Confusing control and security
by Richard W. Rahn
Washington Times
03/28/05
Suppose you were a sadist and really hated your fellow men -- what type of job would you try to get? Well, you might try to become head of airline security for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), where you could devise a system like the following. You would:
* Hire people who are wannabee drill instructors, to order passengers around as if they were new Marine Corps recruits.
* Demand passengers show their IDs up to four times before boarding, even though you know IDs are easily forged. ...
* Take away relatively harmless personal items, such as tweezers, hat pins, sewing scissors, etc., while leaving people with items that are much more lethal in trained hands.
* Harass small children, elderly women, infirm individuals and young attractive women by making them go through difficult body motions and inappropriate touching...
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050328-122031-5713r.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Washington Times
03/28/05
Suppose you were a sadist and really hated your fellow men -- what type of job would you try to get? Well, you might try to become head of airline security for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), where you could devise a system like the following. You would:
* Hire people who are wannabee drill instructors, to order passengers around as if they were new Marine Corps recruits.
* Demand passengers show their IDs up to four times before boarding, even though you know IDs are easily forged. ...
* Take away relatively harmless personal items, such as tweezers, hat pins, sewing scissors, etc., while leaving people with items that are much more lethal in trained hands.
* Harass small children, elderly women, infirm individuals and young attractive women by making them go through difficult body motions and inappropriate touching...
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050328-122031-5713r.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 29. Mär, 12:55
