Tell It To Al

One item that has not been mentioned is the lack of results by the TSA.
The diaper bomber? Stopped by passengers. After passing through airports in Africa and Europe.
The shoe bomber? Stopped by passengers. Also left from Europe.
Flight 93? Crashed by passengers. Pre TSA, of course.

IF your column did not produce results for your employer, or you, would it continue??
This is how to shrink government: Find areas where there are no results and remove that part of government.

Bravo to you, Mr. Lewis, bravo to you! Thank you for being a voice of sanity!

I have been on a letter writing campaign all week. I have written my State representatives, the White house (daily), Portland International Airport, the ACLU, the airlines, and finally I even wrote to Oprah yesterday. My husband is an attorney and a member of the Oregon State Bar. He has been writing to everyone he can think of as well.

One thing I’d like to add to your story is that even if you consent to one of the naked body scanners, if the TSA finds something that they believe to be suspicious, they then subject you to what they call an “enhanced pat-down”. But we all know by legal definition it is sexual assault.

I am appalled by the stories that are surfacing from people all over the US that have been sexually assaulted by the TSA’s “enhanced pat-downs”. Those that have refused have been treated in shameful ways, and many are emotionally traumatized. It’s unbelievable to me that this could happen in America! But it is!

On a recent flight out of PDX, I was subjected to a full body pat-down. When I asked why it was necessary, I was told it was because I was “wearing a long skirt”. Luckily for me, the “groping of breasts and genitals” had not gone into effect yet. Otherwise, I would have refused the invasive pat-down just like John Tyner did last week.

My sixteen year old son is traveling this holiday season to the east coast to visit his father. He enjoys visiting his dad, and only gets to see him a few times a year. I think it is completely unacceptable that he has to be concerned with the possibility of either being seen naked by a stranger, or have another stranger grope his genitals all in the name of national security.

Yes, TSA is now officially gone beyond highly annoying to a terrorist organization. Thanks to the WSJ for running this article.

I knew Janet Napolitano a little when I lived in AZ before she became governor. She was a sane governor amongst the many strange governors that AZ had over the years.

Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that she would defend the TSA body scanning or body groping. I do not want to fly now. I do not want my children or my young grandchildren subject to this kind type of subjugation and invasive searches. It’s bad enough what is done to real suspects – now we are all suspect. Where is the intelligence – mental plus background and informational- like real profiling not just because someone is a Muslim.

“Keeping us safe” is a joke. Try looking at our foreign policy or the amount of resentment and hatred in this country by certain people towards certain other people.

Do away with TSA altogether—don’t privatize it for heaven’s sake. We need to be doing more that is useful and productive. A strong healthy informed society is our best protection — not people who are angry, and feel powerless, unemployed, homeless etc.

“When will Americans declare the Transportation Security Administration a terrorist organization?”
Thank You, Thank You for this statement – it should get banner treatment on the printed page of tomorrow’s Journal. I will no longer fly – the last time at McCaran (LasVegas) when objecting to a request to open a box of exposed but not developed sheet film, I was threatened by the supervisor. We have gone from the concept of government by the people for the people to the people existing for the government.

Jim Ewins, Seattle

“ For me, pragmatism is not enough. Nor is that fashionable word, consensus… To Me consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principals, values and policies in search of something that no one believes, but to which no one objects – the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved…”

Margaret Thatcher (1981)

Al,
Thanks for your op ed on the TSA. People are concerned about privacy, but they should give equal time to protesting the scanners for health reasons. My doctor told me that the radiation is “not insignificant,” and for people who have had cancer, radiation therapy or chemo, this could be disastrous, especially if they are frequent flyers. Furthermore, I believe this is all being done for reasons of corporate profit, not security. True security would involve a serious diplomat effort by this government. After all, we survived the old Soviet Union without using half the dehumanizing tactics we are using today. Security is not in a scanner, it’s in diplomacy and making peace.

Good Morning Mr. Lewis,

Just a brief note to thank you for your “TSA Terrifies Too” column which appeared in the Providence Journal today.

I served 26 years in the Armed Forces in defense of our Constitutional rights and am devastated that the very Government I defended has now taken away our 4th Amendment Right. If one complains about the treatment they receive, TSA will whisk them away for prosecution, effectively limiting 1st Amendment rights as well.

The terrorists are undoubtedly sitting back in their caves laughing at us while plotting other effective means to limit our liberties. Truly eye opening is that our Government is more than willing to comply.

I absolutely will not fly until a more rational approach is taken with regard to “screening”.

