Daily Grope Up
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Outrage:
- Transcript: Senate hearing on TSA, full-body scanners (yesterday, not one Senator cared.) Today’s hearing: http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN3.aspx
- TSA Success Story (You can win in line.)
- If someone had done that to me at a nightclub I’d call the cops.
- Violated
- Traveling with scars
- Search this one for “pump” to learn about a diabetic’s experience.
- What would the TSA do if they found a menstrual cup inside you during a body scan? (TSA still hasn’t answered)
- The
PravdaUSA Today article which claims “Napolitano ‘open’ to fliers’ gripes over screening” is over 1000 comments, and none of the “most recommended” have anything nice to say about TSA. Come on, guys, you have 67,000 employees, can’t you astroturf? - RateMyBackScatter.com
Analysis and Data:
- Full Frontal Nudity Doesn’t Make Us Safer: Abolish the TSA (Forbes blogger Art Carden)
- Opting out from naked scanning – Canadian edition
News flash: Deadly terrorism existed before 9/11 “We’ve been dealing with the same threats for decades. But we used to be a lot calmer about it, less self-defeating” (Sing it, brother!)Response:
- Don’t miss the suggestion to wear a kilt if you’re flying on National opt-out day
- New Jersey and Idaho legislators have introduced bills to stop nudatrons. Petition “will send you updates on this and other important campaigns by email.” Another petition, privacy re: your email, unclear. And another.
- Minneapolis airport considering private screeners instead of TSA
- Rep. John Mica, the Republican who will soon be chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, is reminding airports that they have a choice.
Videos:
- See Me, Feel me
- Fmr Assistant TSA Admin – checkpoints violate 4th amendment (unprompted comment!)
- TSA’s enhanced security spurs US ‘airport rage’
On a personal note, I sent email to a social mail list at work, and I’ve never gotten so much positive response. People care deeply, and haven’t known where to go to complain or how.