TSA: Protecting The Skies Against Award-Winning Veterinarians
Hugh G. Willett writes at KnoxNews.com about yet another person, wrongly on the no fly list, who can't get off.
Instead, the TSA thuggos gave him a letter -- about a year after he first complained -- that he could present whenever he was questioned. No, never mind removing him. They're too busy groping your grandaughter's girlparts to make sure she doesn't have a detonator.
Dr. Patrick Stephen Hackett is a veterinarian -- not a terrorist.Try explaining that in the airport security line.
Hackett, a lifelong resident of the Knoxville-Oak Ridge area, was named Outstanding Practitioner of the Year in 1992 by the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association. He serves as president of the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley.
He's on the no-fly list.
Hackett has never been arrested and never traveled to the Middle East or other centers of terrorist activity, but he found out more than a decade ago he's on the federal watch list because he shares the same name as notorious Irish Republican Army terrorist Patrick Joseph Hackett, who was jailed in the 1970s for planting bombs in Britain.
The difference should be easy to spot. The terrorist is missing an arm and a leg -- blown off when a bomb exploded prematurely -- while the Knoxville veterinarian has all his limbs intact.
"I don't know how I got on the list, and I don't know how to get off the list," Hackett said.
Since learning he was on the list, Hackett has been denied boarding on planes and even spent time in a foreign jail. He says that's why he worries about the recent proposal by President Barack Obama to prevent those on the Transportation Security Administration's no-fly list from purchasing guns.
In 2012, the TSA also yanked an 18-month-old baby from a plane for being on the no fly list. Via RT:
Initial reports describe the suspect as having curly brown hair, around 33 inches in height and really into drinking milk from a bottle.
via @instapundit
Yeah, but the bottle had too much liquid in it. Could be a bomb.
Ben at December 19, 2015 6:43 AM
An impending assbomb.
Amy Alkon at December 19, 2015 7:07 AM
Here's a guy with resources and recognition who has tried for a decade to get off the secret no-fly list. Things that make you go "Hmmm."
My theory is - and I don't think I'm wrong - TSA gropers are the footsoldiers in the new Ministry for State Security that they had in East Germany. The behavior patterns are the same. Individually they may have started out as nice people. They gave that up for the money and so they could avoid the hard work of independence.
It's odd that a government founded to help secure the blessings of liberty has lost its way so badly. Overlawyered has a post on that this week.
Canvasback at December 19, 2015 7:20 AM
Litmus test is "Those that think our No-Fly list is fine are _________________."
Bob in Texas at December 19, 2015 7:26 AM
Probably liquid explosive that would detonate upon exiting the body.
I R A Darth Aggie at December 19, 2015 7:30 AM
Litmus test is "Those that think our No-Fly list is fine are _________________."
Not on the No Fly list?
Are OK with the government violating your civil rights for no good reason?
Want to keep you from exercising your Second Amendment rights?
I R A Darth Aggie at December 19, 2015 7:41 AM
And let's make sure that he can't ever buy a gun too!
There that will fight terrorism.
charles at December 19, 2015 9:09 AM
Are OK with the government violating your civil rights for no good reason?
Want to keep you from exercising your Second Amendment rights?
I think those questions just got you added to the No-Fly/Can't Buy a Gun list.
JFP at December 19, 2015 9:11 AM
Nah, that didn't get me on the list.
Exporting munitions? check.
Using encryption? check.
Using GNUPG? check.
You're from the ATF? I take it this isn't about the alcohol or tobacco?
I R A Darth Aggie at December 19, 2015 9:50 AM
Actually Amy when they are on the bottle the output is odorless. It does come in a variety of neon colors for some reason.
Ben at December 19, 2015 1:54 PM
And today I fly from an airport that had not one but two baggage handlers with top security clearance that turned out to be on the jihadist list! If you never hear from me again you'll know why.
Luckily it is Aer Lingus so hopefully the Irish are used to dealing with terrorists.
NicoleK at December 19, 2015 8:19 PM
Some of these TSA people are living proof that cousin marriage is a lousy idea.
I'd almost rather have my flight get blown up by some 75-IQ fanatic than have to deal with these people.
mpetrie98 at December 19, 2015 9:05 PM
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