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-   -   Question on SPOT program (https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/practical-travel-safety-security-issues/951548-question-spot-program.html)

LessO2 May 13, 2009 4:26 pm
Originally Posted by IslandBased (Post 11743963)
Are you sure they actually have a goal?:confused: Maybe that accounts for the shifting- A goalpost forever condemned to wander aimlessly in search of its goal... Tragic.
It's clear to me that PR is the goal of the TSA.

RadioGirl May 13, 2009 5:41 pm
Originally Posted by Mr. Gel-pack (Post 11743704)
TSA keeps saying "effective". I'm not sure that word means what they think it means.
;) I can just see Blogger Bob saying, "They still don't trust us?! Inconceivable!" :D
Originally Posted by LessO2 (Post 11744303)
It's clear to me that PR is the goal of the TSA.
Funding (which means continued existence and, if you're lucky, growth) is the goal, as it is for every gov't agency. PR is the means to achieve that goal.

tsadude1 May 13, 2009 5:49 pm
Leading junk science guru in Time magazine. Does it mention that he is one of the founders of the BDO program? http://psych.ucsf.edu/news_ektid3172.aspx

IslandBased May 13, 2009 5:50 pm
Originally Posted by RadioGirl (Post 11744569)
;) I can just see Blogger Bob saying, "They still don't trust us?! Inconceivable!" :D

Funding (which means continued existence and, if you're lucky, growth) is the goal, as it is for every gov't agency. PR is the means to achieve that goal.
I don't think that being the "bad boy" of government agencies is really the best approach. While they have whined that they are still a young organization, it is time they changed their diaper...:D

halls120 May 13, 2009 6:38 pm
Originally Posted by IslandBased (Post 11743963)
Are you sure they actually have a goal?:confused: Maybe that accounts for the shifting- A goalpost forever condemned to wander aimlessly in search of its goal... Tragic.
They do indeed have a goal - to make sure Congress and the public never find out how ineffective they are, and to maintain a false sense of their necessity, so that they can keep their jobs forever.

Wally Bird May 14, 2009 5:18 pm
Originally Posted by IslandBased (Post 11743963)
Are you sure they actually have a goal?:confused:
Oh yes. The SPOTniks are "effective" because they have successfully implemented an internal checkpoint paradigm to catch criminals, fraudsters, illegal immigrants etc.. In fact just about anyone but terrorists, but that ceased to be the raison d'etre a while back.

Wally Bird May 14, 2009 5:19 pm
Originally Posted by magellan315 (Post 11728811)
I can’t think of single country that requires passenger to go through this kind of nonsense and that includes England where Richard Reid’s flight originated from.
France, actually.

Wally Bird May 14, 2009 5:21 pm
Originally Posted by tsadude1 (Post 11734440)
There are no ex-military, you're either former or retired.
Ah Jeez, another one. TSA unis aren't as cool though.

FlyingHoustonian May 14, 2009 5:30 pm
Originally Posted by tsadude1 (Post 11734440)
There are no ex-military, you're either former or retired.
This is false information.

Ciao,
FH

IslandBased May 14, 2009 5:58 pm
Originally Posted by Wally Bird (Post 11750482)
Oh yes. The SPOTniks are "effective" because they have successfully implemented an internal checkpoint paradigm to catch criminals, fraudsters, illegal immigrants etc.. In fact just about anyone but terrorists, but that ceased to be the raison d'etre a while back.
Ah, but they annoy so many to catch a few...


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