How can anyone defend Janet Napolitano and the TSA pat down mess? http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/04/15/tsa.screeners.complain/ Earlier this week, Janet Napolitano, head of the Department of Homeland Security, said the TSA had the authority to conduct an intrusive pat-down on a six year old girl. “Parts of the pat down, in another setting, clearly constituted the kind of inappropriate touching that, if done by anyone else, would have resulted in charges of child abuse and sexual assault. The pat down even caused the little girl to cry, her parents later said in televised interviews,” writes J. D. Heyes.
What's this got to do with partisanship? I would have thought that if there was anything we could all agree on, it's that the TSA sucks. barfo
If it's a Dem official in a Dem administration condoning sexually assaulting kids, it isn't a partisan issue. kthnx
The TSA sucked under Bush, and it has continued to suck under Obama. I don't see the partisan issue here. barfo
It's a 100% Republican operation. Bush/Cheney created the DHS, which runs the TSA and FEMA and the Secret Service and the Coast Guard and the INS, and in many ways the entire US military. The notion that Janet Napolitano is anything more than a puppet for the corporate interests running the DHS is naive. I am anxiously awaiting the day when the TSA fondle and grope routine is used to overthrow convictions of child molesters and sexual abusers nationwide. If it's legally acceptable, everyday common treatment of innocent citizens by our government, it's not going to stand up as a crime in appellate courts simply because the "offender" isn't a schmoe working for TSA.
I think the TSA is fine. they staff them with dumbshits though but this whole "they're invading my rights" is bullshit. i never have problems. its more the stupid ass infrequent travellers that piss me off.
60 vote super majority in the senate, big majority in the house, democratic president. They could have done whatever the fuck they wanted. Apparently, they want to see children groped in inappropriate manners.
I think the staffing is partially based by how much they pay. I mean, getting out of the military, it wasn't like I was wowed by any chance to work for the TSA and their McDonald's-esque salaries, even though I'm pretty decent at running an anti-terrorism/force protection program. Now, if it would've been similar to working at a defense contractor or nuclear plant, then maybe. It's an important job. But it's (a) saddled by political correctness and (b) staffed for the most part by people who aren't experts in the field. Not taking away from any TSA employee's particular level of effort or professionalism, but we're not nearly at the level as, say, France or Israel (or even Japan!) at this.
I hear TSA is looking into unionizing. If so, maybe they can get better training and learn how to NOT pat down a 6-year old girl. This is getting out of hand.
It's true. Reforming the TSA wasn't high on their priority list. You libertarians didn't do a damn thing about it either, though. Of course, you never do a damn thing about anything, so I suppose you want a pass on that basis? barfo
Libertarians in congress certainly voted against it, and the war resolutions, and increased spending, and ObamaCare (especially the death squads).
