Yahoo: Fake incidents in TSA backlash.

[Dan-1281]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101122/ts_yblog_thelookout/more-tsa-horror-stories-emerge-while-agency-ponders-what-to-do#mwpphu-container


Figured everyone here might want to see this piece. At the end of the article, it used to say "Thanks a lot bin laden" but they removed it.

[teacherone]

^bullshit

the vid description of that boy without his shirt on clearly stated that the father took his son's shirt off.

doesn't matter-- no father should have to remove his own son's clothing and have a stranger run his hands over his son's body in order to fly.

disgusting whitewash.

[dannno]

You put an "s" at the end of incidents, but the only one the story seems to debunk is the shirtless 8 year old boy in Salt Lake City.. apparently his father removed the shirt to expedite screening. I'm not going to trust this story as the final say on whether that was an unjust incident, but it is still the only incident the story debunked.

[jmdrake]

Mis-titled thread. The story didn't mention any "fake incidents" only that the TSA put its own spin on the "strip search" of the boy. Further the Yahoo story did talk about how a TSA agent made someone's urine bag leak because he wouldn't listen to the passenger about the problem.

[Chester Copperpot]

"Ben franklin wasnt living in the 21st century"

I hate that logic... so Ben Franklin couldnt possibly know anything about which he speaks...


They had doctors and hospitals back in the 18th century too.. if they wanted the federal govt to be involved in health care they woulda wrote it in to the constitution...


fucking idiots

[Dan-1281]

On the mainpage thumbnails, this is what it says. Go to their homepage and see for yourself. Just scroll through and you will see it.

[teacherone]

^^^^so what? will the mundanes cower before the blue rubber glove now because the great yahoo told them to?

[JoshLowry]

Mis-titled thread. The story didn't mention any "fake incidents" only that the TSA put its own spin on the "strip search" of the boy. Further the Yahoo story did talk about how a TSA agent made someone's urine bag leak because he wouldn't listen to the passenger about the problem.

From Yahoo.com comment section:


Ok, I need to know I'm not seeing things but did anyone else click on this link on their Yahoo homepage because of the subhead said Fake Incidents in TSA Backlashes? WTH was that about, Yahoo?

Looks like the thread title here may have been the same one that was used on Yahoo but then they changed it.

Dan also reports they had "Thanks a lot bin laden" at the end of the article. I think someone at yahoo is trying to get fired.

[Sola_Fide]

Badly titled thread

[teacherone]

who the fuck reads yahoo anyways?

soooo 1997 :cool:

[JoshLowry]

who the fuck reads yahoo anyways?

soooo 1997 :cool:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=203141 (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=203141)

:D

[teacherone]

^^^^ lulz great work columbo!


http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt103/jed_02/gifs/goferdetective.gif

[tremendoustie]

You put an "s" at the end of incidents, but the only one the story seems to debunk is the shirtless 8 year old boy in Salt Lake City.. apparently his father removed the shirt to expedite screening. I'm not going to trust this story as the final say on whether that was an unjust incident, but it is still the only incident the story debunked.


My understanding is that he was pissed that the tsa was grabbing his son above the waist, so he pulled his shirt to say "see douches, no bomb!"

Of course that's when they started messing with him below the waist.

[aGameOfThrones]

The TSA agent should have said to the dad, hey, put your son's shirt back on so we can pat him down. I mean, when an adult takes off his pants and is left in Calvin Klein underwear and they say he has to put his pants back-on to do the search, why not a kid?

[Thrashertm]

It was really interesting reading the reactions from the TSA agents -
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2010/11/18/tsa-enhanced-pat-downs-the-screeners-point-of-view/

[moostraks]

It was really interesting reading the reactions from the TSA agents -
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2010/11/18/tsa-enhanced-pat-downs-the-screeners-point-of-view/

Comments like this one:"I don’t see why all of you feel you need to be such jackasses, if you don’t want to be “molested”, go through the body scan like 99% of people. If you are too much of an idiot to go through that you can still kayak across the Pacific or drive across the country. Flying is a privilege, not a right, so it is no surprise you have to give up some rights. The TSA needs to drop the whole “opt out” option and make the body scan required, it’s safer, cheaper, easier, and people don’t whine about being consensually “molested”." make me wish we could have two seperate countries. One for them and one for the sane ones who don't find this to be security but abuse. This dipsh*t needs to have suffered from sexual abuse or rape and get back with me about how much they would handle strangers with attitudes touching them. :mad::mad::mad: