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"
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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.
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 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.
July 11, 2013
How to File a Claim Against the TSA for Damaged or Stolen Property
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| Cardboard Box After TSA Baggage Inspection This box was inspected by the TSA. The TSA sliced open the box at a bottom corner and then, using white TSA tape, improperly taped the incisions, leaving the box partially open and structurally weakened during transit. |
In the likely event the TSA has damaged or stolen your property, and you want to file a claim against them, you can download the form and find instructions here: TSA Claim Instructions and Form.
You will be stunned to see the form is a whopping four pages. Seriously, how many pages does it take to explain some TSA moron broke the zipper on your suitcase or stole the perfume you bought on your trip as a gift for your mother? Here's the deal. The TSA does not just want to know what you lost, they want to know everything.
The TSA wants to know a lot about you. They want to know your marital status. They want your birth date. They want employment information. They want your insurance information.
The TSA also wants to know about your travel and property. They want receipts. They want repair estimates. They want baggage claim numbers. They want flight numbers. They want complete flight itineraries. They want witnesses.
Even more ridiculous, the TSA expects you to know what happened to your luggage while it was out of your sight. They want to know when the offense occurred. They want to know where it occurred. How are you supposed to know the time and location of where your checked baggage was violated? You check your bags at your departure airport, and you do not see them again until you reach your destination. That means your luggage has gone through at least two airports. If you get routed through multiple airports, you might have a few possible locations and times spread over thousands of miles and several hours. You might assume your baggage got violated at your departure airport, but you have no way of knowing that for sure.
It is painfully clear the TSA has designed the claim process to be so cumbersome, very few people will bother to submit a claim. People who travel by air do not have time to spend hours filling out forms, tracking down documents, making copies, etc. just to have a chance at getting a small check at some undetermined point in the future. The TSA has made the process ridiculous because they do not want claims made against them. The claims make them look bad, cost money, take time, and provide fuel for critics of the TSA.
If you, however, have the time to file a claim against the TSA, go ahead. You may not get results, but, at the very least, you can generate a paper trail that can be used to embarrass the TSA and bog them down with paperwork. It is difficult to embarrass a shameless entity, and bureaucrats love paperwork, but maybe filing a claim will help you feel better. At least you will know somewhere there is one more document to prove the TSA has little respect for the personal property of innocent people. On the bright side, these claims do add up. Somewhere there will be a report documenting how many claims were made against the TSA and how many were resolved. Your claim could be that one that pushes the total up to a level someone in power will consider unacceptable.
You should not just stop with filing a claim with the TSA. You can cause a little more noise by getting some attention from the Congressional Oversight Committee. A simple little letter, fax or email containing a brief account of how the TSA damaged or stole your property will be sufficient.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security.
You can reach him at
Rep. Jason Chaffetz
2464 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-7751
In the unlikely event, you happen to live in his Utah district, you may be able to send an email to him through his Web site.
So, if you want to file a claim against the TSA for damaged or stolen property there is no easy way, but it is important that you do not sit by and do nothing. If the TSA has broken or stolen your stuff, you may just be one victim in a class of many thousands of people, but you and your property do matter. Make sure to do something. File a claim, contact your Representative, contact your Senators, contact officials in charge, post stories and photos online, etc. Just do something to make sure the TSA's abuse of your property does not go by unmentioned. If enough individuals make enough noise, things will change.
July 10, 2013
TSA Baggage Inspection Notices Should Be Stamped with Name, Date, Time, and Location
Due to the extensive problems the TSA has had with its employees damaging property and stealing from passengers' luggage, the TSA should take a simple step to single out the worst TSA employees and discourage property damage and theft. All the TSA needs to do is eliminate anonymous inspections by making it mandatory that every baggage inspection notice that goes into an inspected bag gets stamped with the name (or employee number) of the TSA employee who conducted the search and the time, date, and location of that search. Each failure to include a stamped baggage inspection notice would result in a reprimand.
Under this simple system, the TSA could easily identify TSA employees who are stealing the most or causing the most damage. Why has the TSA not already implemented this amazingly simple solution? (Hint, there are at least five good answers to this question.)
Under this simple system, the TSA could easily identify TSA employees who are stealing the most or causing the most damage. Why has the TSA not already implemented this amazingly simple solution? (Hint, there are at least five good answers to this question.)
