Liberty and Justice for all???
$11,000 fine, arrest possible for some who refuse airport scans and pat downs
Is it possible that this is correct?
Are we talking about NAZI GERMANY, Stalins Soviet Union, Castro’s Cuba or Chavez Venezuela?
No
Is this how a totalitarian state starts? Is the OBAMA GOVERNMENT out of control?
By John Lantigua Palm Beach Post 8:59 a.m. EST, November 20, 2010
If you don’t want to pass through an airport scanner that allows security agents to see an image of your naked body or to undergo the alternative, a thorough manual search, you may have to find another way to travel this holiday season.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is warning that any would-be commercial airline passenger who enters an airport checkpoint and then refuses to undergo the method of inspection designated by TSA will not be allowed to fly and also will not be permitted to simply leave the airport.
That person will have to remain on the premises to be questioned by the TSA and possibly by local law enforcement. Anyone refusing faces fines up to $11,000 and possible arrest.
“Once a person submits to the screening process, they can not just decide to leave that process,” says Sari Koshetz, regional TSA spokesperson, based in Miami.
Koshetz said such passengers would be questioned “until it is determined that they don’t pose a threat” to the public.
Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Teri Barbera said PBSO deputies stationed at the airport would become involved when requested by the TSA.
“We will handle each incident on a case-by-case basis,” she said.
No one will be forcibly searched or arrested “just because they refuse to go through the security procedures,” Barbera said. “That may rise to the level of suspicious behavior for the TSA, but it wouldn’t rise to the level of suspicious behavior for a deputy,” she said.
But Barbera said that if a person is judged to be a possible threat, deputies are legally permitted to detain and search that individual. “The deputies will do it at the airport just as they would do it anywhere else,” she said. Once cleared by the TSA and deputies, the people will be allowed to leave, she said.
TSA officials say the new technology is necessary because it detects not just metal but other potentially dangerous materials, including plastic explosives.
Koshetz said the TSA goal is for as many passengers as possible to pass through the AIT machines, rather than the less revealing traditional metal detectors.
A recent CBS poll found that 81 percent of people questioned did not object to the AIT system. But some do and an online group called National Opt-Out Day is encouraging passengers to refuse the AIT screening on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, which would force TSA to perform many more manual searches and probably cause long delays.
Have these procedures REALLY stopped anyone or helped? The answer to this is NO…
Do these catch explosives in a body cavity? The answer is NO.
Are the American traveling people being abused and victims of unconstitutional acts at the hands of OUR government?
The answer is YES.
Is this just the start of GOVERNMENT control and OPPRESSION?
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or is this the real picture
