Originally Posted by
FliesWay2Much
The American People need to rise up and tell the executive and lesiglative branches that this level of intrusiveness is unacceptable -- period. But, the deck is stacked against us:
1. The TSA is very good at the art of inventing threats that only they can mitigate. Nobody in Congress has ever challenged them, except for the SPOTNik program. What did the TSA do? SPOT became Quiet Skies. Nobody except a courageous Boston Globe reporter has spoken up.
2. Nobody in power cares because they all have bought into ExtortionCheck. They have no idea what happens to the Proletariat who goes through the Nude-o-Scope with its resultant sexual assaults.
3. The current political environment doesn't allow for Congress to deal with real issues.
4. The airlines don't care anymore.
Agree and I would add #5 - too many people (from my anecdotal experience anyway) buy into the "anything for security" mindset and/or don't fly enough to see enhanced patdowns as even a potential problem.