July 6, 2013
TSA Cutting off TSA Approved Luggage Locks Instead of Using Pass Keys
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| Brinks TSA Approved Travel Sentry Lock Cut by TSA This TSA accepted Travel Sentry lock was cut by TSA rather than opening the lock with a TSA pass key. |
To solve this issue, the lock industry developed a broad selection of TSA accepted luggage locks. These Travel Sentry locks bear the standard red and white diamond logo to indicate the lock is TSA accepted. These locks also include a pass key feature that allows TSA employees to unlock a bag for inspection and then re-lock the bag once the inspection is complete.
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| Red and White Diamond Travel Sentry Logo on TSA Approved Lock This Brinks TSA accepted lock prominently displays the industry established red and white diamond Travel Sentry logo on the front and back of the lock. The Travel Sentry logo indicates the lock can be opened with a standard TSA pass key. This lock was cut by the TSA and placed inside the inspected luggage along with a TSA baggage inspection notice. |
The system makes sense, and it should work fairly well. This does not seem to be the case, however. A simple Internet search reveals there is currently a massive problem with the TSA cutting off TSA approved luggage locks.
Why would the TSA do this? Why would they cut off luggage locks they could easily open with a standard TSA pass key?
The answer is simple. TSA employees are generally lazy, stupid, apathetic, and/or unaccountable. Think about it. Which is easier for a lazy TSA baggage screener: getting out the TSA pass key, opening a lock, taking it off, putting it aside, and then re-locking the bag after inspection or simply snipping off a little luggage lock in a couple of seconds? Why should the TSA baggage screener care? He does not have to face you. He does not have to worry about the contents of your now unsecured luggage. He does not have to buy a new luggage lock. If someone chooses to slip a package of illegal drugs into your unlocked luggage to get it through security, the TSA screener does not get arrested. Those are all your problems.
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| Keyhole for TSA Pass Key (Code TSA007) on Brinks TSA Approved Travel Sentry Lock Travel Sentry locks provide dedicated keyholes to accept TSA pass keys. Code TSA007 is the reference code for the TSA. The TSA decided to cut this particular lock rather than use the provided TSA access keyhole. |
So, if you are traveling and you see the value in locking your bags, what are your options?
1) You can spend the extra money for a TSA accepted Travel Sentry lock and hope the lazy apathetic morons at the TSA choose to use the pass key when they want to play around in your suitcase full of socks and underwear.
2) You can buy cheap luggage locks and just absorb the loss when the TSA cuts them.
3) You can use zip ties to secure your bags and bring along fingernail clippers to cut the ties if the TSA has not already cut them for you. (You will just have to hope the TSA does not steal or confiscate the fingernail clippers.)
As you can see, there really are no good options. The TSA's disregard for the personal property of innocent people has added a new aggravation to the nightmare that commercial air travel has become. So, lock up those bags and hope things work out.
When things go wrong, you can file a claim for damaged property with the TSA, but that is probably going to cause a lot of frustration, waste time, and get no results. The best solution is probably to make a bunch of noise, post photos and stories online, etc. until you feel better. We have seen the TSA does at least care a tiny bit about bad public relations. You might also want to complain to your Congressman. Sure, your Congressman is not going to care about one TSA approved luggage lock getting cut. If, however, your Congressman gets dozens of complaints each week, maybe someone with influence will pay attention and address the problem.
The real problem here is the TSA. If we, as travelers, take the time and effort to invest in special expensive locks the TSA can easily open, the TSA should have the decency to make travel tolerable for us by taking a little extra effort to use the provided pass keys. If the TSA had any shred of respect or concern for the people it is supposed to protect, this luggage lock issue would not be much of a problem.
March 11, 2013
TSA Insider Says TSA Not Keeping You Much Safer
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| TSA Agent Sleeping |
The New York Post is running a story about a former TSA screener's revelations that TSA screening is basically a big joke and the agency is filled with incompetence, apathy, waste, etc. This article confirms just about everything many have assumed about the TSA for years.
"Former Newark Airport TSA Screener Says the Job Does Little to Keep Fliers Safe"
October 27, 2011
TSA Freak Wants Jill Filipovic to Get Her Freak On
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| "GET YOUR FREAK ON GIRL" Note Left by TSA Photo: Jill Filipovic |
Jill Filipovic of New York got a surprise in her luggage after passing thorough Newark's Liberty International Airport. While unpacking, she found a handwritten note on an official TSA notice reading, "GET YOUR FREAK ON GIRL." This note was presumably left in her suitcase by a TSA employee who was rummaging through her luggage and found a sex toy.
