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2004-09-10 Home Front: WoT

9/11 Commission Wants "No-Fly" List Expanded to Trains, Ships

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-09-10 3:57:36 AM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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|| 2004-09-10 8:57:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-09-10 10:16:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-09-10 12:09:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-09-10 12:22:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-09-10 5:09:26 PM|| Front Page Top

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