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"TSA takes all allegations of improper screening seriously...but this alleged incident does not meet that threshold."

And to ensure that proper screening takes place we will now make it a crime to have any sort of checks and balances. There! We fixed that for ya.

Why does the TSA do things like this? They hate our freedoms.

Airlines should just stop using the TSA and go back to the private sector... The TSA makes up their policies on a daily basis, and always has (I used to be a TSA screener back when it was first formed). I've seen first hand just how retarded the bureaucrats can be, as 99.99% of the time they don't know ANYTHING about security.

If you want to stop a "terrorist" or a potential threat at an airport, there is only 1 way to do it effectively, and that is the same way the Israeli security forces are doing it. Janet Napoli-ta-ah-ah-ah-ano doesn't have the slightest clue about security though, and as long as she's in charge, nothing will change for the better.

"To prevent further incidents, all pat-downs will be performed in dark secret rooms where no one an hear you scream...."

The sad part is that they don't think the problem is that they did something wrong and made the woman scream and feel molested. They think the problem is that someone recorded it.

Looks like your little plan backfired. Keep abusing your cameras, your doing yourselves a real disservice.

It's like the kid who abuses his car privileges, what do you do, you take the car away. I'm not a fan of the TSA but I think they hit a home run on this one.

"Can you imagine the chaos that private sector security would bring to the airports?"

Do you mean all of the chaos that DIDN'T exist between say 1950 and 2001 before the TSA existed? Are you even old enough to remember the good old days when you didn't have to take off your shoes, get a pat down, throw away your nail clippers and shampoo bottles? Is that the chaos of which you speak?

Yeah, that's it, outlaw photography. Call it a "Security Measure"...since the TSA can be SAFER no one will capture their abuse on camera.
I like the way fly-by-night gov't agencies
can spontaneously bypass the 1st Amendment...just to
cover their own asses.

Carlos you might be giving the TSA a little too much credit in saying that the screeners haven't been "trained" to know photography is legal. It would be just too easy for them to simply have an informal policy of discouraging recording at their checkpoints, regardless of the publically-stated policies. They can use dishonest tactics all they want including stating that it is illegal, because the screeners and their superiors know they will never suffer any punishment for saying or doing so. And when the screeners call the cops, they know the cops will always back up their word and never a traveller.

I'll bet the TSA has no intention of removing its own security cameras. They have no problem photographing us, but heaven forbid we should be able to photograph them and hold them accountable for their actions.

Why is it acceptable for Big Brother to have their cameras everywhere, but not for the general public. If everyone had camera phones back in 2001, we'd have a lot more video footage of 9/11 instead of relying on the information we're given. Unless there's an expectation of privacy, more UNBIASED cameras can only help assert the facts.

TSA needs to instruct their employees on proper protocol, and we need to keep exercising our rights to keep them protected.

If spent my days feeling testes and spreading vulva's and inspecting breast to insure that they are not hiding bomb making chemicals .............. the last thing I would want it someone taking pictures.
Seems reasonable to me................... but I don't do those aforementioned actions!!!!!!!!!

Film them every chance you get, post on youtube,

SHAME THEM!!!!!!!!!!! you don't know it may wake a few of them up with SHAME!!!!!!!!!!!

Sheila
www.placeofrefuge2012.com

Complaining to those without shame is pointless, complain to the people who will lose there jobs in the next election if they refuse to stand up and defend the constitution. write your senators and representatives. Tell your state reps to ban the TSA let them go on ahead and ban flights to a whole state for nude cameras, lets see how quickly they fold.

Of course the TSA is considering a ban on camera's. They currently violate the Fourth Amendment with no consequence. subjecting passengers to radiation doesn't seem to warrant any concern from congress or the president. How about committing misdemeanor sexual assault on a daily basis. Nope, nothing but silence from the state DA's and police departments. This agency is completely above the law so why not add violating the First Amendment too an already impressive criminal rap sheet.

The TSA is currently violating the fourth amendment, so there is no reason they wouldn't want to try and violate the first amendment as well.

Photography in publicly accessible locations has been upheld as being legal by the US Supreme Court on numerous occasions.

Carlos,

We updated our post a couple of hours ago with a clarification: http://bit.ly/lf4otB

***Update: 6/9/2011 - There have been many many different interpretations of the photography portion of this post, so I wanted to clarify things a bit. We recognize that using video and photography equipment is a constitutionally protected activity unless it interferes with the screening process at our checkpoints. While our current policy remains the same, TSA is reviewing our guidance to officers at the checkpoint to ensure consistent application. Our goal is to protect passenger’s rights, while safeguarding the integrity of the security process. ***

Thanks,

Blogger Bob
TSA Blog Team