The TSA apologized to Jill Filipovic and claims they have removed--but not fired--the employee who left the inappropriate note. When the TSA employees are busy playing with people's extremely personal items and leaving flirty handwritten notes, what sort of dangerous things could they be missing during these periods of distraction?
October 18, 2011
Another TSA Agent Accepts Bribes from Drug Trafficker
Los Angles Transportation Security Administration agent, Dianna Perez has been charged with accepting bribes from a drug trafficker, Millage Peaks, Jr. Millage Peaks, Jr. allegedly paid $500 to Dianna Perez for each suitcase of illegal drugs she helped clear through TSA security.
Millage Peaks, Jr. was caught, headed from Los Angeles to Boston when baggage handlers noticed his suitcase smelled of marijuana. This was probably the tenth time Dianna Perez had helped Millage Peaks, Jr. get a suitcase through TSA security.
On the surface this may seem just like a harmless case of drug trafficking, but this is far more serious. What if there had been a bomb hidden in anyone of those ten suitcases and Dianna Perez had sneaked it through security thinking it was just full of drugs? Anyone should be able to see the potential danger. These corrupt TSA agents are a serious threat to the security of air traffic. What sort of degenerates is the TSA hiring anyway?
Millage Peaks, Jr. was caught, headed from Los Angeles to Boston when baggage handlers noticed his suitcase smelled of marijuana. This was probably the tenth time Dianna Perez had helped Millage Peaks, Jr. get a suitcase through TSA security.
On the surface this may seem just like a harmless case of drug trafficking, but this is far more serious. What if there had been a bomb hidden in anyone of those ten suitcases and Dianna Perez had sneaked it through security thinking it was just full of drugs? Anyone should be able to see the potential danger. These corrupt TSA agents are a serious threat to the security of air traffic. What sort of degenerates is the TSA hiring anyway?
October 11, 2011
TSA Officer Charged with Child Pornography
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| Michael Scott Wilson Image: Baltimore County Police Department |
The Transportation Security Administration has done it again. This time, 41-year-old TSA officer, Michael Scott Wilson of Redwing Drive in Perry Hall, Maryland was arrested on September 27, 2011 with possession and distribution of child pornography.
Just remember, the next time the TSA agent has his hands all over your child, he may be having the time of his life. If a guy likes looking at child porn, he probably gets a real charge out of feeling up an actual child while his parents stand by and watch helplessly. These child molesters are sick, and they love, power, submission, and access.
Michael Wilson may not be a representation of all TSA agents, but there certainly must be more like him in the TSA who have not yet been caught. This is exactly why people normally do not let strangers come up and paw their children. Some strangers are good, and some strangers terrible. Since parents cannot always tell who is good and bad, parents usually just do not let any strangers touch their children. Oddly, one of the very few places were strangers get to grope children with impunity is the TSA.
September 22, 2011
TSA Manager Stabs TSA Worker to Death
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If you needed more proof the Transportation Security Administration is filled with a bunch of psychotic reprobates, here it is. Ruben Orlando Benitez the Assistant Federal Security Director for Screening for the TSA in Mississippi has been arrested on suspicion he stabbed to death, another TSA employee, Stacey Wright in her D’Iberville, Mississippi apartment.
This is the sort of guy who manages the miscreants who are supposed to be protecting you from homicidal maniacs. Maybe the TSA figures it takes one to know one. Nobody, therefore, can protect innocent travelers from violent crazy people better than other violent crazy people with badges.
September 21, 2011
TSA Allows Crazed Man with Knife on Plane
On September 18, 2011, on a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas, David Alan Anderson got into a confrontation with a neighboring passenger over an arm rest. Anderson quickly became aggressive and threatened to slit the passenger's throat.
The crew noticed Anderson reaching into his bag several times, appearing to be holding something in his hand.
The Salt Lake police were called. They conducted a voluntary search of Anderson's bag and found a knife with a 3 1/2" blade. Anderson was arrested. Anderson went on to verbally threaten police and FBI agents.
The passenger who was in the confrontation with David Anderson could have been killed, and it would have been the TSA's fault. One of the TSA's primary responsibilities is to keep weapons off of planes. Why can't the TSA manage to do that?
