Originally Posted by FWAAA
Good article. Thanks for posting.
The only offensive part of the article for me:
How arrogant.
So travelers are searched with fine tooth combs to make certain no pocketknives slip by (which even most screeners here seem to agree makes no real sense) yet screeners should not be searched to see if they have stolen things while going thru everyone ele's stuff.
Hatfield, you are a typical arrogant government idiot.
Screeners should only be treated like potential criminals when they are searched for pocketknives every time they traverse a checkpoint yet should never be presumed to be criminals when it comes to stealing our stuff. Thank you, Hatfield, and thank you, TSA. Thank you very much.
That's a pretty inflamatory post. I believe the vast majority of TSA staff are honest and diligent and, to arbitrarily search their belongings on the assumption that they could have acted criminally is absurd. Why not search all bank tellers as they leave work? Why not search all baggage handlers as they leave work? Why not check up on all internet chat-room posters that you employ on the basis they must be using the firm's time inappropriately?
You can't have it both ways - to argue that screeners should be searched without probable cause and yet passengers shouldn't is.....well....inconsistent. To argue that they both should is.....well....bizarre.