Originally Posted by
cottonmather0
The purpose of this new announcement is that now they can use a "bad attitude" to justify being hard on people who don't just roll over and acquiesce and justify it as part of "enhanced security procedures" or whatever. It was always informal and kind of scandalous when they retaliated against people who didn't roll over, now they're setting themselves up to be able to retaliate openly and hide behind procedure.
Things aren't always as they seem. This isn't an attempt to make things more efficient, this is just a vehicle to get even more control and less pushback at checkpoints from people like us who are vocal about hating this nonsense.
Exactly right. It is already going on at BOS for those of you who fly out of there frequently. EVERY time (3x in past 2 wks) I have had a mini-"interview" by the BDO asking me where I'm coming from, and then been selected for cancer box (however, 75%+ of ppl are selected for cancer.)
I initially tried to play along, but it doesn't seem to "get me out" of the WBI at all, in fact ever. So, as long as I'm not getting any benefit I'm not going to participate. Next time I'm just going to look puzzled at the guy or be engrossed in my blackberry.
The irony is, I think that extended interviews, or even "CBP-style interviews" could divide people into low risk and higher risk. It would, however, take very trained agents, and clearly violate discrimination laws and even our constitution. I don't want this kind of effort in the freedom-loving (at least supposedly freedom-loving) U.S.A. This half-a$$ed implementation is absolute nonsense and simple retaliation for non-conformity.