The crew noticed Anderson reaching into his bag several times, appearing to be holding something in his hand.
The Salt Lake police were called. They conducted a voluntary search of Anderson's bag and found a knife with a 3 1/2" blade. Anderson was arrested. Anderson went on to verbally threaten police and FBI agents.
The passenger who was in the confrontation with David Anderson could have been killed, and it would have been the TSA's fault. One of the TSA's primary responsibilities is to keep weapons off of planes. Why can't the TSA manage to do that?
If Your Hair Is Nappy, the TSA Is Not Happy
When commenting on various hairstyles popular in the Black community, comedian, Paul Mooney joked, "If your hair is relaxed, White people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they aren't happy."
That sentiment seems to be no joking matter at the Transportation Security Administration. In July of 2011, Laura Adiele had her "poofy" hair molested by the TSA. Most recently, Isis Brantley of Dallas was at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on September 19, 2011. She made it through a TSA checkpoint only to be stopped again to have her afro searched. Apparently, the TSA was concerned Isis Brantley's hair might contain explosives. The intrusive search left Brantley feeling humiliated and outraged.
We can all rest easy, because the threat of Isis Brantley's exploding afro has been eliminated. It turns out Isis Brantley was not a terrorist and did not hide any explosives in her hair. She is a hairstylist, who proudly wears her hair natural.
The TSA simply has to find a better way to handle situations like this. There is an abundance of technology that can be used to detect explosives. It is completely unnecessary for the TSA to be poking around in people's hair. The TSA does stuff like this because they can, and they want to show you they are in charge. Think about it this way, when a unifromed federal officer is rummaging around in your hair, is there any question about who is in control?
That sentiment seems to be no joking matter at the Transportation Security Administration. In July of 2011, Laura Adiele had her "poofy" hair molested by the TSA. Most recently, Isis Brantley of Dallas was at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on September 19, 2011. She made it through a TSA checkpoint only to be stopped again to have her afro searched. Apparently, the TSA was concerned Isis Brantley's hair might contain explosives. The intrusive search left Brantley feeling humiliated and outraged.
We can all rest easy, because the threat of Isis Brantley's exploding afro has been eliminated. It turns out Isis Brantley was not a terrorist and did not hide any explosives in her hair. She is a hairstylist, who proudly wears her hair natural.
The TSA simply has to find a better way to handle situations like this. There is an abundance of technology that can be used to detect explosives. It is completely unnecessary for the TSA to be poking around in people's hair. The TSA does stuff like this because they can, and they want to show you they are in charge. Think about it this way, when a unifromed federal officer is rummaging around in your hair, is there any question about who is in control?
September 16, 2011
Pat-Downs to Be Enhanced at NFL Games
One of the worst effects of the Transportation Security Administration's practice of pat-downs is that it has conditioned innocent people to easily and willingly surrender their dignity and privacy to authority figures--even in the private sector. The private-sector invasions of personal space have become most severe at sporting events.
If you have been attending sporting events during the last few years, you may have noticed a gradual increase in the aggression from the security guards and their increasingly intrusive pat-downs. Now, the NFL is recommending all game attendees be patted-down from the ankles to the knees and the waist up. Now, if you attend a lot of games, you have probably already had more intrusive pat-downs than that. You have probably had a security guard's hands way up near your crotch. Procedures must vary from stadium to stadium or perhaps some security guards are more frisky than others.
What is bad about the NFL pushing more aggressive pat-downs is that this measure will eventually lead to future requirements that could be even more intrusive. It would not be surprising to see aggressive acts of molestation happening at sporting events in a couple of years. We're talking a stranger's hand way up in your crotch and all over your genitals just half an hour before you are in the stadium singing the National Anthem. (How ironic is that?)
What is happening here is our rights are eroding. Or sense of dignity is vanishing. Sadly, the NFL has every right to conduct whatever searches they want. They are a business, and the fans are customers. If fans do not want to be molested, they do not have to go to games.
The football fans should rebel against these insulting pat-downs and boycott the games. If people stopped paying to see the games until the pat-downs stopped, the NFL would end the pat-downs immediately.
The problem is, the football fans are not going to stand up for their dignity. For a decade, they have been conditioned to surrender their pride and privacy by the TSA's intrusive searches. Since becoming felt-up by uniformed strangers is now commonplace in America, people have little trouble bowing to the NFL and allowing their bodies to be violated.
