New ID checks at gate on domestic flights
Jan 23, 2013, 10:55 pm
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Jan 24, 2013, 6:55 am
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Earlier this month, TSA did a gate check for one of my domestic flights. They had a table set up in the area of the podium to hand search carry on too, but only asked for my photo ID and boarding pass.
Jan 24, 2013, 7:49 am
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Jan 24, 2013, 8:14 am
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4 words for you.....COWER UNDER YOUR BED
That's a right you have that hasn't been taken away.
Besides, you still haven't answered the pertinent question posed, "How does checking id a second time at the gate make anybody any safer if people have already been screened for WEI?"
That's a right you have that hasn't been taken away.
Besides, you still haven't answered the pertinent question posed, "How does checking id a second time at the gate make anybody any safer if people have already been screened for WEI?"
Jan 24, 2013, 8:14 am
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Jan 24, 2013, 8:26 am
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You seem to be missing the point that most people here recognize nothing the TSA does is truly effective at 'keeping us safe'
Jan 24, 2013, 8:28 am
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You do realize, thanks to their VIPR squads, there is no escaping them on buses, trains, subways, football stadiums, highways, & even political rallies now?
I don't think they have the resources to do this.
With airplanes they can hide behind 911 hysteria
but I don't envision them saturating highways,
bus depots and football stadiums with Blue Meanies.
I also wonder if 1776 would commence, to quote Alex Jones, if they did.
I don't think they have the resources to do this.
With airplanes they can hide behind 911 hysteria
but I don't envision them saturating highways,
bus depots and football stadiums with Blue Meanies.
I also wonder if 1776 would commence, to quote Alex Jones, if they did.
Jan 24, 2013, 8:32 am
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Jan 24, 2013, 8:33 am
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Enough courage to answer the question?
"How does checking id a second time at the gate make anybody any safer if people have already been screened for WEI?"