Now, don't act surprised, but the maintenance records for the TSA's full-body scanners show tremendously higher radiation levels than originally reported.
The TSA says the maintenance reports are wrong. That may be so, but what can we believe? Are the reports actually wrong, or is the TSA exposing the public to much higher levels of radiation than had been previously admitted? Should we trust the official maintenance documents, or the word of the TSA? If the maintenance reports are truly flawed, how can we trust any other documents the TSA provides?
Read the full USA Today article here.
"TSA to Retest Airport Body Scanners for Radiation"
March 12, 2011
March 2, 2011
TSA Misses Three Boxcutters at JFK Airport
The Transportation Security Administration has managed to publicly embarrass themselves yet again. The TSA let, New Jersey man, Eusebio D. Peraltalajara pass through security with boxcutters in his carryon luggage and board JetBlue Flight 837 to Santiago, Dominican Republic on February 26, 2011.
As Peraltalajara was stowing his bag, he accidentally discovered the boxcutters. To Peraltalajara's credit, he immediately notified the JetBlue staff. The plane was evacuated, the plane was searched, the passengers were re-screened, etc. Peraltalajara was not charged with any crime, and the incompetent TSA screeners are supposedly being disciplined and retrained.
Don't people remember that al-Qeada managed to pull off the most horrific act of terrorism in American history using several boxcutters? If the TSA is not capable of keeping boxcutters off of the planes, what good are they? This is not nearly the first such incident. TSA screeners are constantly failing tests where undercover agents attempt to sneak all sorts of contraband onto the planes. Fake bombs, guns, knives, etc. are making it onto the planes. The security failures are staggering.
The most irritating thing about all of this is that the TSA is so busy virtually gazing at our naked bodies with scanners and poking around in our crotches that they do not have enough time to actually look for any weapons in the luggage. So not only are we having our privacy and dignity violated by the TSA, they are doing very little to keep us safer.
As Peraltalajara was stowing his bag, he accidentally discovered the boxcutters. To Peraltalajara's credit, he immediately notified the JetBlue staff. The plane was evacuated, the plane was searched, the passengers were re-screened, etc. Peraltalajara was not charged with any crime, and the incompetent TSA screeners are supposedly being disciplined and retrained.
Don't people remember that al-Qeada managed to pull off the most horrific act of terrorism in American history using several boxcutters? If the TSA is not capable of keeping boxcutters off of the planes, what good are they? This is not nearly the first such incident. TSA screeners are constantly failing tests where undercover agents attempt to sneak all sorts of contraband onto the planes. Fake bombs, guns, knives, etc. are making it onto the planes. The security failures are staggering.
The most irritating thing about all of this is that the TSA is so busy virtually gazing at our naked bodies with scanners and poking around in our crotches that they do not have enough time to actually look for any weapons in the luggage. So not only are we having our privacy and dignity violated by the TSA, they are doing very little to keep us safer.
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