HEADLINE: TSA chief warns against boycott of airport scans

[Bluebear]

ATLANTA – The nation's airport security chief urged travelers not to boycott full-body scans on Wednesday — one of the busiest flying days of the year — as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches with some Americans in a foul and rebellious mood.

Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole said Monday that such delaying actions would only "tie up people who want to go home and see their loved ones."

"We all wish we lived in a world where security procedures at airports weren't necessary," he said, "but that just isn't the case."

He noted the alleged attempt by a Nigerian with explosives in his underwear to bring down a plane over Detroit last Christmas.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101122/ap_on_bi_ge/us_airport_security

[NutmegYankee]

I bet a "special" protocall was set up for the boycotters.

They will probably have to wait hours and miss their flights as punishment. Watch.

[happi1]

1. He

Means it

"tie up people who want to go home and see their loved ones"

; )

[Bluebear]

3. - - - - -

:spray:

[northernlights]

10. he plans to tie up the boycotters?

:spray: :rofl:

[hlthe2b]

Sorry folks, but I hope they are successful in closing down

some major airports with the boycott. I also hope other airports are nearly vacant from canceled travelers. ENOUGH is enough. Time to send the message.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. +1000 Inconvenience vs all the disgusting policies that have been put in place

under THIS administration. Inconvenience.

[customerserviceguy]

14. Too soon to make a difference for Thanksgiving and maybe Christmas travellers

But I expect the damage to be evident by spring. Maybe all those pilots (and now flight attendants) who are being exempted will favor most of us being exempted, when they get laid off because nobody's buying tickets except rich businesspeople.

With all that time on their hands for the TSA jackboots, maybe the richites will get ultra-groped, too, and tell the congresscritters that they own to do something about it.

[woo me with science]

20. +1000

Send a message.

[baldguy]

2. The beatings will continue until morale improves.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. They must have intel that this is

gonna happen...

No pun...

They are showing some fear of we the people... and at this point I ain't gonna care what letter is behind a name.

[hlthe2b]

12. If boycott truly successful, this could be Obama's Katrina....

That is a depressing proposition to me, but the administration is being absolutely stupid about this policy. Even if they truly believe it necessary and not simply "expedient", could they be more tone deaf? I am totally dismayed, but I truly believe this is a line in the sand for what remains of our civil rights. We have to push back.

And for those who want to ask if I would prefer to fly on a plane full of (invasively screened) passengers or those who only went through the routine procedures, I argue vehemently it is a draw. Nothing about these new procedures plug the security holes of the workers on the tarmacs or others behind the scenes who are poorly screened. Nor does it do anything to decrease risk from unscreened cargo. It is all smoke and mirrors, though with a very repulsive image.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Don't want to endanger Chertoff's income, now, do we???

[Bluebear]

6. Quiet! You've been WARNED!

:scared:

[superduperfarleft]

8. Obama would do well to muzzle these idiots that keep saying shit like this.

Of course, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he's not as tone-deaf as some of the people in his administration seem to be.

[Bluebear]

9. Obama already said that these 'enhanced' searches are necessary.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=9598152

[superduperfarleft]

11. Yeah, I caught that.

I guess I stand corrected.

[avaistheone1]

13. Like Pistole gives a damn about our loved ones.

All Pistole cares about is his job, and getting some sleazy lobbying job after he leaves TSA.

In order to join families, our loved ones don't want us to have to go through the porno scanners or have to be genitally groped.

Whatever you do OPT OUT, OPT OUT.

[Rex]

15. I am SO going to use that out of context!

"tie up people who want to go home and see their loved ones." Really? What else does he want to do to those poor passengers!? Geez, this guy should be running the DHS screw the TSA!

[Swamp Rat]

17. LOL!

Freudian slip? ;)

[Rex]

19. Slip, underwear - let us not parse undergarments.

:hi:

[Bluebear]

23. lolol

[Swamp Rat]

16. I'm not flying if I have to get groped and x-rayed by weirdos.

The airline owners and CEOs can go fuck themselves.

[Rex]

21. What he said.

[Hawkeye-X]

18. How about handing your damn resignation already, Pistole?

We're waiting...

We're paying your salary, so you work for us.

Hawkeye-X

[flyarm]

22. STOP NOTING AND START 'SPLAININ!..how did the underwear guy get on an international aircraft bound

for the USA WITHOUT A PASSPORT?

How did the underwear bomber ( supposedly) gwet through European security ..WITHOUT A PASSPORT?

How did he get in the BOARDING AREA WITHOUT A PASSPORT?????????

How did he get through the gate agent and onto the aircraft WITHOUT A PASSPORT????????

How did he check in at the ticket counter ..WITHOUT A PASSPORT?????

Does anyone in this country have any common sense left or has fear wiped away all common sense?????????????

[nonconformist]

24. There's a story on CNN right now that claims these procedures wouldn't have..

detected the underwear bomb in the first place.

Theater. That's all this is.

[Bluebear]

25. Especially whereas the traveller didn't even start in the US. nt