Techdirt is running an article about how the TSA delayed reporting sexual assaults being committed by TSA agents at Denver International Airport and how the TSA failed to identify the sexual assault victims to the police. Even worse, a TSA supervisor personally witnessed a sexual assault being committed by a TSA agent, did nothing to stop it, and did not inform the victim he had been assaulted.
Every TSA employee involved in this cover-up needs to be thrown in prison for committing of being an accessory to sexual assault. If the Denver Police Department does not investigate these sex crimes further and bring the violators to justice, they have failed to protect the people they are supposed to serve.
It is simple: interrogate the violators, look at the security footage, identify the victims using the mountains of surveillance data being retained on travelers, arrest the perpetrators, and prosecute for sexual assault.
"TSA's Investigation Into Groping Agents Ensured They Wouldn't Be Prosecuted"
April 16, 2015
Former TSA Agent Exposes Common Groping and Failures at TSA
Time is running an article by, former TSA agent, Jason Edward Harrington about the TSA's groping problem and other failures. Most importantly, Harrington makes the important distinction that what some TSA agents are doing to passengers amounts to sexual assault.
"TSA Agent: Groping Scandal Is Business as Usual"
"TSA Agent: Groping Scandal Is Business as Usual"
April 14, 2015
TSA Screeners Manipulated System to Fondle Genitals of Attractive Passengers
CBS4 is reporting two Transportation Security Administration screeners at the Denver International Airport were manipulating the passenger screening system so a gay TSA worker could fondle the genitals of male passengers he found attractive.
The alleged groper's female accomplice assisted him by using the scanning system's computers to indicate male passengers were female, causing the system to detect anomalies in the genital area. Presumably, if the scanners detect male genitals or other material in the crotch area of a supposed female, the system will flag the area for hand inspection. This feature should be especially troubling to transvestites and effeminate males who are probably be unfairly abused by this procedure.
When attractive males were unfairly flagged, the TSA agent would allegedly take the opportunity to grope the genitals and buttocks of the passengers. Make no mistake about it, this is sexual assault, and this is no different than a man abusing his authority to grab a woman's genitals for his own pleasure or a woman abusing her authority to grab a man's genitals for her own pleasure.
The initial problem was first brought to the TSA's attention on November 18, 2014, but they took almost three months to take action. At this point, it is unknown how many men were sexually violated by the screener during the months the TSA failed to take action.
This is what happens when we allow the government access to our genitals. Once we allow the government into our pants, some government employee somewhere will find a way to abuse the system and use the opportunity to sexually violate people who are guilty of nothing but being attractive and trying to get on an airplane. The next time a TSA agent is fondling your genitals, ask yourself a question: "Is this TSA agent getting pleasure out of this?"
Read the original article here.
The alleged groper's female accomplice assisted him by using the scanning system's computers to indicate male passengers were female, causing the system to detect anomalies in the genital area. Presumably, if the scanners detect male genitals or other material in the crotch area of a supposed female, the system will flag the area for hand inspection. This feature should be especially troubling to transvestites and effeminate males who are probably be unfairly abused by this procedure.
When attractive males were unfairly flagged, the TSA agent would allegedly take the opportunity to grope the genitals and buttocks of the passengers. Make no mistake about it, this is sexual assault, and this is no different than a man abusing his authority to grab a woman's genitals for his own pleasure or a woman abusing her authority to grab a man's genitals for her own pleasure.
The initial problem was first brought to the TSA's attention on November 18, 2014, but they took almost three months to take action. At this point, it is unknown how many men were sexually violated by the screener during the months the TSA failed to take action.
This is what happens when we allow the government access to our genitals. Once we allow the government into our pants, some government employee somewhere will find a way to abuse the system and use the opportunity to sexually violate people who are guilty of nothing but being attractive and trying to get on an airplane. The next time a TSA agent is fondling your genitals, ask yourself a question: "Is this TSA agent getting pleasure out of this?"
Read the original article here.
July 2, 2014
Target's Request That Stores Be Gun Free Misses the Bullseye
Apparently Target has not had enough to do in dealing with one of the greatest data security breaches in history. Now, they have decided to create some more excitement by insulting lawful gun owners and possibly creating a physical security breach in their stores.
Here is the the July 2, 2014 announcement from Target.
"Target Addresses Firearms in Stores"
Every day at Target, in everything we do, we ask ourselves what is right for our guests? We make all of our decisions with that question in mind. Questions have circulated in recent weeks around Target’s policy on the “open carry” of firearms in its stores. Today, interim CEO, John Mulligan, shared the following note with our Target team members. We wanted you to hear this update from us, too.
The leadership team has been weighing a complex issue, and I want to be sure everyone understands our thoughts and ultimate decision.
