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Feb 6, 2013 | 8:54 am

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Originally Posted by saulblum

My letter will be in tomorrow's NYTimes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/op...screening.html

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Originally Posted by saulblum

http://www2.tbo.com/news/travel/2013...-mi-ar-625804/

Whaddaya know? Managed Inclusion was a rousing success at Tampa and will now be expanded nationwide.

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The Transportation Security Administration's "Managed Inclusion" program builds on an earlier program called PreCheck that enables low-risk passengers to pass through checkpoints without having to take off their shoes, belts and light jackets.

They also don't have to pull out laptops from their cases or liquids from carry-on bags, but they do pass through a metal detector and their carry-ons go through X-ray devices.

/yawn

So what. My belt is already in my rollaboard before I get to the Trained Document Checker, my laptop is in a butterfly sleeve, and TSA employees have stopped caring if I don't bother to take out my Kippie bag a long time ago.

So the only upside to submitting to a Behavior Detection voodoo practitioner's interrogation is I get to leave my shoes on as I walk through the metal detector? Well, only if I'm not randomly de-selected because the moon is in the wrong phase, or it's the second Wednesday of the month, or...

Sorry, TSA, I think I'll just opt out of your Nude-O-Scopes every chance I get so my fellow travelers can watch your employees put their hands down the inside of my pants. Too bad if I'm using up your resources.

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Gary Milano, TSA's Federal Security Director for Greater Tampa Bay,
"The future is to stop treating everybody in a one-size, fits-all manner," Milano said.

Wrong. Everyone, including airline and TSA employees, should go through the same screening to enter the sterile area. X-ray of belongings, walk-through / hand-held metal detector, and explosive trace detection / explosive trace portal. Nothing more, nothing less.

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"It allows us to focus on higher risk passengers and provides better customer service for the others," he (Milano) said

Great, the TPA FSD thinks I'm an EvilDoer that should receive shoddy treatment by the employees under his control.

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Langley, a 44-pound Vizslador, and Jimmy, an 80-pound yellow Labrador retriever, were on duty this morning, scanning passengers as they walked to the security checkpoint.

Well, I guess Langley and Jimmy were landside watering a fire hydrant because they were nowhere in sight when I was in TPA the other day.

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The 2010 GAO report cites the National Academy of Sciences as stating a scientific consensus does not exist on whether behavior detection principles can be reliably used for counter terrorism purposes.

However Milano said Tuesday his appraisal of numerous reports is that there is a scientific basis that supports the efficacy of behavior detection principles.

Wow, Gary Milnao is not only the FSD in TPA, he also has the credentials to supersede the National Academy of Sciences. Must have a heckuva resume.

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Originally Posted by Andy Big Bear

The TSA layers of security are the gold standard for security world wide and the enemy of terrorists. They are building a security force of extraordinary magnitude. They forge their tradition in the spirit of the first responders of 9/11. They have our gratitude.

Well said, Comrade. Please report to the People's Ministry of Feeling Safe for your Freedom Badge.

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