Thursday, November 03, 2011
EDITORIAL: TSA's power grope - Washington Times
We certainly live in interesting times...
This is just part of a recent Washington Times editorial:
"As part of a 'statewide safety operation,' TSA employees fondled travelers at bus terminals in Nashville and Knoxville, hunting for 'security threats.' Truckers were harassed at four Volunteer State highway locations between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. - prime time for terrorism, apparently.
Brian Gamble, a Florida firefighter, caught one of these intrusive VIPR operations on video after he got off a train in Savannah, Ga., earlier this year. 'They had the scanners and everything there,' Mr. Gamble told The Washington Times. 'They had them pull up their shirts, patted them down, wanded them. There were a couple ladies in our group getting searched. … It’s kinda ridiculous when you’re coming off a train - it doesn’t make any sense.'
Expect a lot more touching in the months ahead. 'TSA conducted more than 8,000 VIPR operations in the past 12 months, including more than 3,700 operations in mass-transit and passenger-railroad venues,' boasted TSA Administrator John S. Pistole in June testimony before the Senate. His 2012 budget calls for expanding VIPR by 50 percent."