Respectfully,
J. Cerrito, MPA
MSgt. USAF (retired)

Mr. Lewis: I am shocked at your article (Terrorized at the Airport) which the Long Island Newsday chose to put in their paper. I think maybe you have failed to remember what kind of world we live in these days. I have traveled all over the world which includes all parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and North America and I, for one, am so thankful for this technology. I just flew home from Fort Lauderdale, Fla last Saturday and went through the new machine. It’s not a big deal Sir.
And you are right, Thankfully. you said we still live in a country where lawsuits are flying, civil-rights groups are agitating, etc. However, be thankful that you also have a choice in the greatest country in the world to fly OR NOT. I, in turn, want people on my plane who have been screened to protect me, my family and anyone else who wishes to fly. I am sure frequent flyers feel the same.
BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY!!!!

I don’t have an opinion about the scanners but I do see holes in our aviation security. I wrote the FBI about the crowds waiting to go thru security at major airports. I was at Midway one Sunday a.m. and I counted over 500 people waiting to get thru the ID checkpoint. A briefcase bomb would have been devastating. I also wrote the FBI after the shoe bomber and asked what would stop someone from taping the materials to their legs since security would not pick up non metal objects. Turns out, the underwear bomber had the same idea.

Loved your article in Sunday’s paper. Made a lot of sense.
I also wondered that if they would eventually go to the buses or malls to where every time we step on a bus or go in a mall we have to get patted down.
There is a profile here… and tired of the political correct bs that they keep throwing at us.

And I totally agree with you saying Anybody know where Osama bin laden is????

The airlines are suffering now… these machines and pat downs are going to do them in.
I will go through the machines until they do something different. But, I will only fly once a year and drive other times.

I believe this war is a lie anyway. If we would just leave the people alone in other countries I do believe they would leave us alone.

Thanks… great article.

Donna Rosenberry
North Carolina

I would like some one in the media to challenge Janet Napolitano on her comments about: “If you don’t like the searches then don’t fly”. She gets to fly free on government aircraft, no doubt no scanner or searches, that tax payers pay for! Another example of a bureaucrat that puts them selves above every one else.

Mr. Lewis,

Thank you for your article about the invasive nature of today’s TSA. I have
written letters to my Congressman (and Ron Paul) as well as my Senators,
American Airlines and my local media complaining about the assault-like nature
of the “aggressive patdowns”. I travel extensively for my job (so flying is not
a choice as the Sec of HS states; I am Executive Platinum on AA) and I am
seriously thinking about cutting back on my travel in 2011 if this invasive form
of Primary screening continues. As you stated, my current choices are exposing
myself to cancer causing equipment or by physically assaulted by a non-law
enforcement security guard.

If the government is so interested in protecting people they should focus on
areas like drunk driving and randomly pull people over and check to see if they
have been drinking (oh wait, that IS unconstitutional with no probable cause)
since 30,000 people die each year from drunk drivers while 3,000 people died one
year from terrorists. In addition, it is not even effective as the shoe bomber
and the underwear bomber were stopped by passengers and the printer cartridge
bomber was detected by foreign intelligence.

If there is any way I can help the cause let me know because I will continue to
fight this as hard as possible, but will probably end up on do not fly list as TSA retribution.

Once again, thank you.

Best Regards,
Tim Cody

Dear Mr. Lewis,

I read your piece published in the Wall Street Journal regarding the above and I couldn’t agree more. I’m a 56 year old world traveler and moving about the world has become a bit of a nightmare, especially within the U.S. At my age, the prospect of being subjected to radiation every time I have to fly is scary indeed. Quick flight to wherever with a side of cancer — not good.

Its not just the TSA, the airlines themselves are behaving badly as well. The body scanning moratorium is a good idea. I think a week long business travel moratorium would be even better. It would certainly send a message to both the TSA and the airlines that the traveling public has had enough.

Sincerely,

Philip Jay Baguet
U.S. Citizen

Jane, it’s not just about the machine. It’s about the groping of our genitals. The question presented is whether the federal government is conducting an unreasonable search when it requires us to allow its employees to touch our genitals as a condition of boarding of an airplane. Have you had the patdown, or did you just stand in the machine?

Either way, do you really still believe that allowing federal employees to grope our private parts is going to save Americans? Terrorists can’t hijack airplanes any longer due to the reinforced doors. They can blow up the airplanes if they manage to get a sufficient quantity of explosive material on board. However, there are more people in the average line waiting to get through TSA’s screening checkpoints than there are in the average airplane. So the easy soft target is the screening line itself, not the plane. We have seen no attacks on screening lines. (Or shopping malls, or churches, or any other place that American citizens congregate.) Screening doesn’t protect you. What it does do is take away your protection against unreasonable search and seizure. And it takes away my 16-year-old’s protection against having his genitals touched against his will.