This NFL pat-down move should be a lesson to all. If you surrender your freedoms in one place, you will eventually lose them elsewhere until, someday, you find you have no more freedoms left to lose.
If you have been attending sporting events during the last few years, you may have noticed a gradual increase in the aggression from the security guards and their increasingly intrusive pat-downs. Now, the NFL is recommending all game attendees be patted-down from the ankles to the knees and the waist up. Now, if you attend a lot of games, you have probably already had more intrusive pat-downs than that. You have probably had a security guard's hands way up near your crotch. Procedures must vary from stadium to stadium or perhaps some security guards are more frisky than others.
What is bad about the NFL pushing more aggressive pat-downs is that this measure will eventually lead to future requirements that could be even more intrusive. It would not be surprising to see aggressive acts of molestation happening at sporting events in a couple of years. We're talking a stranger's hand way up in your crotch and all over your genitals just half an hour before you are in the stadium singing the National Anthem. (How ironic is that?)
What is happening here is our rights are eroding. Or sense of dignity is vanishing. Sadly, the NFL has every right to conduct whatever searches they want. They are a business, and the fans are customers. If fans do not want to be molested, they do not have to go to games.
The football fans should rebel against these insulting pat-downs and boycott the games. If people stopped paying to see the games until the pat-downs stopped, the NFL would end the pat-downs immediately.
The problem is, the football fans are not going to stand up for their dignity. For a decade, they have been conditioned to surrender their pride and privacy by the TSA's intrusive searches. Since becoming felt-up by uniformed strangers is now commonplace in America, people have little trouble bowing to the NFL and allowing their bodies to be violated.
This NFL pat-down move should be a lesson to all. If you surrender your freedoms in one place, you will eventually lose them elsewhere until, someday, you find you have no more freedoms left to lose.
September 13, 2011
TSA Officers Took Bribes from Drug Trafficker
The fine men and women of the Transportation Security Administration should be protecting air travelers, but they are too busy committing all sorts illegal acts. The latest exposure of criminal activity at the TSA centers around a drug smuggling.
A drug trafficker was routinely transporting large amounts of black-market oxycodone and cash back and forth between Florida and the northeastern United States. To make sure things went smoothly, the trafficker bribed TSA officers Christopher Allen of Palm Beach Gardens, FL; John Best of Port St. Lucie, FL; and Brigitte Jones of The Bronx, NY to let him through security with drugs and large amounts of cash. The trafficker also had, Florida State Trooper, Justin Kolves and NYPD officer, Michael Brady, on the payroll. So far, at least twenty people have been arrested for involvement with the drug ring as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's “Operation Blue Coast.”
If TSA agents will take bribes to let drugs through security, what else will they let through if properly bribed? For those who argue TSA agents might accept bribes to let drugs through but they would never take bribes to allow explosives through, consider this. What if a terrorist posed as a drug trafficker, gave bribes to TSA workers to let a suitcase full of drugs on a plane, and it turned out he had hidden a bomb in that suitcase?
A drug trafficker was routinely transporting large amounts of black-market oxycodone and cash back and forth between Florida and the northeastern United States. To make sure things went smoothly, the trafficker bribed TSA officers Christopher Allen of Palm Beach Gardens, FL; John Best of Port St. Lucie, FL; and Brigitte Jones of The Bronx, NY to let him through security with drugs and large amounts of cash. The trafficker also had, Florida State Trooper, Justin Kolves and NYPD officer, Michael Brady, on the payroll. So far, at least twenty people have been arrested for involvement with the drug ring as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's “Operation Blue Coast.”
If TSA agents will take bribes to let drugs through security, what else will they let through if properly bribed? For those who argue TSA agents might accept bribes to let drugs through but they would never take bribes to allow explosives through, consider this. What if a terrorist posed as a drug trafficker, gave bribes to TSA workers to let a suitcase full of drugs on a plane, and it turned out he had hidden a bomb in that suitcase?
September 12, 2011
TSA Gets D- from Its Creator
In a HUMAN EVENTS interview, Chairman of the House Transportation Committee and creator of the Transportation Security Administration, Rep. John Mica (R - FL), blasts the is the TSA for corruption, poor performance, unforgivable security breaches, wasteful spending, and a host of other problems. Mica gives the TSA a grade of D- and recommends the TSA be dismantled and privatized.
