TSA Experiences

Andrea · 09-20-2014, 02:48 PM

Passengers with 'ISIS' T-shirts detained at JFK airport

http://7online.com/news/passengers-with-isis-t-shirts-detained-at-jfk/314528/

"A group of about 10 travelers were briefly detained at Kennedy Airport because several of them were wearing shirts with "ISIS" written on them.

And at least one of the passengers on Sun Country Airlines Flight 243 from Minneapolis to Kennedy Airport was carrying a bag with "ISIS" written on it

The passengers were questioned upon arrival at Kennedy Airport's Terminal 4 at noon, then released with no charges.

Aircraft cargo in the plane was swept and nothing suspicious was found.

The ISIS shirts were apparently from an overseas travel agency.

Sun Country Airlines has not responded to request for comment."

Andrea · 09-20-2014, 02:54 PM

Police search luggage with bomb-sniffing dog and pull passengers off plane after bag with logo similar to ISIS insignia causes security scare at New York airport

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2762021/Security-scare-JFK-Airport-New-York-luggage-logo-similar-ISIS-insignia-noticed-Sun-Country-Airlines-flight.html

'I didn’t see luggage but there did seem to be some profiling going on because the people detained were wearing hijabs and clothing you see in the Middle East.’

Andrea · 02-04-2015, 09:26 PM

Innocent frequent flier detained after run-in with TSA

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150204_TSA_jails_innocent_traveler_when_he_asks_ to_file_a_complaint.html

APPARENTLY, working as a supervisor for the Transportation Security Administration at Philadelphia International Airport comes with a perk: You get to throw people in jail for no good reason and still keep your job.

GinaSofia · 02-04-2015, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrea

Passengers with 'ISIS' T-shirts detained at JFK airport

http://7online.com/news/passengers-with-isis-t-shirts-detained-at-jfk/314528/

"A group of about 10 travelers were briefly detained at Kennedy Airport because several of them were wearing shirts with "ISIS" written on them.

And at least one of the passengers on Sun Country Airlines Flight 243 from Minneapolis to Kennedy Airport was carrying a bag with "ISIS" written on it

The passengers were questioned upon arrival at Kennedy Airport's Terminal 4 at noon, then released with no charges.

Aircraft cargo in the plane was swept and nothing suspicious was found.

The ISIS shirts were apparently from an overseas travel agency.

Sun Country Airlines has not responded to request for comment."

I'd pull them the fuck out too! Fuck ISIS and thank God for our security teams.

Andrea · 02-05-2015, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GinaSofia

I'd pull them the fuck out too! Fuck ISIS and thank God for our security teams.

Did you read the article? The ISIS logo was not the evil ISIS. It was an travel agency.

How did removing the passengers wearing shirts with a logo on them make flying any safer?

Andrea · 02-10-2015, 07:41 AM

http://www.news10.net/story/news/nation/2015/02/09/serial-stowaway-slips-aboard-jacksonville-flight/23155913/

She does it again!

"An alleged serial stowaway who somehow slipped past airport security onto a flight to Jacksonville and then reportedly talked her way into a villa at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort had to change her accommodations Monday morning — to a cell at the Nassau County Jail."

*Anya* · 03-24-2015, 07:21 AM

$1 Billion TSA Behavioral Screening Program Slammed as Ineffective “Junk Science”

The Transportation Security Administration(TSA) has been accused of spending a billion dollars on a passenger-screening program that’s based on junk science.

The claim arose in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which has tried unsuccessfully to get the TSA to release documents on its SPOT (Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques) program through the Freedom of Information Act.

SPOT, whose techniques were first used in 2003 and formalized in 2007, uses “highly questionable” screening techniques, according to the ACLU complaint, while being “discriminatory, ineffective, pseudo-scientific, and wasteful of taxpayer money.” TSA has spent at least $1 billion on SPOT.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported in 2010 that “TSA deployed SPOT nationwide before first determining whether there was a scientifically valid basis for using behavior detection and appearance indicators as a means for reliably identifying passengers as potential threats in airports,” according to the ACLU. And in 2013, GAO recommended that the agency spend less money on the program, which uses 3,000 “behavior detection officers” whose jobs is to identify terrorists before they board jetliners.