As you’ve likely seen in the media, there has been a debate about whether guests in communities that permit “open carry” should be allowed to bring firearms into Target stores. Our approach has always been to follow local laws, and of course, we will continue to do so. But starting today we will also respectfully request that guests not bring firearms to Target – even in communities where it is permitted by law.
We’ve listened carefully to the nuances of this debate and respect the protected rights of everyone involved. In return, we are asking for help in fulfilling our goal to create an atmosphere that is safe and inviting for our guests and team members.
This is a complicated issue, but it boils down to a simple belief: Bringing firearms to Target creates an environment that is at odds with the family-friendly shopping and work experience we strive to create.
Now, Target stores are private property, so Target is well within its rights to ask that guns not to be brought into their stores, but this is a bad business move. To appease some irrational hoplophobic customers, Target is angering others by treating gun owners like deviants. At the moment, we still have a Second Amendment in America, and, in states where that right is acknowledged, people are allowed to legally carry firearms. Trying to curb these rights has the potential to alienate a great number of people Target needs as customers. Given Target's business struggles lately, they do not have the luxury of alienating large groups of people.
Target is also being myopic by creating policies that are unfriendly to gun owners. A gun owner could very well stop a horrible crime from occurring in a Target store. Also, is it a good idea to publicize to the criminals of the world that Target may be a place that is likely to not be protected by armed people? Additionally, how likely is it that a crazy person will honor Target's polite request and not bring a gun into a Target store? In a sense, Target is making itself an actual target for armed criminals.
Also, surely Target must have realized this maneuver is likely to actually encourage gun owners to protest Target policies by walking around their stores with guns just to make a point. This whole policy is just a bad plan. Given the poor management decisions being made at Target, it is no wonder the company has been having financial problems. Perhaps Target's goal is to become the next Kmart.
By the way, here is another thought. Target, if you do not like gun owners, you should have not made your logo a giant red bullseye. Seriously.
October 18, 2013
TSA Air Marshal Arrested for Taking Up-Skirt Photos on Plane
According to the Associated Press, Transportation Security Administration air marshal, Adam Bartsch has been arrested for allegedly taking photos up the skirts of women as they boarded Southwest Airlines Flight 3132 at Nashville International Airport.
The TSA employee was on duty. He could have been looking out for terrorists, but he had other things on his mind than passenger safety. This is sort of person who has been given the authority to violate our rights in the name of security.
The TSA employee was on duty. He could have been looking out for terrorists, but he had other things on his mind than passenger safety. This is sort of person who has been given the authority to violate our rights in the name of security.
September 29, 2013
NSA Monitoring US Citizens' Social Media Information
All of that personal information you have been posting on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. was not just interesting to your friends, family, and business associates. The National Security Agency finds that personal information interesting as well.
The NSA has been tracking and storing your personal and business relationships, travel history, GPS locations, and probably everything else you have been posting on your social media accounts. If your friends know every detail of your life, so does the NSA. So, if that weird friend you have from high school has been loosely associated with some sort of a criminal or terrorist organization, you are probably in some database right now as a possible associate. Do you know every single thing all of your social media contacts are doing? The NSA does.
Read all about it in the New York Times article by James Risen and Laura Poitras.
"NSA Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens"
The NSA has been tracking and storing your personal and business relationships, travel history, GPS locations, and probably everything else you have been posting on your social media accounts. If your friends know every detail of your life, so does the NSA. So, if that weird friend you have from high school has been loosely associated with some sort of a criminal or terrorist organization, you are probably in some database right now as a possible associate. Do you know every single thing all of your social media contacts are doing? The NSA does.
Read all about it in the New York Times article by James Risen and Laura Poitras.
"NSA Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens"
September 13, 2013
TSA Officer Arrested for Aiding Illegal Aliens
TSA officer, David Alexander Díaz-Torres has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Orlando on suspicion he aided in the smuggling of illegal aliens from Brazil by allowing them to pass through TSA security.
So here we have a federal employee who has been given extensive powers to do extremely intrusive things such as fondle your children, force your grandmother out of her wheelchair, strip search your spouse, and grab your genitals just because he claims it is for your own safety. He is supposed to be protecting America's borders, but he is allegedly abusing his power to help sneak illegal aliens through security.
What if one of these illegal aliens was a terrorist? Can you imagine how sickening it would be to find out Americans were killed by someone who was sneaked into the country by the very people who have been granted tremendously broad powers to protect us?
Click here to read the press release.
So here we have a federal employee who has been given extensive powers to do extremely intrusive things such as fondle your children, force your grandmother out of her wheelchair, strip search your spouse, and grab your genitals just because he claims it is for your own safety. He is supposed to be protecting America's borders, but he is allegedly abusing his power to help sneak illegal aliens through security.