Click below to read the Audrey Hudson's article.
"TSA Creator Says Dismantle, Privatize the Agency"
Click below to read the Audrey Hudson's article.
"TSA Creator Says Dismantle, Privatize the Agency"
September 7, 2011
TSA Agent, Thedala Magee Threatens to Sue Passenger over Rape Accusation
Airline passenger, Amy Alkon is accusing, Transportation Security Administration Agent, Thedala Magee of what amounts to sexual assault. On March 31, 2011, Amy Alkon was passing through security at LAX in Los Angeles and wound up getting the dreaded pat-down. During the pat-down, Amy Alkon claims Thedala Magee pressed the side of her hand into Alkon's vagina, between her labia, four times. During and after the pat-down, Amy Alkon made quite a scene by crying and then accusing the TSA agent of rape.
Now, rape is a very serious word, but pressing ones hand into a vagina, even through clothing, is a very serious act. The act of pressing a hand between labia through clothing may not exactly qualify as rape under many legal definitions, but it certainly is a hostile violation of one's personal space and would absolutely be considered a crime in just about any situation. For some reason, TSA workers are allowed to commit these sexual offenses on innocent people without probable cause. They get to do it, and they do it with impunity.
Of course, people are now attacking Amy Alkon and questioning her truthfulness, but is that really fair? If Alkon's story is true, this poor woman was sexually assaulted by a government worker. It does not really matter if the sexual assault is legally sanctioned by the federal government or not. If unwanted sexual contact takes place, it is sexual assault. How can we, in good conscience, doubt Amy Alkon's story? When a person claims to have been sexually assaulted, do we not owe it to the victim to offer the benefit of the doubt?
Sure, Alkon could be exaggerating a story for publicity. It is a sensational story. Her story, however, has a lot of credibility. TSA workers are constantly jamming their hands into people's crotches and poking around in there. Is it really crazy to think Alkon's vagina may have been violated in some way during this interaction? Thedala Magee certainly had access to Alkon's vagina and had the opportunity to push her hand between Alkon's labia if she wanted to do so. Should we not assume Alkon to be the ultimate authority on whether or not her vagina was compromised?
Well, Amy Alkon decided to fight back against the TSA agent using her right to free of speech. She recounted her alleged assault on the Internet in a post titled "Don't Give the TSA an Easy Time of Violating Your Rights." She even identified the accused by name: Thedala Magee.
Thedala Magee did not like her name being published on the Internet by the alleged victim. Magee has hired attorney, Vicki Roberts, and she is now threatening to sue Alkon for defamation. She has even offered to settle out-of-court for $500,000. Is that not just adorable? A woman claims sexual assault, and even though there is likely to be a full-color video of the accused with her hand in the victim's crotch, the accused has the nerve to threaten a lawsuit and offer to make it go away for some quick cash.
Thedala Magee was probably informed by the TSA she has every right to sexually violate people, and Magee probably thought she would never have to answer for her actions. These TSA buffoons, put on their uniforms, and they feel they can go to work and do whatever they wish to people because they are acting under the authority of the government. Some people just believe that, if the government does it, it cannot be wrong. Even worse, some people think, "I was just following orders," is a completely adequate excuse for all sorts of terrible behavior.
Well, fortunately, we have the Internet for things like this. Thedala Magee may be able to force Amy Alkon to remove her accusations from the her Web site. Magee may even be able to squeeze some money out of Alkon, but one thing Thedala Magee will never be able to do is escape the shame that is going to be associated with her name all over the Internet from now on. And, you know what? Magee deserves to be shamed.
These TSA workers may just be going around following orders, but they volunteered for the job, and they are getting paid to routinely terrorize innocent people who simply want to get on a plane and go somewhere. Yes, the federal government is instructing them to violate people, but these TSA workers do not have to take these jobs. If they choose to be willing participants in an ongoing assault on the civil liberties of innocent people, then these TSA workers deserve whatever shame comes their way, even if that means they get publicly exposed by name as the sex offenders they are.
If there were more gutsy people like Amy Alkon who would have the courage to stand up to these sanctioned sexual assaults, fewer people would want to become TSA agents and those who continue to do the job might be more likely to be a little more respectful of people's privacy, rights, and human dignity. We should sympathize with Amy Alkon in her pain and applaud her for her bravery.