The ACLU contends SPOT uses racial profiling, even though TSA has a zero-tolerance policy for such singling out of people based on their ethnicity. The lawsuit says “passengers, as well as behavior detection officers themselves, have complained that this process results in subjecting people of Middle Eastern descent or appearance, African Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities to additional questioning and screening solely on the basis of their race.”

Furthermore, “there is no known instance in which these techniques were responsible for apprehending someone who posed a security threat” after years of using SPOT.

-Noel Brinkerhoff

http://www.allgov.com/news/where-is-...23?news=856031

To Learn More:

TSA Asked to Divulge Screening Techniques (by Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News Service)

ACLU Sues TSA over Behavior Screening Program (by Bart Jansen, USA Today)

American Civil Liberties Union v. Transportation Security Administration (U.S. District Court, Southern New York) (pdf)

Request Under Freedom of Information Act/Expedited Processing Requested(American Civil Liberties Union) (pdf)

TSA Behavior Detection Technique Deemed Not Much Better than “Chance” (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)

Andrea · 03-24-2015, 08:07 AM

“there is no known instance in which these techniques were responsible for apprehending someone who posed a security threat” after years of using SPOT.

Not to be confused with there is no known instance where anything TSA has done has resulted in deterring a terrorist incident.

Andrea · 05-21-2015, 09:50 AM

Hundreds More Airport SIDA Badges Missing

New information to an ongoing NBC 5 investigation found hundreds of airport security badges, known as Secure Identification Display Area (SIDA) badges, are unaccounted for across the country.

Working in partnership with the NBC station in San Diego, NBC 5 Investigates found more than 270 SIDA badges missing at the San Diego International Airport in the last two years.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/investigations/Hundreds-More-TSA-SIDA-Badges-Missing-304485391.html

09-20-2014, 02:48 PM	#1
Andrea Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Mature Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Her/She Relationship Status: I heart Rene Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: California Posts: 3,755 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,427 Thanked 14,921 Times in 3,020 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Because evil terrorist advertise.... Passengers with 'ISIS' T-shirts detained at JFK airport http://7online.com/news/passengers-with-isis-t-shirts-detained-at-jfk/314528/ "A group of about 10 travelers were briefly detained at Kennedy Airport because several of them were wearing shirts with "ISIS" written on them. And at least one of the passengers on Sun Country Airlines Flight 243 from Minneapolis to Kennedy Airport was carrying a bag with "ISIS" written on it The passengers were questioned upon arrival at Kennedy Airport's Terminal 4 at noon, then released with no charges. Aircraft cargo in the plane was swept and nothing suspicious was found. The ISIS shirts were apparently from an overseas travel agency. Sun Country Airlines has not responded to request for comment." __________________ I am very spoiled! What we think about and thank about, we bring about! Today I will treat my body with love and respect.

09-20-2014, 02:54 PM	#2
Andrea Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Mature Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Her/She Relationship Status: I heart Rene Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: California Posts: 3,755 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,427 Thanked 14,921 Times in 3,020 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Additional info Police search luggage with bomb-sniffing dog and pull passengers off plane after bag with logo similar to ISIS insignia causes security scare at New York airport http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2762021/Security-scare-JFK-Airport-New-York-luggage-logo-similar-ISIS-insignia-noticed-Sun-Country-Airlines-flight.html 'I didn’t see luggage but there did seem to be some profiling going on because the people detained were wearing hijabs and clothing you see in the Middle East.’ __________________ I am very spoiled! What we think about and thank about, we bring about! Today I will treat my body with love and respect.

02-04-2015, 09:26 PM	#3
Andrea Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Mature Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Her/She Relationship Status: I heart Rene Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: California Posts: 3,755 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,427 Thanked 14,921 Times in 3,020 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Innocent frequent flier detained after run-in with TSA http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150204_TSA_jails_innocent_traveler_when_he_asks_ to_file_a_complaint.html APPARENTLY, working as a supervisor for the Transportation Security Administration at Philadelphia International Airport comes with a perk: You get to throw people in jail for no good reason and still keep your job. __________________ I am very spoiled! What we think about and thank about, we bring about! Today I will treat my body with love and respect.

