CattyNebulart Wrote:Also it is a concern that the machine didn't go of the second time, as I understand it the senator has a medical implant made of metal that should set these detectors of, so this essentially means the machine he went through the second time wasn't working. The fact that some are ridiculing him for calling for an investigation into this is worrisome.I call it operator error... or perhaps even BOFH-ism. The pictures these scanners paint is a pretty vivid one, hence the controversy over them. (I certainly wouldn't want the job. About two-thirds of these people are the sort I wouldn't want to see naked after a meal, gender not withstanding.) Seriously, as clear a picture as these things paint, the operator would have been able to tell that it was some sort of implant. Pretty sure they go through some sort of training. ("This is what a medical implant looks like... and this is something else that is suspect...") If not, then that's a huge and glaring oversight that needs to be corrected immediately, no matter whether one is in favor of the TSA or not.
CattyNebulart Wrote:IQuote:Personally, I think they should just do away with the patdowns altogether. They don't do anything.Agreed.
Personally the suggestion from the Paul's to get rid of the TSA is
almost enough to make me vote for them if I could. I strongly disagree
with their economic policies, but civil liberties are more important
anyway. (and even there I don't fully agree with them)
wouldn't vote for him on that point alone. These days, the Senate and
the House are wielding so much power that I think that more scrutiny
must be focused on who we elect as our representatives rather than our
President. (Not that HE shouldn't be scrutinized any less than he is
now.)