Now, rape is a very serious word, but pressing ones hand into a vagina, even through clothing, is a very serious act. The act of pressing a hand between labia through clothing may not exactly qualify as rape under many legal definitions, but it certainly is a hostile violation of one's personal space and would absolutely be considered a crime in just about any situation. For some reason, TSA workers are allowed to commit these sexual offenses on innocent people without probable cause. They get to do it, and they do it with impunity.
Of course, people are now attacking Amy Alkon and questioning her truthfulness, but is that really fair? If Alkon's story is true, this poor woman was sexually assaulted by a government worker. It does not really matter if the sexual assault is legally sanctioned by the federal government or not. If unwanted sexual contact takes place, it is sexual assault. How can we, in good conscience, doubt Amy Alkon's story? When a person claims to have been sexually assaulted, do we not owe it to the victim to offer the benefit of the doubt?
Sure, Alkon could be exaggerating a story for publicity. It is a sensational story. Her story, however, has a lot of credibility. TSA workers are constantly jamming their hands into people's crotches and poking around in there. Is it really crazy to think Alkon's vagina may have been violated in some way during this interaction? Thedala Magee certainly had access to Alkon's vagina and had the opportunity to push her hand between Alkon's labia if she wanted to do so. Should we not assume Alkon to be the ultimate authority on whether or not her vagina was compromised?
Well, Amy Alkon decided to fight back against the TSA agent using her right to free of speech. She recounted her alleged assault on the Internet in a post titled "Don't Give the TSA an Easy Time of Violating Your Rights." She even identified the accused by name: Thedala Magee.
Thedala Magee did not like her name being published on the Internet by the alleged victim. Magee has hired attorney, Vicki Roberts, and she is now threatening to sue Alkon for defamation. She has even offered to settle out-of-court for $500,000. Is that not just adorable? A woman claims sexual assault, and even though there is likely to be a full-color video of the accused with her hand in the victim's crotch, the accused has the nerve to threaten a lawsuit and offer to make it go away for some quick cash.
Thedala Magee was probably informed by the TSA she has every right to sexually violate people, and Magee probably thought she would never have to answer for her actions. These TSA buffoons, put on their uniforms, and they feel they can go to work and do whatever they wish to people because they are acting under the authority of the government. Some people just believe that, if the government does it, it cannot be wrong. Even worse, some people think, "I was just following orders," is a completely adequate excuse for all sorts of terrible behavior.
Well, fortunately, we have the Internet for things like this. Thedala Magee may be able to force Amy Alkon to remove her accusations from the her Web site. Magee may even be able to squeeze some money out of Alkon, but one thing Thedala Magee will never be able to do is escape the shame that is going to be associated with her name all over the Internet from now on. And, you know what? Magee deserves to be shamed.
These TSA workers may just be going around following orders, but they volunteered for the job, and they are getting paid to routinely terrorize innocent people who simply want to get on a plane and go somewhere. Yes, the federal government is instructing them to violate people, but these TSA workers do not have to take these jobs. If they choose to be willing participants in an ongoing assault on the civil liberties of innocent people, then these TSA workers deserve whatever shame comes their way, even if that means they get publicly exposed by name as the sex offenders they are.
If there were more gutsy people like Amy Alkon who would have the courage to stand up to these sanctioned sexual assaults, fewer people would want to become TSA agents and those who continue to do the job might be more likely to be a little more respectful of people's privacy, rights, and human dignity. We should sympathize with Amy Alkon in her pain and applaud her for her bravery.
August 27, 2011
TSA Employee Arrested for Off-Duty Child Molestation
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| David Ralph Anderson Photo: Elko County Sheriff’s Office |
Given the Transportation Security Administration provides hands-on dream careers for child molesters who wish to go pro, it should not be surprising a TSA worker has been arrested on suspicions of multiple acts of off-duty lewdness with a girl younger than fourteen.
The precise age of the alleged victim is not yet known, but David Ralph Anderson of Spring Creek, Nevada has been accused of teaching sexual acts to a girl, touching her genitals, having her touch his genitals, rubbing lotion on her, touching her chest, giving her alcohol, showing her pornographic movies, etc. At the time of the arrest, David Anderson was working for the TSA at the Elko Area Regional Airport in Elko, Nevada.
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