See other Dead Constitution Articles
Title: TSA chief warns against boycott of airport scans
Source:
Chron
URL Source: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7306994.html
Published: Nov 22, 2010
Author: RAY HENRY
Post Date: 2010-11-22 20:21:38 by bush_is_a_moonie
Keywords: None
Views: 354
Comments: 28
ATLANTA — The nation's airport security chief urged travelers not to boycott full-body scans on Wednesday — one of the busiest flying days of the year — as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches with some Americans in a foul and rebellious mood. Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole said Monday that such delaying actions would only "tie up people who want to go home and see their loved ones." "We all wish we lived in a world where security procedures at airports weren't necessary," he said, "but that just isn't the case." He noted the alleged attempt by a Nigerian with explosives in his underwear to bring down a plane over Detroit last Christmas. There was little if any indication of a revolt Monday as passenger screening appeared to go smoothly at many major U.S. airports, with very few people declining the X-ray scan that can peer through their clothes. Those who refuse are subject to a pat-down search that includes the crotch and chest. Many travelers said that the scans and the pat-down were not much of an inconvenience, and that the stepped-up measures made them feel safer and were, in any case, unavoidable. "Whatever keeps the country safe, I just don't have a problem with," Leah Martin, 50, of Houston, said as she waited to go through security at the Atlanta airport. At Chicago's O'Hare Airport, Gehno Sanchez, a 38-year-old from San Francisco who works in marketing, said he doesn't mind the full-body scans. "I mean, they may make you feel like a criminal for a minute, but I'd rather do that than someone touching me," he said. 
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 18.
#18. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#0)
deleted
There are no replies to Comment # 18. End Trace Mode for Comment # 18.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
Replies to Comment # 18.