TSA revolts grow at grass roots. Cities eye opting out of TSA screening

[Sandra]

TSA revolts grow at grass roots. Cities eye opting out of TSA screening

URL Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news ... a-revolts-grow-at-grass-roots/
Published: Nov 22, 2010
Author: Shaun Waterman and Sean Lengell

Regional airports and some local officials are joining the swelling protest against more intrusive "pat-down" screening measures at airport security checkpoints, eyeing
new laws against so-called "naked X-ray" machines and perhaps even
opting out of the Transportation Security Administration screening
altogether.

"Our Constitution encourages local governments to stand up when the federal government goes too far," New York City Council member David G. Greenfield, who is exploring a move to ban the X-ray
machines from the city, told The Washington Times, "These naked X-ray
machines … constitute an unreasonable search," which violates the Fourth
Amendment, he said.

The rebellion erupted as TSA Administrator John Pistole expressed concerns about a threatened nationwide passenger protest Wednesday that could worsen delays and spark chaos on one of the
busiest travel days of the year.

"One of the great things about America is that people can protest," Mr. Pistole told reporters at a Monday breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.

"My real concern for this is that vast majority of travelers who are simply trying to get home to be with loved ones for the holidays, if they miss
a flight because a group of people are blocking access or because
they're taking extended periods of time, I feel bad," he said.

But Obama administration officials were standing firm on the security policies despite the outpouring of protest. Mr. Pistole said his agency
was fully staffed and was hiring support workers where needed.

"We'll see what happens," he said.

Although he said no changes were in store in the short term, Mr. Pistole left the door open to reconsider and refine the program should
the backlash continue to grow.

"What I'm doing is going back and [asking], 'Are there less invasive ways of doing the same type of screening?'" he said on ABC's "Good Morning America."

New York is not the only locality questioning the new federal security program and looking to private security firms to replace TSA inspectors.

We believe in private enterprise; that's what this country was built on," said Larry Dale, president of Sanford Airport Authority in Orlando,
Fla., which recently joined 16 other airports that are not
participating in the TSA program. Mr. Dale said the private screeners
would provide "better accountability, better productivity and be more
responsive to customers."

"I have had some very unpleasant experiences" with TSA screeners "just from an attitude point of view," he said, adding that the profit motive would ensure better performance
and more positive treatment of passengers.

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[Sandra]

One way to fight this BS, get the cities involved and ban TSA and hire someone else, notice they said "Our Constitution encourages local governments to stand up when the federal government goes too far," well this has gone way to far! Back to the issue of our power is in our own states,cites and counties! DON"T fly try to wait this out. Those machines are radiation, and those pat downs are illegal and against your rights.