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y worst nightmare took place yesterday. Worse than events that have taken place and that I have survived in my short 28 years of living. Worse than my wildest of dreams could conjure. My son was taken from me. Taken. My son was taken from me by the TSA agents at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport yesterday.…

via youtube.com Unnamed TSA agent: “You know why we’re doing this.”

The debate over security scanning and pat-downs has reached such a fever pitch, it seems that people are forgetting that the enemy isn’t the Transportation Security Administration — it’s al Qaeda. I don’t want my children or grandchildren getting on a plane that’s going to be blown apart in the sky. That’s what this comes…

A revolt is apparently growing at the grassroots level — being fanned by politicians and right-wing talking heads — against the new procedures being used by the TSA to ensure that people with bombs and weapons don’t get on airplanes with you and me and our loved ones. If you ask me, it’s ridiculous. The…

It would appear that the Department of Homeland Security is not only prepared to enforce the enhanced security procedures at airports, but is involved in gathering intelligence about those who don’t. They’re making a list and most certainly will be checking it twice. Meanwhile, legitimate threats to our air travel security (and they DO exist)…

If an “anomaly” is detected during the pat-down–or when you go through the AIT scanner– you will be subjected to a “resolution pat-down.” TSA agents will take you to a private area and do a more intense pat-down, which includes using the front of the agent’s hands for a more thorough search, including the groin…

via youtube.com I went to a Veterans Day event at my kid’s elementary school. They recited something very similar to what Red Skelton did in this video. In watching it, I can’t help but think that our leaders have forgotten a thing or two about how this country is supposed to work.

he TSA’s cranked up their spin machine, but a closer look gives a different picture. For example, the LA Times (which previously ran an editorial Shut up and be scanned) reports that of the 50,000 travelers at LAX, 133 people opted out of the scans and requested patdowns instead. At first glance, that doesn’t sound…

via funnyordie.com Kudos to Fek_lar for finding this one. Not safe for work, but not entirely far from the truth either.

Essentially, it appears that an X-ray beam is rastered across the body, which highlights the importance of one of the specific concerns raised by the UCSF scientists… what happens if the machine fails, or gets stuck, during a raster. How much radiation would a person’s eye, hand, testicle, stomach, etc be exposed to during such…