It seems the choice being given to us by the government (and, shockingly, some of our fellow citizens) is this one: “flying is a choice, so if you don’t want to be groped, don’t fly”. But the choice I want is this one: “flying is a choice, so if you don’t want to take the risk of being blown up, don’t fly”.

This country is supposed to be the home of the free and the brave, so cowards who are scared of the statistically insignificant risk of a terrorist attack should stay home, not force me to let some mouth-breather handle my genitals so they can feel “safe”. Metal detectors and carry-on x-ray machines make sense. Naked scanners and genital groping do not. Even though the meek and scared wish it could, the new grope-and-scan routine won’t protect them while they stand in the checkpoint line with hundreds of others, waiting to get felt up by the TSA or blown up by terrorists.

If you’re scared, stay home, don’t fly, and let those of us who *aren’t* afraid of something less likely than dying in traffic skip the genital handling. The last thing we should be doing is waiving our constitutional rights so we can feel safe even though we aren’t. Are we ostriches that bury our heads in the sand until the danger goes away, or are we Americans?

Dear Mr. Lewis,
Thank You so much for your article I fly every week for my work and this has become so degrading, I am not a criminal just a working stiff who believes in freedom.

Sincerely

Mr. Lewis:

You said so well all that I have been thinking and saying to my family and friends. My husband and I have tickets to fly this Tuesday and I am agonizing over this. Because we already have tickets, we feel bound to use them but I have told my family this is my last airline trip. I will NOT subject myself to such indignities ever again. I don’t care that the government chooses to call evil good. It has been ever thus since the beginning of time. It is still an evil act no matter the circumstances which surround it.

Thanks for putting in writing the truth about the TSA scanners/gropers.

Hello Al,

RE: Your article – TSA Terrifies, Too

“This is America, where we used to have a right to privacy and constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures (no we don’t, not since 1871). But terrorists — who we dare not profile at the airports because that’s unconstitutional — have given Washington power-mongers an excuse to turn America into an ever more invasive police state.”

What you and America does not know is foreigners are protected by our original constitution on our soil, where you and I have been sold into (ALL CAPS) slavery under a second constitution and are now being shown we are just cattle. Get used to it, or get the word out…

From: http://www.republicoftheunitedstates.org/node/5

(see also http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread353043/pg1)

Check the references for yourself.

History
The United States exists in two forms:

1. The original United States that was in operation until 1860; a collection of sovereign Republics in the union. Under the original Constitution the States controlled the Federal Government; the Federal Government did not control the States and had very little authority.

2. The original United States has been usurped by a separate and different UNITED STATES formed in 1871, which only controls the District of Columbia and it’s territories, and which is actually a corporation (the UNITED STATES CORPORATION) that acts as our current government. The United States Corporation operates under Corporate/Commercial/Public Law rather than Common/Private Law.

The original Constitution was never removed; it has simply been dormant since 1871. It is still intact to this day. This fact was made clear by Supreme Court Justice Marshall Harlan (Downes v. Bidwell, 182, U.S. 244 1901) by giving the following dissenting opinion: “Two national governments exist; one to be maintained under the Constitution, with all its restrictions; the other to be maintained by Congress outside and Independently of that Instrument.”

The Restore America Plan reclaimed the De Jure institutions of government of the 50 State Republics in order to restore Common Law that represents the voice of the people and ends Corporate Law that ignores the voice of the people while operating under Maritime/Admiralty/International Law. This occurred when warrants were delivered to all 50 Governors on March 30, 2010.

The rewritten Constitution of the UNITED STATES CORPORATION bypasses the original Constitution for the United States of America, which explains why our Congressmen and Senators don’t abide by it, and the President can write Executive Orders to do whatever he/she wants. They are following corporate laws that completely strip sovereigns of their God given unalienable rights. Corporate/Commercial/Public Law is not sovereign (private), as it is an agreement between two or more parties under contract. Common Law (which sovereigns operate under) is not Commercial Law; it is personal and private.

To understand this document, you need to understand some basic terms. Visit http://www.usavsus.info for complete understanding. The basic terms are:

De Jure – Existing by right or according to law; original, lawful. Common Law operates under De Jure terms.

De Facto – In practice but not necessarily ordained by law; in fact, in reality. Corporate Law operates under De Facto terms.

Sovereign – A real person. Sovereigns can own property while Citizens/Subjects cannot. According to the original Constitution, all government comes from the Sovereign Individual. Without the Sovereign Individual, there is no government.

