TSA chief: Screening may evolve
 

Heeding a sudden furor, John S. Pistole, administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, said in a Sunday afternoon statement to POLITICO that airport-screening procedures “will be adapted as conditions warrant,” in an effort to make them “as minimally invasive as possible, while still providing the security that the American people want and deserve.”

TSA's new flexibility comes as the government gears up for a flood of travel over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Administration officials say any changes are more likely to be in the implementation of the security procedures than in the security measures themselves.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories...#ixzz15wsgPl1Z

I got 50 cents that says the TSA will shut the NoS off for the holiday weekend, then quietly turn them back on when they think the furor has died down.

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Not good enough. Pistole and Napolitano must resign.

Sir, we know security is necessary at the airports. It's your agency's brand of security that is not necessary.

Guess who's pulling his strings? I think his "Brownie" moment has already occurred. ;)

Not a chance.

I think the TSA is looking forward to Wednesday.

They're going to have two million people transit checkpoints. By the time you narrow it down to the people subjected to the option, how many people do you think will know about the Opt-Out thing.

Blogger Bob will have an absolute field day touting that the vast majority of travelers did not opt-out.

Don't get me wrong, I hope it works, but I am not as hopeful opt-out day will be as big of a deal as many think.

This might be the smartest thing this guy has said in the last 3 weeks. Finally he has come to his senses to realize that the DHS/TSA had made a major public relations blunder when they started these new "screenings".

It's a start. I mean, at least we're going somewhere.

Direct all TSA Complaints to this address and phones.

You can also call or write to the President:
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Please include your e-mail address

Phone Numbers
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461

AP's story is being reported elsewhere:

UPDATED at 3:26 p.m.

The Associated Press reports that TSA administrator John Pistole has softened his position following his CNN appearance Sunday, in which he said there would be no change of screening policy.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/...o-pat-dow.html

Somebody likely called him after CNN and told him to tone it down and reminded him of the stick-figure thing that the TSA is supposedly working on, and that will be the basis of the compromise.

Pissy has been making the rounds last few days on various news shows.

Seems Nappy is lying low.

Wonder why?

I would go further with it...they should also be prosecuted...in both criminal and civilian courts.....

There's little doubt of that IMHO. Maybe their PR dept. will also institute celebrity public service announcements to overcome our silly reluctance at X-Rays and groping, e.g.

I'm Whoopi Goldberg and I don't mind a squeeze. Why should you?