tsa spin: tsa helps secure inauguration
Jan 22, 2009 | 10:52 am
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tsa spin: tsa helps secure inauguration
feh, feh, spin spin, oh what a load of b/s it is......and b/s with video, too [n.b. there is an ebil ter'wrist bottle of water not being confiscated]
http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/...uguration.shtm
what, no mention of the checkpoint bottlenecks which caused ticket attendees to not get in and miss the ceremonies?????
feh, feh, spin spin, oh what a load of b/s it is......
http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/...uguration.shtm
.......TSA joined 57 other federal, state and local agencies that worked together to protect the president and those attending the ceremony. While our officers are best known for their work in U.S. airports, TSA was called upon to lend its expertise to help screen roughly 240,000 ticketed spectators at the swearing-in ceremony, plus hundreds of thousands more at checkpoints that stretched west down the Mall from the Capitol.......
.......Inauguration spectators reciprocated with thank you for being there as they exited the Mall for the inaugural parade. It was truly an honor to hear the spectators thank us, said TSO Edward Woodall of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. It was remarkable to see spectators and security working so well with one another.
.......Inauguration spectators reciprocated with thank you for being there as they exited the Mall for the inaugural parade. It was truly an honor to hear the spectators thank us, said TSO Edward Woodall of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. It was remarkable to see spectators and security working so well with one another.
feh, feh, spin spin, oh what a load of b/s it is......
Jan 22, 2009 | 11:01 am
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Originally Posted by Spin Cycle
...TSA was called upon to lend its expertise...
I can imagine the TSA-Obama encounter... "Do you want to be inaugurated today?"
Jan 22, 2009 | 11:03 am
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Shameless.
They ferried screeners 3,000 miles for this?
I have a very hard time believing people who witnessed a truly historical event in our Country, who are also frozen to the core, hungry and probably some have to pee like a race horse would stop and do the above as described.
Shameless.
They ferried screeners 3,000 miles for this?
Inauguration spectators reciprocated with thank you for being there as they exited the Mall for the inaugural parade.
Shameless.
Jan 22, 2009 | 11:39 am
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Shameless.
They ferried screeners 3,000 miles for this?
I have a very hard time believing people who witnessed a truly historical event in our Country, who are also frozen to the core, hungry and probably some have to pee like a race horse would stop and do the above as described.
Shameless.
They ferried screeners 3,000 miles for this?
I have a very hard time believing people who witnessed a truly historical event in our Country, who are also frozen to the core, hungry and probably some have to pee like a race horse would stop and do the above as described.
Shameless.
and typical canine and equine performance by the tsa as they gotta make the kettles feels safe at all times, right? <blech>
Jan 22, 2009 | 11:47 am
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Less people = less threat. Can't you see that, Citizen?
Jan 22, 2009 | 12:14 pm
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The TSA sends "officers" to secure the inauguration, and by doing so make the airports less secure.
http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.ph...ry&story=55664
I don't know about you guys but I get a little punchy after 20 hours. I would not trust myself to be able to find weapons, explosives or incendiaries, if i were that tired.
http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.ph...ry&story=55664
TSA officers Maurice Atkins and Bryant Lovelace had worked 22 hours straight at the airport Wednesday.
They said weren't sure when they would go home.
"We'll be here 'til we have enough personnel to cover everything," Lovelace said.
They said weren't sure when they would go home.
"We'll be here 'til we have enough personnel to cover everything," Lovelace said.
Jan 22, 2009 | 12:58 pm
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The U.S. Homeland Security Threat Level for aviation was orange, or elevated, meaning security checks at airports may be more thorough and take more time.
Excuse me, but how many years have we been orange??? What a crock
Jan 22, 2009 | 1:00 pm
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Almost five years. Basically, they forgot to take it down after they elevated it to get Bush re-elected.
Jan 22, 2009 | 1:38 pm
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"it's expertise"... that in and of itself explains why so many people couldn't get in, why it was so slow, and why the machines broke down.
"Do you want to enter today?"
A local political commentator was right on point: Link to MP3 download
"Do you want to enter today?"
A local political commentator was right on point: Link to MP3 download
Jan 22, 2009 | 2:10 pm
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Jan 22, 2009 | 2:25 pm
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Jan 22, 2009 | 2:28 pm
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what shoe carnival 
Jan 22, 2009 | 4:10 pm
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I was on the Mall on Tuesday and as I looked around I thought about what a perfect target that crowd would have been for an attack. The only visible security were a few National Guard, a couple of Park police, and, of course, people on roof tops - but they would have been useless against a suicide bomber.
I never saw even one person from the TSA.
Few, if any, spectators, "exited the Mall" to go to the parade - the parade route was "full up" by the time the Inauguration ended.
There was security on the route from the Metro station, but basically their job was to form a human fence to herd the cattle. We were directed through a small, one-person-at-a-time opening created by Jersey barriers and there were BDO-type people there - talking amongst themselves. I caught the attention of one guy, looked him straight in the eye and he turned away.
With the weather and the amount of clothes people were wearing (my friend was carrying a huge backpack that was never searched), it would have been easy to wear a belt with explosives to get through "security."
Of course, the President must be protected, but great psychological damage could have been done through an attack on the Mall.
Makes one wonder, once again, if, in fact, there is a terrorist behind every bush as some would have us believe.
BTW, LessO2, the cold was so dehydrating that the port-a-johns were hardly used.
I never saw even one person from the TSA.
Inauguration spectators reciprocated with “thank you for being there” as they exited the Mall for the inaugural parade. “It was truly an honor to hear the spectators thank us,” said TSO Edward Woodall of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. “It was remarkable to see spectators and security working so well with one another.”
There was security on the route from the Metro station, but basically their job was to form a human fence to herd the cattle. We were directed through a small, one-person-at-a-time opening created by Jersey barriers and there were BDO-type people there - talking amongst themselves. I caught the attention of one guy, looked him straight in the eye and he turned away.
With the weather and the amount of clothes people were wearing (my friend was carrying a huge backpack that was never searched), it would have been easy to wear a belt with explosives to get through "security."
Of course, the President must be protected, but great psychological damage could have been done through an attack on the Mall.
Makes one wonder, once again, if, in fact, there is a terrorist behind every bush as some would have us believe.
BTW, LessO2, the cold was so dehydrating that the port-a-johns were hardly used.