U.S. Citizen/Subject – A corporate fictitious entity that merely represents the real person. It acts as a “strawman.” [To call oneself a “sovereign citizen” or “sovereign subject” is an oxymoron, since “sovereign” and “citizen/subject” are mutually exclusive of each other.] When asked if you are a “U.S. Citizen” on corporate legal documents, if you check “yes,” you agree to the terms of Corporate Law and unknowingly relinquish your sovereign status and transfer all of your rights to the UNITED STATES CORPORATION since you are now under contract.

Corporation – A non-human, fictitious entity. Corporate fictitious entities are denoted in all caps. This includes the names of Citizens/Subjects. Your fictitious “strawman” entity is addressed in all caps, i.e. JOHN SMITH, rather than John Smith.

Common Law – God’s law. Common Law and the system of De Jure Juries apply to sovereigns in disputes. In Common Law, contracts must be entered into knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally.

Admiralty/Maritime Law/International Law – The King’s law. Deals with criminal acts that only apply to international contracts. Under this law, the people are no longer sovereign. The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) that the United States practices is based on Admiralty Law. Under the UCC, contracts do not have to be entered into knowingly. Simple agreements can be binding, and as long as you exercise the benefits of that “agreement,” you must meet the obligations associated with those benefits. If you accept the benefit offered by the government, then you MUST follow, to the letter, each and every statute involved with that benefit. That “benefit” is the Federal Reserve Notes (U.S. dollars). By paying for things with U.S. dollars you are unknowingly giving up all of your Constitutional rights and are legally obligated to follow all of the UCC statues. But you were NEVER told this.

Lawful – A term used in Common Law.

Legal – A term used in the UCC which applies to Corporate Law.

HOW THE CONSTITUTION WAS USURPED BY THE CORPORATION

(note by Panama Legal: These are the basic premises adhered to by the people in the movement and the people in the Sovereign movement. The Government is a Corporation actually functioning as the Federal Government. Thus it does not have to follow the constitution. Also it does not matter if Obama is not a natural born citizen since it is a corporation he is the head of. The corporation gets the permission of the people to reign over them by deceit. This is done by wording in the Birth Certificates, Social Security Cards, driving Licenses, IRS forms, Marriage Licenses and other documents. They always refer to the “person” in all capital letters. This means the name represents a corporate entity. This is how the corporation courts get jurisdiction over you. Their courts do not fly the “reaL” American flag. They use the military or admiralty flag. For a discourse on this try this website: http://www.usavsus.info/

What the theory is goes like this. When you enter a US Courtroom there is a military or admiralty flag flying. The US Military does not have the protection of the constitution, neither does this apply to admiralty laws with ships at sea. When you enter a court room and cross through that little wooden gate they have and go to the area where the plaintiff (prosecutor) and defendant sit along with judge, court reporter, you are entering a “ship” or a foreign country as evidenced by the admiralty or military flag flying thus the constitution has no applicability and you are under equity law not common law. The flaw with their scheme is that there is no full disclosure to the people about any of this. This is brief over simplified synopsis of the scam run by the federal corporation. End of our comment.)

In 1788 (January 1), The United States was officially bankrupt.

In 1790 (August 4), Article One of the U.S. Statutes at Large, pages 138-178, abolished the States of the Republic and created Federal Districts. In the same year, the former States of the Republic reorganized as Corporations and their legislatures wrote new State Constitutions, absent defined boundaries, which they presented to the people of each state for a vote…the new State Constitutions fraudulently made the people “Citizens” of the new Corporate States. A Citizen is also defined as a “corporate fiction.”

In 1845, Congress passed legislation that would ultimately allow Common Law to be usurped by Admiralty Law. http://www.barefootsworld.net/admiralty.html explains this change. The yellow fringe placed at the bottom of court flags shows this is still true. Before 1845, Americans were considered sovereign individuals who governed themselves under Common Law.

In 1860 – Congress was adjourned Sine Die – Lincoln could not legally reconvene Congress.

In 1861, President Lincoln declared a National Emergency and Martial Law, which gave the President unprecedented powers and removed it from the other branches. This has NEVER been reversed.

In 1863, the Lieber Code was established taking away your property and your rights.

From 1864-1867, Several Reconstruction Acts were passed forcing the states to ratify the 14th Amendment, which made everyone slaves.

In 1865, the capital was moved to Washington, D.C., a separate country – not a part of the United States of America.

In 1871, The United States became a Corporation with a new constitution and a new corporate government, and the original constitutional government was vacated to become dormant, but it was never terminated. The new constitution had to be ratified by the people according to the original constitution, but it never was. The whole process occurred behind closed doors. The people are the source of financing for this new government.

