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| 9/11 Commission Wants "No-Fly" List Expanded to Trains, Ships |
| 2004-09-10 |
| EFL from Newsmax. I am for the proposal and evidently so is, I assume, John Kerry (I believe that he has come out in support of implementing all recommendations by the 911 Commission immediately.) I wonder what his constituents will think of his support for this "no-ride" plan. The government should check travelers' names against terrorist watch lists before they board passenger trains or cruise ships, the Sept. 11 commission recommended Wednesday. Airlines now check their passengers' names against such a list, a responsibility that the Transportation Security Administration plans to assume sometime next year. Privacy advocates say the government is too secretive about how it puts people on the list and that those who are mistakenly identified as terrorists don't have an effective way of getting off it. The proposal is one of 94 proposals released Wednesday that expand upon a handful of transportation security improvements the Sept. 11 commission recommended to Congress in July. The new proposals include giving flight attendants counterterrorism training, drawing up comprehensive plans to protect all forms of transportation and expanding the use of watch lists. "Steps should be taken as soon as possible to convert the "No-Fly" list into a "No-Transport" list that would be provided to transportation providers in addition to air carriers (starting with cruise ships and Amtrak)," the report said. The commission said that state, local and tribal law enforcement authorities should have access to the terrorist watch lists. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #5 But we have to implement this. John Kerry says that all the ideas of the 911 Commission are inherently valuable. Implement this immediately. Kind of presents a quandry for his ACLU faction. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-09-10 5:09:26 PM |
| #4 To hell with this idea. I'm not so frightened of death that I'm going to let some self-important bastard seach me everywhere I go. Forget that noise. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2004-09-10 12:22:55 PM |
| #3 We need common sense, all right. El Al would be a good airline to emulate. Nothing like success that speaks for itself. That is what we need in homeland security: common sense. It would help in intelligence, instead of being fixated on forming a Grand Poobah of Intelligence. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-10 12:09:50 PM |
| #2 Amen, Mrs. D. The best solution is the one that El Al uses: use trained, college-educated screeners to ask a few basic questions of each traveller (what's your destination, what are you doing there, why is it you have a one-way ticket and no bags, Mr Atta? etc). Low-tech but extremely effective. Less costly than a national database and all the other hi-tech tomfoolery being floated now. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-09-10 10:16:15 AM |
| #1 I think the airport searches are ridiculous and this would be beyond ridiculous. This is way too big brotherish and would yield no benefit that I have ever seen. Does this mean you have to check with TSA to get a permision slip to hail a taxi? It's just an opportunity for the litle hitlers in this country to wear a uniform and act like they have authority over their fellow citizens. When they start profiling for Middle Eastern Males 15-35 years of age, I'll take them seriously. Until then having my luggage searched by some guy wearing a turban speaking with a south asian accent in Dulles Airport tells me this is a farce. This should not be allowed to metastasize. Get rid of these parasites at TSA in airports and focus on the probelm, not harassing the innocent victims. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-10 8:57:40 AM |