Posts tagged: constitution

Victory for FREEDOM! TSA Pulls Use Of Controversial Full Body Scanners At JFK, LaGuardia Airports

I’ve been shocked by how many people will blindly walk through the naked scanners at airports not thinking of the rights they are voluntarily giving up! Here is a win for freedom! TSA Pulls Use Of Controversial Full Body Scanners At JFK, LaGuardia Airports NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The controversial full body airport scanners are […]

Dying woman gets invasive TSA pat down.

A dying woman says a a security pat-down at Sea-Tac Airport left her embarrassed in front of crowds of people. Michelle Dunaj says screeners checked under bandages from recent surgeries and refused to give her a private search when she requested one. Dunaj, who is dying of leukemia, carried a large amount of prescription drugs […]

Feds are thrilled with connected TV’s.. Will transform ‘transform clandestine tradecraft’

When people download a film from Netflix to a flatscreen, or turn on web radio, they could be alerting unwanted watchers to exactly what they are doing and where they are. Spies will no longer have to plant bugs in your home – the rise of ‘connected’ gadgets controlled by apps will mean that people […]

DHS Officers Armed With Semiautomatics Set Up Unannounced ID Checkpoint

Residents of Leesburg, Florida were shocked to see their local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning, as DHS officers armed with semiautomatic rifles and accompanied by sniffer dogs checked identifications of locals. “With their blue and white SUVs circled around the Main Street office, at least one official was […]

Texas takes aim at getting rid of naked scanners

I’m filing this one under the “Don’t Mess with Texas” category! Kudos to Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) for filing HB 1938, with the goal of making it a civil penalty for anyone working in a locally owned airport to install or operate whole-body imaging equipment — “including a device that uses backscatter x-rays or millimeter […]

Rape victim handcuffed and dragged away after refusing TSA pat down

From KVUE.com in Austin, TX Claire Hirschkind, 56, who says she is a rape victim and who has a pacemaker-type device implanted in her chest, says her constitutional rights were violated.  She says she never broke any laws.  But the Transportation Security Administration disagrees. Hirschkind was hoping to spend Christmas with friends in California, but she never made it past the […]

DHS begins seizing private domain names.

Yet another example that our Department of Homeland Security is more than slightly out of control. There used to be a day in America were the Government had checks and balances that made them at least jump through a few hoops before they could start seizing control of someones assets. The posts on the sites […]

Article: Menstruating woman subjected to TSA grope because panty-liner obscured her vulva on pornoscanner

It’s interesting to see some news outlets claiming that National Opt-Out day was a flop. Reports I’ve heard from travelers is that the TSA has chosen to opt-out of using the naked scanners today. Pretty smart move on their part. Ran across a disturbing article today on BoingBoing A self-described “rule follower” went through an […]

Death by a Thousand Cuts: TSA pats down topless young boy.

Al Qaeda has vowed to kill America with “Death by a Thousand Cuts”. Not a big attack but slowly chipping away at our freedoms and CHANGING America through small attacks. Guess what?! It’s working! When buying an airline ticket means forfeiting your rights, the terrorists have one. This video is a bit disturbing. It shows […]