In 1917, the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) was passed. This insightful video from [link to movielocker.com/4084)] states the following: “This act was implemented to deal with the countries we were at war with during World War I. It gave the President and the Alien Property Custodian the right to seize the assets of the people included in this act and if they wanted to do business in this country they could apply for a license to do so. By 1921, the Federal Reserve Bank (the trustee for the Alien Property Custodian) held over $700,000,000 in trust.” Understand that this trust was based on our assets, not theirs.

In 1933, 48 Stat 1, of the TWEA was amended to include the United States Person because they wanted to take our gold away. Executive Order 6102 was created to make it illegal for a U.S. Citizen to own gold. In order for the Government to take our gold away and violate our Constitutional rights, we were reclassified as ENEMY COMBATANTS.”

In 1933, there was a second United States bankruptcy. In the first bankruptcy the United States collateralized all public lands. In the 1933 bankruptcy, the U.S. government collateralized the private lands of the people (a lien) – they borrowed money against our private lands. They were then mortgaged. That is why we pay property taxes.

From a speech in Congress in The Bankruptcy of the United States Congressional Record, March 17, 1993, Vol. 33, page H-1303, Speaker Representative James Trafficant Jr. (Ohio) addressing the House states:

“…It is an established fact that the United States Federal Government has been dissolved by the Emergency Banking Act, March 9, 1933, 48 Stat. 1, Public Law 89-719; declared by President Roosevelt, being bankrupt and insolvent. H.J.R. 192, 73rd Congress m session June 5, 1933 – Joint Resolution To Suspend The Gold Standard and Abrogate The Gold Clause dissolved the Sovereign Authority of the United States and the official capacities of all United States Governmental Offices, Officers, and Departments and is further evidence that the United States Federal Government exists today in name only.

The receivers of the United States Bankruptcy are the International Bankers, via the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. All United States Offices, Officials, and Departments are now operating within a de facto status in name only under Emergency War Powers. With the Constitutional Republican form of Government now dissolved, the receivers of the Bankruptcy have adopted a new form of government for the United States. This new form of government is known as a Democracy, being an established Socialist/Communist order under a new governor for America. This act was instituted and established by transferring and/or placing the Office of the Secretary of Treasury to that of the Governor of the International Monetary Fund. Public Law 94-564, page 8, Section H.R. 13955 reads in part: “The U.S. Secretary of Treasury receives no compensation for representing the United States…

Prior to 1913, most Americans owned clear, allodial title to property, free and clear of any liens of mortgages until the Federal Reserve Act (1913) “Hypothecated” all property within the Federal United States to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, in which the Trustees (stockholders) held legal title. The U.S. Citizen (tenant, franchisee) was registered as a “beneficiary” of the trust via his/her birth certificate. In 1933, the Federal United States hypothecated all of the present and future properties, assets, and labor of their “subjects,” the 14th Amendment U.S. Citizen to the Federal Reserve System. In return, the Federal Reserve System agreed to extend the federal United States Corporation all of the credit “money substitute” it needed.

Like any debtor, the Federal United States government had to assign collateral and security to their creditors as a condition of the loan. Since the Federal United States didn’t have any assets, they assigned the private property of their “economic slaves,” the U.S. Citizens, as collateral against the federal debt. They also pledged the unincorporated federal territories, national parks, forests, birth certificates, and nonprofit organizations as collateral against the federal debt. All has already been transferred as payment to the international bankers.

Unwittingly, America has returned to its pre-American Revolution feudal roots whereby all land is held by a sovereign and the common people had no rights to hold allodial title to property. Once again, We the People are the tenants and sharecroppers renting our own property from a Sovereign in the guise of the Federal Reserve Bank. We the People have exchanged one master for another.”

In 1944, Washington D.C. was deeded to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the Breton Woods Agreement. The IMF is made up of wealthy people that own most of the banking industries of the world. It is an organized group of bankers that have taken control of most governments of the world so the bankers run the world. Congress, the IRS, and the President work for the IMF. The IRS is not a U.S. government agency. It is an agency of the IMF. (Diversified Metal Products v. IRS et al. CV-93-405E-EJE U.S.D.C.D.I., Public Law 94-564, Senate Report 94-1148 pg. 5967, Reorganization Plan No. 26, Public Law 102-391.)

HOW CAN WE REPAIR OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW?

“The Supreme Court has said the De Jure Government offices still exist but the people have failed to occupy them.

Remember Downs v. Bidwell and the dissenting opinion of Justice Marshall Harlan? He said that two national governments exist; one to be maintained under the Constitution, with all its restrictions. This is one that We the people need to force our elected public officials to occupy – De Jure rule.

We need to change that by organizing Grand Juries and putting our officials back under De jure rule and out of the Corporate (or Military) Rule that they are currently operating under.

