Today's TSA news grope-up
- “Terror chief tries to board plane with banned liquids” (Mirror, UK) Obviously, the UK needs to get with the TSA program and exempt Ministers from search.
- Flight attendants union upset over new pat-down procedures [link to http://www.abc15.com/dpp/lifestyle/travel/flight-attendants-union-upset-over-new-pat-down-procedures no longer works]
- “Airport security reaches new levels of absurdity” (Salon’s Ask the Pilot blog)
- “Know Your Options at the Airport” (ACLU of Massachusetts) [link to http://aclum.org/tsa/kyo_airport.php no longer works] - Includes the lovely ‘fyi’ that “women in tight skirts that don’t allow an agent to feel the thigh area may be asked to remove the skirt”
- “Don’t Let Strip-and-Grope Become the New Normal” (Pajamas Media) [link to http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/dont-let-strip-and-grope-become-the-new-normal/?singlepage=true no longer works]
- There’s organization going on to make November 24th “National Opt Out Day”
There’s also this:
Pilots’ unions for US Airways and American Airlines are urging their members to avoid full-body scanning at airport security checkpoints, citing health risks and concerns about intrusiveness and security officer behavior.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/11/pilots.body.scanning/index.html?hpt=T2