Redstate: Airport Security as Parody
Redstate: Airport Security as Parody
Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)
Throughout the country the full body x-ray machines were turned off for travel the day before Thanksgiving and have largely been unused for several days.
Now, the TSA says there is no official policy, but it seems hard to believe it is sheer coincidence that on the busiest travel days of the year at the largest airports across the country the full body scanners were just . . . randomly?. . . turned off.
In fact, we can be certain the TSA did it to overcome what they feared would be an organized movement to take the full body pat down combined with the high volume of traffic in general.
With that being the case, why have the full body scanners and pat downs? If they aren't needed on the busiest travel days of the year - the days terrorists would target for maximum collateral damage - why have them at all?
Again, it is worth pointing out that every incident to which the TSA has responded by increasing the security theater have originated from airports overseas and not subject to the TSA's airport security theater.
One person posting a comment said
What a Surprise A P's "reporting" is completely opposite. No mention of any scanners being turned off anywhere. They even have interviews with people who were sent through the scanner(s). The lead paragraph state the "..big Opt-Out looked like a big bust". Gee, what a surprise that AP reporting would support the Administration.
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