Our elected officials will then have to operate under the limits of their Oath of office to uphold the U.S. and State Constitutions, circa 1860. When they violate the Oath it’s a capital crime.

The reason we go back to 1860 is because that is the last time we had lawful laws in this country.

Where do the people get their power to convene a Grand Jury? The Magna Carta, 1215.

Our Founding Fathers looked back to history for precedent when they decided they wanted to change their government. What they found was the Magna Carta Liberatum, the Great Charter of Freedoms. It set a precedent that changed the face of England forever, by establishing that the King was not above the law.

King John of England signed the Magna Carta after immense pressure from the Church and his barons (the people). The King often lived above the law, violating both Feudal and Common Law, and was heavily criticized for his foreign policy and actions in England. The Barons, with the support of the Church, pressured King John to spell out a list of their rights and guarantee that those rights would be enforced. The Barons provided a draft, and after some negotiation, King John put his seal to the Magna Carta in Runnymede, in June of 1215.

Section 61 set rules for establishing the Grand Jury. It states: Since we have granted all these things for God, for the better ordering of our kingdom, and to allay the discord that has arisen between us and our barons (people), and since we desire that they shall be enjoyed in their entirety, with lasting strength, forever, we give and grant to the barons the following security: The barons shall elect twenty-five of their number to keep, and cause to be observed with all their might, the peace and liberties granted and confirmed to them by this charter. If we, our chief justice, our officials, or any of our servants offend in any respect against any man, or transgress any of the articles of the peace or of this security, and the offense is made known to four of the said twenty-five barons, they shall come to us.”

For a REALLY extended version of history read, “Gods of Eden” by Wiliam Bramley

the article below from COP/J, Fri 11/19, about airport security is old now although the press does little with it and the officials even less. Has TSA done anything other than inconvenience us massively? the shoe bomber wannabe was stopped by those around him, the times square bomber by the those on the street who saw the smoke in the car, the undie bomber also by those around him, the printer cartridges not manufactured in poor Yemen headed to 2 synagogues in Chicago was advised by Saudi Arabian authorities to US authorities, etc. so what has TSA done? as far as I can recall, zippity do-dah-day, although the right wing nuts around us seem to think us bombing the hell out of them will solve either their problems or ours. cheers, mates.

How Israelis Secure Airports – Michael J. Totten
While air travel terrorists have yet to use the same weapon twice, U.S. Transportation Security Administration agents look for the item the most recent terrorist used. Security officials should pay less attention to objects, and more attention to people. The Israelis do. They are, out of dreadful necessity, the world’s foremost experts in counterterrorism. And they couldn’t care less about what your grandmother brings on a plane.
Instead, officials at Ben-Gurion International Airport interview everyone in line before they’re even allowed to check in. And Israeli officials profile. Israeli Arabs breeze through rather quickly, but thanks to the dozens of dubious-looking stamps in my passport from Lebanon and Iraq, I get pulled off to the side for more questioning every time. And I’m a white, nominally Christian American.
If they pull you aside, you had better tell them the truth. They’ll ask you so many wildly unpredictable questions so quickly, you couldn’t possibly invent a fake story and keep it all straight. Don’t even try. They’re highly trained and experienced, and they catch everyone who tries to pull something over on them.
The Israeli experience isn’t pleasant. The system has its advantages, though, aside from the fact that no one looks or reaches into anyone’s pants. Israelis don’t use security theater to make passengers feel like they’re safe. They use real security measures to ensure that travelers actually are safe. Even when suicide bombers exploded themselves almost daily in Israeli cities, not a single one managed to get through that airport. (New York Post)

Great column (Sunday).

In Ft. Collins, CO., two respectable men (eye doctor, bible study leader) were found to have hidden cameras in their homes to view naked bodies of guests. The police call these sexual crimes. I suppose the defense can say it was a security system to protect the owners from possible threats to their safety. I find it hard to see a difference from the TSA folks. Is their (TSA) action OK because it is sanctioned by the government? What’s next?

And where are the supporters of “good touch, bad touch” instruction for children and teens? Probably on the sidelines watching approvingly as the children and teens endure the touching they have been told to avoid.

There is something truly “rotten in Denmark” when husbands, wives,and parents stand by passively while their loved ones (stripped of their garments, so to speak) are subjected to the indignity and lack of privacy afforded to them by the TSA officials. Where is the outrage?

I’m 79 and have three joint replacements, so you can imagine the drill I go through at airports. I’m thinking of wearing a turban and letting my beard grow for my next flight. Maybe if I claim I’m being profiled instead of just harassed, they’ll give me a break.

