TSA behavior detection program
Aug 1, 2011 | 11:03 am
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From a practical point of view, yes, but from a legal point of view, it's just a little murkier. The 5th Amendment can only be invoked if a truthful answer would subject you to danger. But the only way 18 USC 1001 can be violated is if what you said wasn't true. So to be able to assert the privilege, you need to be able to argue that there was an articulable danger that a true statement would be perceived to be false. That's a little harder than claiming it for other reasons.
Aug 1, 2011 | 11:05 am
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I wish the artist formerly and currently known as 'Prince' still had the symbol for his name. (Don't know if he ever changed it legally).
I don't think anyone ever knew how to pronounce it.
I don't think anyone ever knew how to pronounce it.
Aug 1, 2011 | 11:30 am
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Aug 1, 2011 | 12:08 pm
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I'm thinking along the lines of burglary while they're out of town, brought on by a TSO providing information to others for possible targets. It's not too far-fetched, as I recall there was already one similar operation that TSA discovered which was doing this very thing.
Aug 1, 2011 | 12:09 pm
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Sure there is: the only truthful way to pronounce it is the way you normally pronounce it.
Aug 1, 2011 | 12:12 pm
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But, there's no law stating that I can't change the way I normally pronounce it every few minutes or even every time someone asks me my name. There isn't even a law defining "normal."
Aug 1, 2011 | 12:38 pm
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My first name has a number of acceptable pronunciations and common mispronunciations (it's not the same as my username). And despite straightforward spelling, people butcher my last name in a number of creative ways. What if I say my name the way someone who would butcher it would say it?
Aug 1, 2011 | 1:10 pm
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No, but in the highly unlikely event somebody were to persue this and they brought six witnesses into court and all said that you had pronounced your name to them the same way and it was different from the way you pronounced it to the TDC, I think it would be hard to find a jury that agreed with your theory above.
Aug 1, 2011 | 1:32 pm
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No, but in the highly unlikely event somebody were to persue this and they brought six witnesses into court and all said that you had pronounced your name to them the same way and it was different from the way you pronounced it to the TDC, I think it would be hard to find a jury that agreed with your theory above.
Aug 1, 2011 | 4:35 pm
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Apparently my home airport has been chosen to have the honor of being the test subject for this colossal waste of tax money.
http://www.boston.com/Boston/busines...hOP/index.html
http://www.boston.com/Boston/busines...hOP/index.html
Aug 1, 2011 | 4:41 pm
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Apparently my home airport has been chosen to have the honor of being the test subject for this colossal waste of tax money.
http://www.boston.com/Boston/busines...hOP/index.html
http://www.boston.com/Boston/busines...hOP/index.html
Aug 1, 2011 | 5:28 pm
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Apparently my home airport has been chosen to have the honor of being the test subject for this colossal waste of tax money.
http://www.boston.com/Boston/busines...hOP/index.html
http://www.boston.com/Boston/busines...hOP/index.html
Basically the guy comes up to you and keeps on asking you dumb questions aggressively. OF COURSE you want to ignore the dude. It is infinitely stupid. The questions they ask reflect a collossal lack of intelligence, that any sentient person would roll their eyes, a reaction I'm not convinced is different from a truly suspicious person. The guy asks me if I was on vacation when I'm dressed in a business suit.
Is this to "throw me off guard???" Here is a description of one of my encounters a week or so ago:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...l#post16803029