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Originally Posted by standupforrights (Post 15231822)

No way. Passengers with implants have been carrying doctors letters with them for 9 years and it worked fine.

The Porno Scan supposedly does not penetrate the skin, so it wouldn't make a difference for someone with an implant.

The only reason for the change to the porno scans is that the technology is now available, and the TSA has placed a large contract for them. They must be removed.

Actually, I have passengers with implants ASK to go through the AIT, because it clears them without the need for secondary screening, as said above.

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Originally Posted by Boggie Dog (Post 15231849)

I have no doubt that TSA is angry.

That tells me a lot. TSA has no concern for the public's values. TSA does not listen to the public concerns and TSA does not have the public's interest as their first priority.

These things are fatal flaws in any government agency.

I don't think many at DHS/TSA are angry. But that's just my opinion.

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Originally Posted by halls120 (Post 15231299)

Sorry, but I don't buy the idea that TSA is backing down. The frog analogy is perfect. Inside TSA and DHS, the mood is anger - towards the public for turning against them and the media for not taking their side of the discussion. They truly believe that what they are doing is right, and that the traveling public needs to be bullied into submission.

Global_Hi_Flyer's point is the same as yours.

They will feign a back-down (with a temporary, sudden reduction in temperature and a change in type of frogs) and continue to boil the frogs slowly again since frying poisonous amphibians is beyond the TSA's ability and makes for a fake gourmet meal in a domestic environment where poisonous amphibians are more myth than reality.

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Originally Posted by SATTSO (Post 15231944)

I don't think many at DHS/TSA are angry. But that's just my opinion.

Does the TSA rank and file welcome being on the path to being despised by a growing proportion of Americans?

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Originally Posted by standupforrights (Post 15231822)

If the implants set off the WTMD, then the WBI would clear them since the implants wouldn't show up. Presumably TSA can detect them if they are bombs though. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Fredd (Post 15228974)

Evolve is one of those slippery political words / expressions, like "revisit." I also agree with what you stated in your ABC Poll thread about not trusting the TSA to undertake profiling - intelligence gathering is a job for law enforcement and intelligence organizations.

Yep. All I could think about was SPOT and how they've screwed that up. They need to get their core mission down before they even think of starting other games.

And with what they were saying, it sounded WAAAY too invasive. Let LE/intelligence do it's work, with a warrant if needs be. They CAN get them if there is sufficient probable cause.