Here’s a challenge for you: Name a single terrorist the T.S.A. has intercepted trying to board a plane in it’s eight plus years of existence. One! I think they are still scoreless, although Napolitano tries to imply credit for the underwear bomber. Remember that “The system worked” comment after the passengers grabbed this guy in flight? But, she’ll claim they prevented or discouraged untold dozens of potential terrorists.

Does this sound familiar? Remember the administration claiming they “created or saved” umpteen million jobs?

Mr. Lewis,

Excellent article! I’m not a member of the tea party, nor am I a Republican, but I couldn’t agree with you more. These damn TSA Gestapo agents must be stopped! The horror stories that I am reading and viewing on TV are outrageous. “Homeland Security” (which sounds like an “organ” of the Communist party) is completely out of control. I saw John Pistole being interviewed by Candy Crowley on CNN Sunday morning and the guy was smirking throughout the entire interview. What a primo-jerk! The sooner Obama fires this bum, the better. TSA represents all that is bad with government and their policies suggest what the first steps of a police state in the Unites States will look like. Damn it, this is an outrage!

In support of comments against the TSA and its sexual assults in the name of safety, you might want to check a statement by Ben Franklin: “Those who sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither freedom nor security”. May not be an exact quote, but food for thought.

As a Founding Member of the US Department of Homeland Security, now working on my private security company I founded, I can tell you that DHS and TSA are becoming terrorist organizations. Just look up the definition of TERRORISM. They have lost it. I spoke with a friend in the FBI who apologized to me for saying “are you becoming anti-government, friend?” – I said to him that the government is created by and for the people and the oath we swore to defend the Constitution is the highest honor. Not to tear it to shreds against fake boogie men while Michael Chertoff and others become millionaires off of invasive Nazi-like technologies and methodologies. He later apologized to me but the fact that these folks are so brainwashed about the boogie man – take away – strip our rights – alienate other countries – make America not a shining beacon and tourist location but an off the map Orwellian state.

These folks are missing some brain cells – from the top down and are tearing the country asunder. They must be stopped, quarantined and cavity searched for where they left our rights and freedoms at the wayside. Bravo! Well done. I think you should interview Ron Paul and also some K-9 patrol officers. Ron Paul would tell you why he just filed a bill to protect travelers’ dignity and K-9 patrol officers would tell you why their dogs can find the invisible boogie man by sniffing where the sun don’t shine without harming women and children. This entire TSA boondoggle is waking up America.

The sleeping Giant shall awaken and we shall see an uprising of PRO-CONSTITUTIONAL, PRO-AMERICAN PATRIOTS who are so against the late arrival of 1984 that I would hope we kick these bastards out of America – every last one of them – gropers, pedophiles and clean shaven former FBI terrorist leaders. I doubt Pistole has any children of his own and if he does and would subject them to a groping trip to Disney world, he should himself be arrested or leave his children with Child Protective Services, another botched group of nutjobs!

Oathkeeper, who shall be revealed when I run for office or just work for and help Ron Paul push these scumbags out of America!

Thank you for writing your extremely courageous and accurate article. Not many of us have yet realized that when our government is harming us we need to stand up it it. What the TSA (which Barack Obama is 100% responsible for) is doing IS terrifying and disgusting. Hopefully the american public will continue to object to being sexually molested or radiated at the airport. Hopefully they will start to stand up to these and other policies of a government (democrat or republican) which seems to have completely sold us out.
Anyway, thanks again.

Thanks Al for writing this article. I have been urging any would be TSA protesters not to get carried away. The screening line is not the best place for obnoxious protests. Subtle is best.

The Safe and Legal Way for Airline Travelers to Protest TSA’s Genital Grope & Scan Is To Just “politely” Opt for the Pat Down (don’t make a fuss, be silent). It is the Airline DELAYS that will change policy. And because you are accepting the TSA’s own Option, you aren’t liable for fines, Indefinite Detention or Torture. Don’t be a Hero, just quietly take the Pat Down. The TSA won’t fault you for selecting the option they give you. Be polite to the TSA officer-They are just doing their job. Don’t pass up this opportunity to be a patriot and defend everyone’s right not to be body searched without prior “probable cause”. If they don’t suspect you of having committed a crime, the Search is Unconstitutional.

Would be great Al if you could pass these suggestions on to passengers. I believe that they can protest and be safe and legal at the same time.

Mr. Al Lewis;

I have just finished reading your TSA Terrifies article in the Wall Street Journal, and am wondering where you have gotten the material you were writing about? I see that you call us (TSA) terrorist’s because we follow the guidlines set forth by HQ TSA. You say we are inflicting health risks on the flying public by having them go hrough the Advanced Imaging Technology. How about the risks our Security Officers face every day, i.e. colds, flu, hepatitis, HIV and aids just to name a few.

