#11. To: Jethro Tull, Artisan, Eric Stratton, farmfriend, abraxas, all (#0)
I think it should be clear to anyone with any intellect that at this point security is clearly not the reason for the behavior of the TSA Goons. Control, dominance, and conditioning people to be a subservient subject are.
It seems clear to me that the reasoning behind these outrages is some Psych somewhere came up with this as a means to accustom a segment of the population to the kinds of intimidation tactics that occur only in a Police State.
The program would appear to be a derivative of the types of activities that were engaged in by the CIA in the various "mind control" programs. The signature items that stand out:
Intimidation
Public Humiliation
Submission to authority
Irrational Search Protocols
So, the entire program can be seen as not unlike the re-education protocols followed in Mao's re-education camps.