to the webpage announcing that announces the hearing:
US House of Representatives:
Committee on Oversight & Government Reform
TSA OVERSIGHT: Tell Us Your TSA Story
Here's a short quote from that page:
Facebook: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Republicans
US House of Representatives:
Committee on Oversight & Government Reform
TSA OVERSIGHT: Tell Us Your TSA Story
Here's a short quote from that page:
The focus of Monday’s hearing will include Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT), the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program, the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program, the Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) program, and other security initiatives administered by the TSA. The Committees plan to continue conducting joint oversight hearings examining additional TSA issues in the coming months.
Members will solicit questions from the public via their Facebook pages to ask TSA officials at the hearing.[emphasis added]
Here's a direct link to the Facebook page where they are soliciting questions:Members will solicit questions from the public via their Facebook pages to ask TSA officials at the hearing.[emphasis added]
Facebook: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Republicans
Mar 23, 2012, 3:46 pm
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Mar 23, 2012, 4:04 pm
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I think it is very interesting that the Committees just announced today (Friday) that that they are holding a hearing on Monday. I figure the lack of advance notice is their attempt to keep TSA Unions time to organize and flood the FB page with comments!
I really hope Jon is able to submit the question he submitted to Blogdad Bob:
Why don't you release the security footage of me going through your MMW scanners so that all can see? 
CLE airport, USAir gates, 3/4, 2:57 PM.
Your layer is broken, Bob, as is your agency.
Jonathan Corbett
The joint hearing should generate a lot more media attention than Blogdad Bob's posts.
CLE airport, USAir gates, 3/4, 2:57 PM.Your layer is broken, Bob, as is your agency.
Jonathan Corbett
Mar 23, 2012, 9:20 pm
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Mar 24, 2012, 1:50 am
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Just a tiny, insignificant nit in the overall picture, but I would like to see someone ask why, if Kip Hawley is now on record as saying the 'Kippie bag' is no longer necessary, why do we still have to use it? Why do folks still occasionally get their LGA confiscated only because it isn't in the correct size or type of baggie? Why the continued insistence at some airports on removing the baggie?
It's a tiny detail, but if TSA can't eliminate this one tiny and, according to Hawley, unnecessary inconvenience, how can we possibly expect them to accomplish anything larger or more meaningful?
It's a tiny detail, but if TSA can't eliminate this one tiny and, according to Hawley, unnecessary inconvenience, how can we possibly expect them to accomplish anything larger or more meaningful?
Mar 24, 2012, 5:57 am
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Bruce Schneier will not be testifying
The committee's webpage has been updated to say:
Mr. Schneier will not testify at Monday's hearing (UPDATE: 3/23/12)
Que the conspiracy theories...
Mar 24, 2012, 6:29 am
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Mar 24, 2012, 10:30 am
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Mar 24, 2012, 12:50 pm
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Some great anecdotes have been posted.
While traveling through Detroit airport a few years ago, TSA confiscated my wife's bookmark. A bookmark. It was a gift from her parents after visiting the Alamo and had a PICTURE of an antique pistol on it. It was made of paper and was 1mm thick.
Mar 26, 2012, 10:04 am
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Propagandists don't always know their own bosses' plans, but this issue is what it is only when the propagandists are foolish enough to not think for themselves. That's BB's issue.