What if one of these illegal aliens was a terrorist? Can you imagine how sickening it would be to find out Americans were killed by someone who was sneaked into the country by the very people who have been granted tremendously broad powers to protect us?
Click here to read the press release.
August 9, 2013
Edward Snowden Is a National Hero
Barack Obama and many of the other big government statists are demonizing Edward Snowden and trying to convince the American people Snowden is a spy and/or a traitor. They are saying Edward Snowden is an enemy of America, because he put people's lives in danger by compromising secret illegal National Security Agency spying programs.
All Snowden did was tell the people of America the federal government was spying on the emails, phone calls, Internet activity, etc. of nearly every innocent person in America. How did this exposure place any lives in jeopardy? All this did was make people aware of what their government is doing to them and embarrass all of the control freaks in the federal government who ordered or support this wildly illegal domestic spying.
Here is the deal on Edward Snowden. We do not know much about him as a man and what his motives may have been. What we do know is that Snowden was aware of massive and egregious violations of civil rights that affect nearly every person in the country, and he put his whole life and career on the line to expose the truth. For that sacrifice and service alone, Edward Snowden is a national hero.
The biggest threat to the average American citizen is not China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, or even terrorism. Those are all real threats and things to worry about, but nothing threatens the daily lives, freedom, property, and physical safety of typical Americans more than out-of-control government.
Edward Snowden is a patriot who deserves to come back to America, be fully covered under whistleblower protection laws, and serve as an expert witness in a Congressional investigation into NSA abuses. The Stalinists who ordered these domestic spying operations should go to jail. Those leaders who knew about the spying and did nothing to stop it need to be thrown out of office. Most importantly, the President should be impeached for obscenely aggressive violations of the Fourth Amendment.
The United States government is spying on you. They even know you read this article. The only reason you know that they know is because Edward Snowden gave up everything for the benefit of his fellow Americans. Edward Snowden may have humiliated a lot of very powerful people, but those people brought it on themselves by trampling on the rights of Americans. Thanks to Snowden we know the truth now.
All Snowden did was tell the people of America the federal government was spying on the emails, phone calls, Internet activity, etc. of nearly every innocent person in America. How did this exposure place any lives in jeopardy? All this did was make people aware of what their government is doing to them and embarrass all of the control freaks in the federal government who ordered or support this wildly illegal domestic spying.
Here is the deal on Edward Snowden. We do not know much about him as a man and what his motives may have been. What we do know is that Snowden was aware of massive and egregious violations of civil rights that affect nearly every person in the country, and he put his whole life and career on the line to expose the truth. For that sacrifice and service alone, Edward Snowden is a national hero.
The biggest threat to the average American citizen is not China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, or even terrorism. Those are all real threats and things to worry about, but nothing threatens the daily lives, freedom, property, and physical safety of typical Americans more than out-of-control government.
Edward Snowden is a patriot who deserves to come back to America, be fully covered under whistleblower protection laws, and serve as an expert witness in a Congressional investigation into NSA abuses. The Stalinists who ordered these domestic spying operations should go to jail. Those leaders who knew about the spying and did nothing to stop it need to be thrown out of office. Most importantly, the President should be impeached for obscenely aggressive violations of the Fourth Amendment.
The United States government is spying on you. They even know you read this article. The only reason you know that they know is because Edward Snowden gave up everything for the benefit of his fellow Americans. Edward Snowden may have humiliated a lot of very powerful people, but those people brought it on themselves by trampling on the rights of Americans. Thanks to Snowden we know the truth now.
August 8, 2013
Oakwood Apartments Demands All Residents Give up Guns
If you ever needed proof the anti-Second Amendment people are unwise, here it is.
The Oakwood Apartments in Castle Rock, Colorado, under the Ross Management Group, has a new policy. After October 1, 2013, residents are not allowed to have firearms on the premises, including inside of their own apartments. Even current renters are not allowed to keep their firearms. Current renters must either dispose of their weapons or move. Those who do not comply with this gun ban face forcible eviction.
Now, the apartment complex is a business. As the owners of the property, they have a right to regulate what happens on their property. So, if the owners foolishly want to ban guns, that is their right to do so. That issue may not be that simple, however. This particular complex offers tax credit housing. If this business is being supported with tax-payer dollars, this creates a Constitutional issue. If tax dollars are supporting this complex, then the owners have no right to restrict the practice of Constitutional rights. (Note the President of Ross Management Group is Deborah Ross Weseloh. She is a Democratic Party donor.)
The idiocy behind this policy illustrates just how naive the whole gun control crowd is. Under this anti-gun policy, only the people who follow rules will obey it and dispose of their guns. So, only the people who follow the rules will be the ones without weapons. Since criminals do not follow rules, the criminals will still have guns, and they will have a huge advantage over the unarmed residents.
