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| Napolitano considering allowing Muslim women to pat themselves down at Airports! |
| 2010-11-18 |
| With the holidays fast approaching, the Transportation Safety Agency has announced new security procedures requiring passengers selected for secondary screening to go through a machine that produces a full body scan producing a nude but grainy, black and white image. Passengers choosing to opt out of the scan will face a full body pat. The head of Homeland Security has indicated the government is considering the request of an Islamic organization that has suggested Muslim women be allowed to pat themselves down during a full body search that is part of new enhanced procedures at airports. Since implementing the procedures, numerous complaints have arisen that the search is not a “pat-down” but rather feeling and grabbing along a person’s genitalia and other areas until they meet resistance. Critics have said the pat-downs would be considered sexual assault if performed elsewhere. The TSA defends the procedures as necessary in light of last years “underwear bomber” and the recent issues involving printer cartridges being used in an attempt to blow up cargo planes. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, has expressed concern with the TSA over the regulations and recommended special procedures for dealing with Muslim women. The organization issued a travel advisory for Muslims over the procedure. In the advisory CAIR advises all Muslims to contact them and file a complaint with the TSA if they experience any “disturbing incidents” with the new procedures and they feel they have been unfairly singled out for screening. It goes on to make special recommendations for Muslim women wearing a hijab covering their face. The advisory says women are to inform the officer they are only to pat down the head and neck and says “They should not subject you to a full-body or partial body pat-down.” They also recommend that women should be permitted to pat themselves down and “have the officers perform a chemical swipe of your hands.” Barack Obama’s Homeland Security Czar, Janet Napolitano, is considering changes to the procedures to address the issues raised by CAIR. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #16 Will do, Rambler, but I'll only get one if I'm told I need to fly (for business - can't afford it for pleasure right now). The web site did say they're pretty big - they're made to go over clothing. They also said to call them about sizing issues. (Though if you call you should probably tell them it's for a woman; something tells me they don't have much of a sense of humor about their wares.) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-11-18 23:20 |
| #15 Barbara, let me know how it works out. If they come in XXL size, I may get one myself - the full burqha. (Even though I'm a guy.) Why should only Muslim women be the only ones exempt? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-11-18 23:04 |
| #14 Thanks, #13 Charlie. I think what I'm looking for is called an abaya. Sure as hell ain't going for the actual burkha with the radiator cover for the face. I e-mailed the link to myself so I won't lose it. Just in case, ya' know. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-11-18 23:01 |
| #13 Cheap! Straight from Connecticut... http://www.alhannah.com/islamic_clothing_womens/niqab.html |
| Posted by: Black Charlie Chinemble5313 2010-11-18 22:23 |
| #12 check a mosque for one and die it white |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-11-18 20:52 |
| #11 95 bucks will get you quality made, machine washable, 50/50 cotton / polyester costume. The robes come complete with cape, belt, patch, hood, mask, and hood liner. No extra charge for postage and shipping |
| Posted by: tipper 2010-11-18 20:31 |
| #10 But where does one buy a KKK outfit, Paul? I've lived in the South all my life and I have no clue where to get one. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-11-18 19:45 |
| #9 Just buy a surplus KKK outfit and dye it black. No sweatskis. Truncate the pointed hood and you have a budget burkha. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2010-11-18 19:32 |
| #8 I've been doing my level best not to fly for the past 10 years (and succeeding), but in case my luck runs out, does anyone know where to buy an inexpensive burkha? Do they come in sizes? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-11-18 15:10 |
| #7 Michael Jackson's crotch grab routine and music video coming soon to an internet near you. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-11-18 12:58 |
| #6 Rep. Ron Paul has introduced HR 6416 to remove legal immunity from TSA gropers: it’s one paragraph long. It removes the immunity from anybody in the federal government that does anything that you or I can’t do. If you can’t grope another person and if you can’t x-ray people and endanger them with possible x-rays, you can’t take nude photographs of individuals, why do we allow the government to do it? We would go to jail. He’d be immediately arrested if an individual citizen went out and did these things, and yet we just sit there calmly and say, “Oh, they’re making us safe”. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-11-18 12:56 |
| #5 Barack ObamaÂ’s Homeland Security Czar, Janet Napolitano, is considering changes to the procedures to address the issues raised by CAIR. That's it? Shouldn't an article with such an absurd headline have at least a quote from someone at DHS? This is Joke Journalism. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-11-18 12:50 |
| #4 That settles it. I'm getting a pilots license and flying myself everywhere I need to get. Fuck the TSA and the goddamn government pencil dicks. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-11-18 12:36 |
| #3 ANYONE can wear a burqa or other type of Muslim bodybag to the airport. Anyone at all. Having a planeload of passengers present themselves to the TSA dressed this way would be a better protest than a boycott. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-11-18 12:27 |
| #2 IMHO the TSA has overstayed its welcome and overstepped the boundaries of good sense. The TSA has yet to stop one terrorists! So far they have managed to collect a mountain of personal care products that never should have been taken away. The most STUPID practice I have ever seen is having the pilots go through screening. Aren't they in control of the plane? Also if he wants to carry a few extra ounces of hand lotion or conditioner WHO FRIGGIN CARES! I also saw the TSA pull out two GIs (in uniform) for additional screening. Lets go back to the metal detector and keep our nail clippers. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-11-18 11:53 |
| #1 Aw-fer-gawd's sake!!!No search, no fly. Flying is a privilege--if they want to live in a fundamentalist society, move back to Soddy, Paki-land or where ever. Start with the lawfare-yers. I'll pitch in on all the one-way tickets. However, on the scanners not being able to detect plastic explosives, I really think dogs should patrol every airport. They are much more reliable. Sitting at our departure gate, saw dogs 'hit' on a young couple dressed as Amish but the woman had makeup and the man an IPod, and escorted out by security. They struck us an odd couple and had been discussing how traditional dress such as a habit or veil could be a disguise. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-11-18 11:30 |