02-10-2015, 07:41 AM	#6
Andrea Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Mature Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Her/She Relationship Status: I heart Rene Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: California Posts: 3,755 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,427 Thanked 14,921 Times in 3,020 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	http://www.news10.net/story/news/nation/2015/02/09/serial-stowaway-slips-aboard-jacksonville-flight/23155913/ She does it again! "An alleged serial stowaway who somehow slipped past airport security onto a flight to Jacksonville and then reportedly talked her way into a villa at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort had to change her accommodations Monday morning — to a cell at the Nassau County Jail." __________________ I am very spoiled! What we think about and thank about, we bring about! Today I will treat my body with love and respect.

03-24-2015, 07:21 AM	#7
Anya Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Lesbian non-stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Committed to being good to myself Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Coast Posts: 8,258 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 39,306 Thanked 40,445 Times in 7,285 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	$1 Billion TSA Behavioral Screening Program Slammed as Ineffective “Junk Science” The Transportation Security Administration(TSA) has been accused of spending a billion dollars on a passenger-screening program that’s based on junk science. The claim arose in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which has tried unsuccessfully to get the TSA to release documents on its SPOT (Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques) program through the Freedom of Information Act. SPOT, whose techniques were first used in 2003 and formalized in 2007, uses “highly questionable” screening techniques, according to the ACLU complaint, while being “discriminatory, ineffective, pseudo-scientific, and wasteful of taxpayer money.” TSA has spent at least $1 billion on SPOT. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported in 2010 that “TSA deployed SPOT nationwide before first determining whether there was a scientifically valid basis for using behavior detection and appearance indicators as a means for reliably identifying passengers as potential threats in airports,” according to the ACLU. And in 2013, GAO recommended that the agency spend less money on the program, which uses 3,000 “behavior detection officers” whose jobs is to identify terrorists before they board jetliners. The ACLU contends SPOT uses racial profiling, even though TSA has a zero-tolerance policy for such singling out of people based on their ethnicity. The lawsuit says “passengers, as well as behavior detection officers themselves, have complained that this process results in subjecting people of Middle Eastern descent or appearance, African Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities to additional questioning and screening solely on the basis of their race.” Furthermore, “there is no known instance in which these techniques were responsible for apprehending someone who posed a security threat” after years of using SPOT. -Noel Brinkerhoff http://www.allgov.com/news/where-is-...23?news=856031 To Learn More: TSA Asked to Divulge Screening Techniques (by Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News Service) ACLU Sues TSA over Behavior Screening Program (by Bart Jansen, USA Today) American Civil Liberties Union v. Transportation Security Administration (U.S. District Court, Southern New York) (pdf) Request Under Freedom of Information Act/Expedited Processing Requested(American Civil Liberties Union) (pdf) TSA Behavior Detection Technique Deemed Not Much Better than “Chance” (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov) __________________ ~Anya~ Democracy Dies in Darkness ~Washington Post "...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable." UN Human Rights commissioner

03-24-2015, 08:07 AM	#8
Andrea Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Mature Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Her/She Relationship Status: I heart Rene Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: California Posts: 3,755 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,427 Thanked 14,921 Times in 3,020 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	“there is no known instance in which these techniques were responsible for apprehending someone who posed a security threat” after years of using SPOT. Not to be confused with there is no known instance where anything TSA has done has resulted in deterring a terrorist incident. __________________ I am very spoiled! What we think about and thank about, we bring about! Today I will treat my body with love and respect.

05-21-2015, 09:50 AM	#9
Andrea Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Mature Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Her/She Relationship Status: I heart Rene Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: California Posts: 3,755 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,427 Thanked 14,921 Times in 3,020 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Been a while since something different happened... Hundreds More Airport SIDA Badges Missing New information to an ongoing NBC 5 investigation found hundreds of airport security badges, known as Secure Identification Display Area (SIDA) badges, are unaccounted for across the country. Working in partnership with the NBC station in San Diego, NBC 5 Investigates found more than 270 SIDA badges missing at the San Diego International Airport in the last two years. http://www.nbcdfw.com/investigations/Hundreds-More-TSA-SIDA-Badges-Missing-304485391.html __________________ I am very spoiled! What we think about and thank about, we bring about! Today I will treat my body with love and respect.