Look at this through the eyes of a criminal. If you were going to commit crimes, would you rather commit those crimes in a place where any resident might have a gun, or would you prefer to target a place where you know the residents are very likely to be unarmed. With this ridiculous ban on guns, the Oakwood Apartments has now made the complex an attractive target for criminals. Who would want to live in a place that criminals would see as an easy target? Maybe, to save everybody time, the residents of the Oakwood Apartments should just hand over their guns directly to the criminals who will be robbing them in the future.
If you have any concerns about the anti-gun policy of Oakwood Aprtments, contact them.
Oakwood Aprtments
559 Oakwood Drive
Castle Rock, CO 80104
Tel: (303) 688-5080
Fax: (303) 660-5409
Ross Management Group
4251 Kipling St, Suite 405
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Tel: (303) 860-7885
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UPDATE 8/8/13: The Oakwood Apartments gun ban has been thrown out. This is probably due to bad publicity. The important thing to remember is that they tried it.
The Douglas County Housing Partnership owns the Oakwood Apartments, which was purchased with federal funds and continues to be supported with tax dollars from an array of government sources. The Ross Management Group will not be allowed to impose the gun ban they wanted to implement.
The Oakwood Apartments in Castle Rock, Colorado, under the Ross Management Group, has a new policy. After October 1, 2013, residents are not allowed to have firearms on the premises, including inside of their own apartments. Even current renters are not allowed to keep their firearms. Current renters must either dispose of their weapons or move. Those who do not comply with this gun ban face forcible eviction.
Now, the apartment complex is a business. As the owners of the property, they have a right to regulate what happens on their property. So, if the owners foolishly want to ban guns, that is their right to do so. That issue may not be that simple, however. This particular complex offers tax credit housing. If this business is being supported with tax-payer dollars, this creates a Constitutional issue. If tax dollars are supporting this complex, then the owners have no right to restrict the practice of Constitutional rights. (Note the President of Ross Management Group is Deborah Ross Weseloh. She is a Democratic Party donor.)
The idiocy behind this policy illustrates just how naive the whole gun control crowd is. Under this anti-gun policy, only the people who follow rules will obey it and dispose of their guns. So, only the people who follow the rules will be the ones without weapons. Since criminals do not follow rules, the criminals will still have guns, and they will have a huge advantage over the unarmed residents.
Look at this through the eyes of a criminal. If you were going to commit crimes, would you rather commit those crimes in a place where any resident might have a gun, or would you prefer to target a place where you know the residents are very likely to be unarmed. With this ridiculous ban on guns, the Oakwood Apartments has now made the complex an attractive target for criminals. Who would want to live in a place that criminals would see as an easy target? Maybe, to save everybody time, the residents of the Oakwood Apartments should just hand over their guns directly to the criminals who will be robbing them in the future.
If you have any concerns about the anti-gun policy of Oakwood Aprtments, contact them.
Oakwood Aprtments
559 Oakwood Drive
Castle Rock, CO 80104
Tel: (303) 688-5080
Fax: (303) 660-5409
Ross Management Group
4251 Kipling St, Suite 405
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Tel: (303) 860-7885
-----------------------------------------------------------
UPDATE 8/8/13: The Oakwood Apartments gun ban has been thrown out. This is probably due to bad publicity. The important thing to remember is that they tried it.
The Douglas County Housing Partnership owns the Oakwood Apartments, which was purchased with federal funds and continues to be supported with tax dollars from an array of government sources. The Ross Management Group will not be allowed to impose the gun ban they wanted to implement.
August 5, 2013
Agencies Falsify Investigation Histories to Mask Unconstitutional Involvement in Prosecutions
All of this spying the federal government does sometimes leads to criminal investigations for things like drug violations. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and National Security Agency (NSA) are all spying on Americans, and these agencies share information. The domestic spying is bad enough, but there is something even more sinister going on. Investigators sometimes alter records of investigations to conceal how and why the investigations began. An investigating agency such as the DEA can recreate and investigation to account for evidence that may have been obtained unconstitutionally.
To learn more about how agencies like the DEA recreate investigations to conceal the actual histories of the investigations, read, the Reuters article about the Special Operation Division (SOD), "U.S. Directs Agents to Cover up Program Used to Investigate Americans," by John Shiffman and Kristina Cooke.
To learn more about how agencies like the DEA recreate investigations to conceal the actual histories of the investigations, read, the Reuters article about the Special Operation Division (SOD), "U.S. Directs Agents to Cover up Program Used to Investigate Americans," by John Shiffman and Kristina Cooke.
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