TSA Admits The Stupidity Of Their Existence
Adan Salazar at Infowars published a government document in which the TSA admits there's no actual "threat-addressing" basis for the nude body scanners or invasive pat down procedures at airports:
The evidence was found in sealed court documents, available through the PACER.gov website, regarding engineer and blogger Jon Corbett's ongoing litigation over the constitutionality of the agency's loathsome security practices.In a redacted version of the appellant's brief, filed by Corbett on October 7 with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, several portions of the Summary of Facts section were blacked out, raising questions as to the nature of the censored information.
But in a sealed version of the same documents obtained through PACER.gov (and available here), the redacted sections appear with incriminating clarity.
Through Redactions, TSA Admits Terror Threats are Slim to Nonexistent
A section detailing how "The TSA Has Misled The Public As to the Likelihood of the Threat 'Addressed' By Nude Body Scanners and Pat Downs," includes a blacked out portion concerning the TSA's knowledge that "explosives on airplanes are extremely rare."
"For example, the TSA analyzed hijackings in 2007 and found 7 hijacking incidents across the globe, but none of them involved actual explosive devices," Corbett explains in the brief, adding that the last attempt to bring an explosive onboard an airplane through a U.S. airport occurred 35 years ago.
Another redacted section highlights the government's concession that, "due to hardened cockpit doors and the willingness of passengers to challenge hijackers," it would be difficult to have a repeat of 9/11.
And here's a key bit:
The TSA also had the following section completely censored:This begs the question, then, of what evidence the government possesses to rationalize that we should be so afraid of non-metallic explosives being brought aboard flights departing from the U.S. that we must sacrifice our civil liberties. The answer: there is none. "As of mid-2011, terrorist threat groups present in the Homeland are not known to be actively plotting against civil aviation targets or airports; instead, their focus is on fundraising, recruiting, and propagandizing."
And why is this posted at Infowars? Read Corbett's post, "Censored! Department of Justice Demands That I Stop Talking About Leaked TSA Document."
To play with that classic line: "We're from the government and we're here to show you what thugs we are."
Facebook won't let me post this on my page. Bastards.
Flynne at October 21, 2013 5:04 AM
Wow. Still? Why not?
Are you using my FB share?
Amy Alkon at October 21, 2013 6:15 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/10/21/tsa_admits_the.html#comment-3994454">comment from Amy AlkonWow. I can't post it, either.
Amy Alkon
at October 21, 2013 6:16 AM
I tried and ended up being blocked out when I simply referenced the blog/subject.
Bob in Texas at October 21, 2013 6:22 AM
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http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/10/21/tsa_admits_the.html#comment-3994497">comment from Bob in TexasThis is sick. This either has to do with this post or with the fact that I defended Bora Zivkovic and somebody reported me for it.
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/10/17/if_theres_anyth.html
Amy Alkon
at October 21, 2013 6:28 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/10/21/tsa_admits_the.html#comment-3994529">comment from Amy AlkonActually, not me/my site. Got this tweet back from Doug McInytre at KABC:
Amy Alkon
at October 21, 2013 6:39 AM
Facebook is actually acting like a little bitch today in general. Eh.. free technology. Whatareyagonnado?
Sabrina at October 21, 2013 6:42 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/10/21/tsa_admits_the.html#comment-3994691">comment from SabrinaWas able to post this now.
Amy Alkon
at October 21, 2013 7:27 AM
I think it's my page, too, I'll try again later. People really need to see this.
Flynne at October 21, 2013 8:17 AM
Okay I was able to post this just now. There was a WSJ article about FaceBook being a bitch today, so it wasn't just me (or you. or anybody else). It was all of us!
Flynne at October 21, 2013 8:50 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/10/21/tsa_admits_the.html#comment-3995038">comment from FlynneThanks so much for posting this. Very important that people understand this.
Amy Alkon
at October 21, 2013 9:05 AM
What have I been posting for several years?
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The TSA was not needed one hour and one minute after Tower II was hit!
The paradigm, the norm, the expected, what everyone was taught to do was to sit down, shut up and wait for the plane to land and the negotiations happen. That was the model from before Entebbe and afterward.
The passengers on board did not really know what was about to happen on September 11, 2001 at 8:46:30 when Flight 11 struck Tower I.
Even the passengers on Flight 175 probably didn't realize what was about to happen when they struck Tower II at 9:03:02.
The Pentagon crash of Flight 77 at 9:37:46 may have been still a matter of ignorance.
At 10:03:11 on September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed after the brave souls counter-attacked and caused the hijackers to crash the plane.
The time difference is 60 minutes and 9 seconds from Tower II being struck to the crash of Flight 93. The shoe bomber and panty bomber were taken down by fellow passengers as well. Recently, JetBlue's Flight 191 pilot was taken down by the passengers once he was out of the cockpit. Additionally how many times have you heard of passengers' concerns and diverted flights?
The TSA is and has always been a joke, no make that a total stupidity, that has wasted our country's fortune going down a rabbit hole.
If you don't believe me look at the 9/11 timeline.
There will never be another 9/11 style attack unless the attackers can arrange planes full of geriatrics, and even then it would be doubtful.
Oh, and someone brought bombs being an issue. If bombs were effective and simple then the Lockerbie bombing would have been repeated multiple times between 21 December 1988 and 11 September 2001. That's 4647 days or 13 years. Where was the TSA in that time? There was one successful bombing that was done in Colombia and two unsuccessful attempts in that time. The bombing in Colombia was a drug dealer assassination and not a terrorist attack.
Basically the normal was used in an abnormal way. Once it was realized it was countered.
If I'm getting this wrong, please let me know.=================================================
Jim P. at October 21, 2013 7:26 PM
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