I have worked for TSA for over eight years and am proud that we have not lost one aircraft to terrorism. Also, the Officers are very responsible and caring people and do understand what the flying public is saying, but we have a job to do, and we will do what we are instructed to do.

Considering that we are responsible for millions of lives every year, I would say we have a great track record. In the same regard, I think I would lose my mind if I was responsible for the loss of one life.

How many lives are you responsible for on a daily basis? I bet I know the answer to that question. Before you criticize TSA, walk a mile in our shoes. Come to the the airport and speak with some Officers before you judge us.

Would you like your family flying on an aircraf that was not properly screened, or screened by untrained Officers? I know I wouldn’t.

We are now wondering how many airports will revert to the days before 9-11 where many screeners were non-citizens, and many did not even speak English. What will happen if we have another 9-11 because of the changes? Who will you blame? I will blame the Media that caused this uproar over the new Pat Down procedures.

Please remember what happened on 9-11 because of lax screening, and let’s hope this will never happen again. People have other options they don’t have to fly.

John D. Schmitz
Lead Transportatioin Security Officer

Al,

Good article. What in the world can we do about this stupidity? Unfortunately once the government creates a new agency it’s with us forever. There will always be a Pistole or Napolitano to keep the federal dollars flowing to their agencies.

As for bin Laden, I suspect he’s been dead a long time but the Feds always need some kind of boogyman to keep them in business. The country would most likely be far better off if we stayed at home and minded our own business.

Mr. John Schmitz,

I have just finished reading your response.

Have you ever read the US Constitution? Have you ever read the definition of Terrorist?

If you would feel up the breasts of a woman with an implant or make her remove it as the result of cancer, you are a TERRORIST. Your staff has done this.

If you would make a handicapped individual remove his/her URINE bladder device (a bag holding urine) and cause it to leak all over them, you are a TERRORIST. Your staff has done this.

If you would grope a 3 year old girl or take a nine year old boy into another room away from his/her parent and think you are stopping Al Quieda, you are an even bigger TERRORIST and PEDOPHILE. Your staff has done this.

There are hundreds of cases of HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES by the TSA. There are thousands of cases of US CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS by the TSA. The TSA MUST UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION – it is THE HIGHEST LAW OF THE LAND. Have you read the FIRST or FOURTH AMENDMENT. By violating CITIZEN RIGHTS because you believe it is an order from HQ to follow, you are not only a TERRORIST, you are a NEW GENERATION (NEO) NAZI. If asked to put all americans through a gas chamber to keep your job, if HQ tells you to do it, you and your MORONIC friends probably would do so.

You have NOT protected anyone from any terror threat because they are all FALSE FLAGS anyway. When the powers that be who have usurped authority in America choose to do another FALSE FLAG it will happen on your watch and it has nothing to do with X-ray naked body scanners or GROPING AMERICANS against their rights and human dignity.

There is evil in the world and you are part of it by defending it and justifying it. Reminds me of the SS under Hitler.

Oathkeeper
American Patriot

I solved this problem on my own. I don’t fly in the cattle car’s anymore. Airlines these days are all about stuffing as many people into a plane as possible, with as little space as possible, and charging as much as possible.

In fact, the latest design of airline seats for short haul flights give you 23 inches between seats. For those that can’t remember, that’s less then 2 feet! I’m 6’2″ and I hate having my knee’s banging up against the seat in front of me when I was 6’0″, let alone now that I am taller.

I don’t fly, I take the train. There is no security on the train. Why blow one up anyway? Its on the ground, you can only hit one car, and you can’t drive it into a building, and its no all that crowded, its safer in my opinion, less of a target, and a better way to travel.

Train seats are about 50% larger then first class airline seats, the recline more, and there is about 300% more space between seats as there is on a plane. You can get up whenever you want, you can use your computer whenever you want, you can use your cell phone whenever you want, you can go to the toilet whenever you want. They don’t charge you anything for bags, or you can take your bags with you and skip that part of check-in, you can eat a full meal, not a half a can of soda and a bag of pretzels. Full meals in the dining car, or any snack you can imagine in the lounge car, from frozen pizza to to sandwiches.

You give them your ticket, and get on the train, that’s all. No Groping, no nudi scans, no pat-downs, no metal metal detectors to find you belt buckle. Sure it takes longer, and its not always on time, but you will arrive relaxed, refreshed, not cramped, and with your pride intact

Oh, and if you want to protest the full body scans, I suggest getting about 200 people together in an airport stripping butt naked and getting in line for security.