Monterey Bay Forum

TSA says, “We have to do it to keep Americans safe.” Hence the enhanced pat downs and full body scanners.

What if a woman puts explosives into a tampon and inserts it? What will the full body scanner find? The outline of a tampon. My. What could the hand search detect on that woman? Zip.

With a suit pending from the pilots, TSA now gives the pilots a free pass. Ah, so now the terrorists just have to fake the two required ID’s and come through as a supposed pilot.

From the terrorist point of view: Why bother with blowing up only 300+ on a plane? Why not blow up the 600+ people lined up inside the airport while they wait to enter the “sterile” area? Just throw a few bombs in various areas of the airport. Then what will these government TSA people do? Will TSA then scan and body search everyone before entering the airport? And on and on …

TSA needs to get smart how to profile people — not objects. (more…)

Let’s see. The Christmas Day bomber. He got Miranda rights. And the Times Square fellow who almost blew up the Square. He initially got Miranda rights. With a hem and a haw. And the Ford Hood psychiatrist that shot a bunch of fellow soldiers. As he was in the military I suppose he will — if able to stand trail – get a military trial. And there was a student who shot a couple of recruiters. Who else have I left out? All this in President Obama’s first year.

Do I feel safer now that Obama is President? Do you feel safer? Who should feel safer? Jihadists probably do feel safer!! With Miranda rights given to persons who commit domestic terrorism it will be many a year before their legal rights are exhausted.