more on YES YES TSA may loosen carry-on, shoe-removal, other rules

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

yup

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From: jean_camp <jean_camp () harvard edu>
Date: August 14, 2005 10:27:24 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Ip Ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] YES YES TSA may loosen carry-on, shoe-removal,  
other rules


Hmmm. So almost everyone at a national laboratory will be free from  
screening.

It is good to know that a top secret clearance makes one magically  
immune from identity theft. And I am sure every screener in American  
can identify every member of the Senate, the House, and every  
researcher at the labs by face.

This simply illustrates that screening is about "security as a  
feeling", it is about teaching people to shut up and stand quietly in  
line. Any actual security outcome is orthogonal.

regards,
Jean

On Aug 13, 2005, at 10:02 AM, David Farber wrote:



> I for one  would boo or make other derogatory comments as the  
> pseudo-elites walk past me at airport security lines. The NOBLES of  
> the US  BAH!!! djf
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw () gmail com>
> Date: August 13, 2005 8:42:30 AM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] TSA may loosen carry-on, shoe-removal, other rules
>
>
> Airline pilots but not cabin crew???
>
> Why don't we go all the way and exempt all licensed airplane pilots?
>
> The sort of rank elitism displayed here should not, let us hope,  
> sit well with the American public.
>
> Mary
>
>
> On 8/13/05, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote: What happened to  
> the excuse for searching and harassing old ladies
> and babies and handicapped.  You know -- maybe someone planted
> something on them. This is getting to be even more theater djf
>
>
>
> "The TSA memo proposes to minimize the number of passengers who must
> be patted down at checkpoints. It also recommends that certain
> categories of passengers be exempt from airport security screening,
> such as members of Congress, airline pilots, Cabinet members, state
> governors, federal judges, high-ranking military officers and people
> with top-secret security clearances."
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/12/
> AR2005081201557.html
>
>
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