Re: Awesome...now Denver International has full body screening...
You know, I was thinking on the way to work today, that I'm surprised there hasn't been more outcry from civil rights fronts about issues surrounding using this imaging on minors.
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Nah, that's the Secret Service.
Haven't you gotten it straight yet? It was all explained, once:
Dick Gordon: National Security Agency.
Martin Bishop: Ah. You're the guys I hear breathing on the other end of my phone.
Dick Gordon: No, that's the FBI. We're not chartered for domestic surveillance.
Martin Bishop: Oh, I see. You just overthrow governments. Set up friendly dictators.
Dick Gordon: No, that's the CIA. We protect our government's communications, we try to break the other fella's codes. We're the good guys, Marty.
Martin Bishop: Gee, I can't tell you what a relief that is... Dick.
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I was wondering who was giving those homeless people coffee.
I guess the words they say to themselves might sound like a string of code-words, but then again, it might just be a string of crazy talk.
Now, the tinfoil hat crowd should start calling crazy homeless people, "one of 'them'," or "feds."
As for full body screening, they've tried to down-play the nudity issue by coloring the resulting images in neutral tones/colors, but I give it 10 years before followers of Ted Turner's Team of Colorization of Black and White Films decides to upgrade it.Leave a comment:
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That makes me curious... are the majority of the checkpoints that military gets to go through to get on those big Airforce jets mostly run by civies or is it military who is doing the checking?
Who does TSA belong to? I'm assuming they are contracted via government, right?Leave a comment:
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Re: Awesome...now Denver International has full body screening...
There were civilians running the check point for some reason. Technically we're not supposed to use leatherman knives. That whole FOD thing, they aren't accounted for. Most of us carried them anyway.
That's still probably the best sequel I've ever seen.Leave a comment:
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The Air Force still makes a big deal about leathermans, pocketknives, etc., on military aircraft, in war zones...
If you don't visibly display it, you are usually fine. Not that I've ever done that...Leave a comment:
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Re: Awesome...now Denver International has full body screening...
That reminds me of my trip to Oman. We made a one day stop in Okinawa. After that we all jumped back in uniform to get on our planes. You know, the big grey ones with US Air Force painted on the side. They even had some of our names on the side. So anyway this asshat at the security checkpoint starts taking out pocket knives. Mostly leatherman tools and the occasional swiss army knife. I asked the guy why they were taking the knives. He said that's the rule. No weapons are allowed on the planes. I told him I could go on the plane and pick up a freaking rifle! It's a military aircraft and we're going to a not so nice place. He said he didn't care and those are the rules. Eventually our security officer talked him into giving all the knives to him and he would give them back on the plane. At least we didn't have to take off out boots, which were all steel toed, and made the metal detector beep.Leave a comment:
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Aah, the shoe removal game.
I'm actually an aircraft engineer, but thankfully, I'm Australian. The security measures here are nowhere near as strict/asinine as in the States. Now, I have the type of ID/Security checks that allow me access to anywhere in the airport. I didn't go through this rigmarole for my amusement. So, when the security scare/paranoia came in involving exploding dirty feet I wasn't too concerned.
That is, until I had to pass through an xray point to access a domestic departures area just so as I could purchase some lunch. I was in work uniform, I was wearing my security clearance ID. I took out all of my metal items and dutifully placed them in the little plastic tray to go through the xray machine (you know the tray, the one that anyone can happily pilfer items out of). So, when the power tripping supposed security guard asked me to remove my work boots I had to question his reasoning. After all, I'd just come from airside, on an aircraft in fact. He replied "It's the rules, you just have to do it". My reply was along the lines of "Can you not think for yourself you imbecile little prick? I don't have time for your penile compensation games."
Of course, this went down a treat. When the Federal Police turned up I was actually getting a little worried. Luckily one of the Federal Cop rent-a-drone's actually had a brain and listened to me. I politely explained to them that if they didn't let me go, no aircraft would be legally allowed to fly for the afternoon. A bit more explaining and they slowly realised that without aircraft flying, they don't have a job. Eventually I walked on through, boots still on my feet.
So, to end my massive seemingly pointless rant, I have a serious problem with the multitude of supposed security measures being put in place and people just accepting them as societal need. 95% (Yes, I am plucking this figure) of security measures do nothing, they're just there in case a news crew happens to turn up with high def cameras and telephoto lenses. This new device is a ridiculous invasion of personal privacy, it is very scary, and it will be abused. As with all of these new measures, it is not the one being implemented that scares me as much as the next one this allows to be implemented.
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I fly though Asia, the middle east and Europe and no one removes shoes. In fact if you go to remove your shoe they really look at you funny.Leave a comment:
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