“Because of your attitude, you have earned a trip into our body scanner!”
Whenever I hear from someone like Angela Wright, I can almost predict the TSA’s knee-jerk response to her complaint.
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TSA watch: Confessions of a rogue Transportation Security Officer
“As a proud American, I served my country with loyalty and dedication in the aftermath of 9/11 by joining the TSA and the fight on terror,” the letter begins.
TSA watch: They’re looking for the wrong thing – and congratulating themselves for it
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
TSA watch: Are screeners preying on sick passengers?
The latest TSA horror story comes by way of Lori Dorn, a human resources consultant in New York.
TSA Watch: Vote for your favorite TSA hero — or villain
The strange case of Yukari Miyamae, the airline passenger who allegedly grabbed the breast of a TSA employee after refusing to be screened last week, got me thinking. Every few months, someone seems to capture the traveling public’s attention with an action that exposes the absurdity and indignity of being frisked at the airport.
TSA Watch: Confronting an out-of-control agency
It’s been a week of run-ins between the TSA and its critics. Maybe the most interesting one was Sen. Rand Paul’s vs TSA Chief John Pistole.
TSA Watch: Did they really sexually assault his mother?
Another day, another TSA screening video. Ryan Miklus, with his parents for the Memorial Day weekend. The woman his mother, Carol.
TSA Watch: What Texas’ standoff with the feds really means
By now, anyone with an Internet connection knows that Texas legislators have abandoned their efforts to restrict the TSA from screening air travelers with what some consider an invasive and inappropriate pat-down.
Is the TSA America’s funniest federal agency?
If the TSA wasn’t violating our civil rights with its intrusive screening procedures, as so many passengers claim, and as Texas Rep. David Simpson explains in his thoughtful commentary, then all of this might be kind of funny.
Are new warning and tracking systems enough to make us forget about TSA agents’ misdeeds?
It’s been a “good news” kind of week for observers of our nation’s security apparatus. At least that’s how the government is spinning it.