Comments on: Full text of SD 1544-09-06 authorizing pat-downs, physical inspections

By: LateVilla

LateVilla — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:10:00 +0000

I am completely in favor of better security, such as the body-scan imaging systems, but I oppose rules that reduce everyone else’s quality of life and travel enjoyment without providing a tangible security benefit.

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Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:51:15 +0000

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By: Travel Insurance

Travel Insurance — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:01:28 +0000

Immigration queues in US is possible the worst thing about travelling in the states , i came in to fews sticky situations and would advise to buy travel insurance before travelling

By: Counsel

Counsel — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:28:01 +0000

I’d like to know if Elliott.org was contacted by TSA about posting the SD. If so, what happened? :)

Kristin: Governmental agencies are those that must provide warnings or have “reasonable suspicion” for the Pat-Down (See Terry v. Ohio – the “Terry Stop”). Private firms you contract with can implement screenings/searches that you can agree to by agreeing to the contract.

US. v. Davis is a 9th Circuit case re: airport searches. While I may not agree that a contract with a private firm waives my 4th Amendment protections, the 9th Circuit appears to disagree with me ;p

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:06:06 +0000

I am a teacher with 9 years of college under my belt. I would be fired immediately for taking any action like the TSA agents. If I think a child has a gun, I cannot pat them down and take naked photos of them. This is NOT about security it is about the government trying to control our every move.

I read in one blog earlier today, that if these screening were in place before 9-11 we would not be complaining today. Well I would have complained then and I am complaining now. I will not be flying until my rights are re-instated, or better methods of screening can take place. Why are we not x-raying? The scanners have radiation so do x-rays, I am sure there is a difference in levels, but I would prefer more privacy and more radiation of an x-ray.

A TSA agent groping my body parts is one thing, grouping my teenage daughter and son is completely a different matter.
We have the technology to do better than this, we need to stand up for our rights and not be afraid of the terrorists. I mean seriously, there have been terrorists since the beginning of human times. What in the heck do you think the Indians thought of us? Basically we were terrorists to them in this country, the great US of A. We release lethal diseases in the Native American populations to decrease their numbers. Terrorism is everywhere and has been for a long time. We risk our lives everyday just by waking up. don’t let the government for the people, by the people change into the government in charge of the people and their legal rights to privacy. My two cents

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A Perfect Example of the Need for a Federal Shield Law « Stacey Woelfel — Sun, 30 May 2010 00:03:24 +0000

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By: Screw terrorists: US security forces go after the journalists who upset them « blogs.independent.co.uk

Fri, 28 May 2010 17:31:09 +0000

[...] directive they shared (here) wasn’t even a top secret document: instead, it was a short note emailed to [...]

By: Analysis: Public kept in dark about new TSA flying rules « Hacking Away

Analysis: Public kept in dark about new TSA flying rules « Hacking Away — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:36:24 +0000

[...] now-infamous security directive outlining the new procedures, SD-1544-09-06, was delivered to airlines and airports across the world. Washington Post columnist and travel [...]

By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » Lessons from the case of the man who set his underpants on fire

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:58:18 +0000

[...] in an emergency on a plane. But the TSA’s first reaction to the latest events was to issue an order that during the final hour of each flight, passengers should stay in their seats, no matter what. [...]

By: Kevin Dunphy

Kevin Dunphy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:37:48 +0000

Yes, let’s fortify the Maginot Line known as airport security once again. Never mind the possibility of an airport employee using a valid airport ID to bypass a security checkpoint to get a bomb or a gun on an airplane. After all, the Maginot Line worked so well that the Germans invaded France by going around it, not through it.

By: TSA strong-arms bloggers who published new airport procedures | We Are Change Utah

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:10:08 +0000

[...] other blogger, Christopher Elliott, wrote on his blog that he published the TSA directive “since the government has been unresponsive to my [...]

By: ByeByeTourists

ByeByeTourists — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:23:30 +0000

Stupid, reactionary, imbecilic and frankly useless… What the hell is the TSA’s remit anyway? To make the US look like a bunch of fundemental zenophobic hysterics? Anyone with a slight understanding of airline operations could bypass all the new rules and regs… The terrorists win again even when they fail with this sort of dumbass directive. The multitude of honest decent folk get lumbered with more hoops to jump through with no security gain… Will be taking my hard earned holiday money elseware and I know I won’t be alone.
BTW: Has anyone checked trading activity on the full body scanner manufacturers stock BEFORE the detroit flight? Just asking, you know!

By: aughra

aughra — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:07:37 +0000

Does anyone have an explanation regarding why TSA assumes that the last hour of the flight is the most dangerous, and therefore limits movement/activity in the plane at that time? Is it only because that’s when this last incident took place? Isn’t this new directive, then, as short-sighted and reactionary as assuming all shoes can be turned into bombs–because that’s how the last guy tried it?

That sums up my problem with the TSA–all policies are reactionary rather than proactive. It means we’ll always be one step behind the disaster, rather than preventing it. I guess I’ll be doing more driving; none of this makes anyone safer, only more annoyed.

By: ETF FOOL

ETF FOOL — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:59:24 +0000

[...] up a Delta flight into Detroit, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rolled out an emergency directive requiring airlines to implement draconian new security [...]

By: EFF Helps Blogger Subpoenaed by TSA, TSA Backs Down « Help Topic Business Information

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:33:06 +0000

[...] on the evening of December 29, 2009. It sought all documents “concerning your receipt of TSA Security Directive 1544-09-06 dated December 25, 2009.” The much-criticized directive had been given to hundreds of [...]