Originally Posted by
Superguy
I've seen you claim your no love for TSA, but you seem to defend them often.
Really? I'd be very interested to see one post from me where I've defended the TSA. I don't believe I've ever done that.
Originally Posted by
PhoenixRev
I do understand the point. I simply believe that you are naive to think that a group that advocates for civil liberties is there to do the TSAs job for them.
If the TSA has meaningful date to present to the Committee, they have plenty of opportunity to do so.
You're missing the point. There was a large amount of additional data made available - primarily through FoIA requests. Most of that has been ignored here. As stated in some of the points above, the story has changed several times by the TSA - there is no doubt about that - but simply saying "these machines allow images to be saved" is absolutely misleading. The general public isn't going to dig through hundreds of pages of FoIA-released material to find out what exactly that means, they're just going to take it at face value and be irrationally scared by it as a result.
Originally Posted by
Tom M.
You mean like the TSA treats every passenger going through security?
You are very consistent on this point - and seem to be wholly incapable of offering a point of view other than "I hate the TSA". We get it. Understood. We all hate the TSA. Now can we move on? Your post not only adds no value, it detracts massively from the discussion.