My NEXUS Card was refused at PHX T4
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Please file a complaint with the DHS Inspector General (IG) using their IG Hotline. The TSA doesn't have its owN IG; rather, they fall under the DHS IG as one of the bureaus under DHS. FYI, Richard Skinner is very highly respected among federal department IGs.
The added benefit is that you will cause Pissy personal pain. He will have to explain why his re-training efforts he so proudly announced on PV are not being carried out. It could be because he made a commitment he has no intention of carrying out. It could mean that he has senior and middle managers who have no intention of complying with his direction. Oh yeah -- his responses to the IG are FOIA-able.
Just clearly state the facts, all the lies you were told and by whom, and connect it to the PV blog entry.
The added benefit is that you will cause Pissy personal pain. He will have to explain why his re-training efforts he so proudly announced on PV are not being carried out. It could be because he made a commitment he has no intention of carrying out. It could mean that he has senior and middle managers who have no intention of complying with his direction. Oh yeah -- his responses to the IG are FOIA-able.
Just clearly state the facts, all the lies you were told and by whom, and connect it to the PV blog entry.
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You can. I would actually like to see the response.
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Don't they already have the book of valid IDs? At the airports I pass through most often when they aren't sure about Nexus they ask around and flip through a valid photo ID book (contains DLs, passport cards, etc). No excuse for the way they handled it though.
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They do, but most refuse to bring it out.
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August 2, 2010
Via E-Mail
Re: OTSSO-IO-0020
Dear Mr. ,
Thank you for contacting the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA's) Office of Civil Rights and Liberties. Your concern, as stated in your April 2, 2010 e-mail letter, is that TSA, through the TSA Blog, curtailed your First Amendment freedom of speech rights by deleting two of your posted comments. You felt that those comments fell under the category of"protected political speech" and that the TSA Blog should not have been able to delete those comments.
You requested an inquiry into the deletion of the comments.
The Office ofCivil Rights and Liberties reviewed this concern. The comments you referenced were deleted pursuant to TSA's established Comment Policy. This policy is available for your review on our website at: http://blog.tsa.gov/200S/0l/comment-policy.html. Based on our review, it appears that the deletion ofthe comments from the TSA Blog comports with the
established TSA Comment Policy. Further, based on our assessment, it appears that such action does not constitute an infringement of the First Amendment freedom ofspeech.
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention and for giving us the opportunity to respond.
Sincerely,
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Stephanie Stoltzfus
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601 South 12tk Street
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Transportation
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August 2, 2010
Via E-Mail
Re: OTSSO-IO-0020
Dear Mr. ,
Thank you for contacting the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA's) Office of Civil Rights and Liberties. Your concern, as stated in your April 2, 2010 e-mail letter, is that TSA, through the TSA Blog, curtailed your First Amendment freedom of speech rights by deleting two of your posted comments. You felt that those comments fell under the category of"protected political speech" and that the TSA Blog should not have been able to delete those comments.
You requested an inquiry into the deletion of the comments.
The Office ofCivil Rights and Liberties reviewed this concern. The comments you referenced were deleted pursuant to TSA's established Comment Policy. This policy is available for your review on our website at: http://blog.tsa.gov/200S/0l/comment-policy.html. Based on our review, it appears that the deletion ofthe comments from the TSA Blog comports with the
established TSA Comment Policy. Further, based on our assessment, it appears that such action does not constitute an infringement of the First Amendment freedom ofspeech.
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention and for giving us the opportunity to respond.
Sincerely,
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Stephanie Stoltzfus
Director
Office of Traveler, Specialized Screening & Outreach
Office of Civil Rights and Liberties
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Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry9700/5.0.0.743 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/107)Don't they already have the book of valid IDs? At the airports I pass through most often when they aren't sure about Nexus they ask around and flip through a valid photo ID book (contains DLs, passport cards, etc). No excuse for the way they handled it though.
He was to involved with preening himself and refusing to think for one second that a member of the unwashed masses could possibly be correct and he being wrong.
There is no reason why this attitude should ever be tolerated.