Opinion Forum

Public Acceptance of New TSA Procedures Exaggerated

November 21st, 2010

By Dan Miller As usual, the mainstream media asks all the wrong questions. The public seems greatly confused by the new airport screening procedures and with good reason. However, a CBS survey was recently taken of 1,137 randomly selected people with landline or cell phones and it was concluded that: Americans overwhelmingly approve of the […]

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Tags: body scan, ethnic, islamist, Muslim, profiling, racial, religious, rights, TSA
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What’s the Alternative to Intrusive TSA Security?

November 17th, 2010

By Tom Carter The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is deploying more full body scanners at airports, and they’ve instituted new and aggressive pat-down procedures. If you opt-out of the full body scan for any reason, or if they pick you at random, you’re going to get petted, patted, groped, and stroked in all your private […]

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Tags: alternatives, body scan, islamic, Muslim, pat-down, security, terrorism, TSA
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TSA “Strip and Grope”: Meet the Fourth Amendment

November 16th, 2010

By Dan Miller The new airport security measures meet the definition of “unreasonable search.” UPDATE: Former TSA Assistant Administrator admits that the ‘strip and grope’ violates the Fourth Amendment. * * * Under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against […]

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Tags: 4th Amendment, body scan, Constitution, grope, patdown, search, TSA
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