Since it’s Conspiracy Saturday, how about this one: TSA agents are supposed to steal stuff to help with the security theatrics to make you feel unsafe.
It defies public-trust expectations, but there are rogue officers at the Transportation Security Administration who think nothing of stealing your stuff.
[...]
The TSA also estimates that for every TSA employee who touches a bag, some six to 10 airline or airport employees and contractors also have — mostly out of view of the passenger.
[...]
There are steps you can take to keep your things out of thieves’ hands:
- As much as possible, keep a watchful eye on your belongings. “You are responsible for your property as it proceeds through the screening process,” according to the TSA.
- Do not pack jewelry, cash, laptops, electronics or any fragile items in your baggage. Leave anything that you can’t live without at home.
- Skip the trays that the airport provides for jewelry, watches and wallets, and belts — using them invites theft. Take off those items before you get to the security line and put them in the pocket of a carry-on.
If you have a lost or missing item from a security checkpoint, check the airport’s lost and found first. The TSA has a list of all the phone numbers at every airport.
If you think your property was stolen, or damaged, during the screening process you can file a claim online.
Piss and moan all you want people. Until the masses even fractionally wake up, these antics will still go on. Whether your hero’s are: Jefferson, Locke or the Kardashian’s your consent is still given to them every April 15th when that check is made out to the mob to continue on. They’ll be more than glad to accept your government prepared complaint forms and run it through their system, which is rigged in favor of the house.
#21: I truly wish that I could ague the fallacy of your viewpoint, but alas; it is more truth than fiction. It’s time to act fair citizens.
#21: BTW, how dare you conglomerate such poignant individuals as John Locke, and Thomas Jefferson into the same category as the ridiculous TV show: “The Kardashians.” I spit green puke in you general direction. Pick any Kadashian, and I bet you 10-to-1 said individual wouldn’t know Thomas Jeffeson or Thomas Locke from Micheal Jackson. Our society is doomed. Our cause is on the losing-side, and we are losing against “DUMB.” It’s time to face the music, freedom is a lost cause. May “dumb” prevail as humankind’s lasting legacy. Kill me now before I know how true my words actually may become. AUUGH!
BTW, my netbook’s keyboard apparently doesn’t like the letter “R.” AUUGH. rrrrrrrrrrrrrr
And of course instead of opening the luggage in your presence for inspection and locking it, they now have all locks provided with 7 easy master locks to be opened easily by anyone.
I’m never flying again…
I’m trying to get a TSA job! Can’t wait to join the screws!
Well, T. Jefferson and J. Adams did try to warn us about the dangers of having political parties.
Just like D. Eisenhower tried to warn us about the dangers of the military industrial complex.
All I can say is that “you can lead a horse to water…”
Meanwhile some REAL Threat is traveling from coast to coast on stolen/expired boarding passes, and gets away with it.
So much for a pleasant summer vacation travel
I guess I should drive my truck rather than fly – yet on No Agenda this week John discussed the funding for more swat team to pull over and intimidate drivers ( and ordinary people) on the highways
What a life
I thought we were attacked on Sept 11 not the other way around
# 29 Grouinded said, “REAL Threat is traveling from coast to coast on stolen/expired boarding passes, and gets away with it.”
And, when caught, they LET HIM GO! It wasn’t until he tried to fly back to NYC they decided to detain him.
BTW – he was a foreign national (Nigeria) and had no legitimate ID.
But, that’s ok. I’m sure someone jiggled his nuts before they let him board.
I don’t fly anymore, and this is why…
If I did, I would travel with a trunk with [Fragile Electronic Components] labels on it. The case would be filled WiFi transmitters, remote cameras, air bags and pressure sensitive triggers.
I’d transmit to the internet the surprised looks on their ugly mugs as the air bags went off in their faces.
It is easy for people to say – you don’t like the TSA then don’t fly. Well, think. Some of us MUST travel by air. I don’t commute from LA to San Diego. I fly internationally. I can’t spend a week on a trans-Pacific cruise ship! I have never in the last decade flown out of the US without being selected for extra security scrutiny. Why? I’m a very WASP-looking grandfather in a “respected” profession often with US Gov-issued identification! But my passport was issued in Kabul. And I’ve got stamps from several Muslim nations. I had a TSA groper once ask me what I did in Indonesia. Odd. My ticket was for London!
Okay. My vote is for sale. My price? A believable promise to reduce the size of government. That reduction should include downsizing the DHS and returning the TSA to minimum wage security guards waving wands.
Security on airplanes should mostly be hardened cockpits and PRIVATE armed sky-marshals. The TSA has proven time and time again they are incapable of thwarting any threat other than a filled diaper.
Of course, that’s just MY opinion and you’re welcome to it.
There needs to be an air travel provision for the rest of us non paranoid fliers.
Driving my car is more dangerous as is walking down the side walk.
#7,
Here in St. Louis we had a number of baggage handlers caught stealing from suitcases. … It was in the local news a few times. All were suspended. Only one lost his job, because it was his second offense. The rest of the thieve had their job saved by the union and are back handling luggage every day.
Ya, right. Bash the unions at every chance. Invent a story if necessary, which is almost all the time.
Another anti American caught lying.
#35 should have had this link attached.
http://tinyurl.com/44mw568
#15
Its unbelievable that no word from the ACLU and media is heard at all about all these massive encroachments on American’s civil liberties
Maybe because you don’t ever listen.
http://aclu.org/national-security/aclu-sues-dhs-over-unlawful-tsa-searches-and-detention
http://aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/aclu-reports-more-900-complaints-month-over-enhanced-tsa-security-measures
And if you don’t think that is enough, here is some commentary about this same meme from the right wing nuts. It seems they all are asking “Where is the ACLU?” They just don’t want to know because this is a good line for their disinformation cause.
http://reason.com/blog/2010/12/13/why-was-the-aclu-silent-about
Of course, the BEST WAY to protect yourself from the TSA is to NOT TRAVEL BY AIR !!! Drive or take a train if you can ….
>> JimD said, on July 5th, 2011 at 9:08 am
>> is to NOT TRAVEL BY AIR !!! Drive or take a train if you can ….
We libs have been pushing for high-speed rail for decades. But conservative have successfully blocked every effort. Maybe TSA abuse will change that.
>> chuck said, on July 2nd, 2011 at 4:33 pm
>>>> “If you think your property was stolen, or damaged, during the screening process, you can file a claim online.”
>> …The claim will be ignored, and your name will be added to the do-not-fly list.
Exactly.
I filed an on-line complaint once for lost items. They sent me a another form. I gave up, which I assume is their strategy.