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Author Topic: TSA security hilarity Martin Brooks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 900 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 12-23-2005 07:18 PM                        There is a middle ground between random checks that include grandmothers in wheel chairs and racial profiling. I call it "intelligent profiling". While someone shouldn't be pulled out solely because they look like they come from the Middle East, that certainly should be a factor. You combine that with whether the person is traveling alone, whether they have a one -way ticket, whether they have luggage, whether their name shows up on any lists, whether they're of a particular age, etc. I'm a proud member of the ACLU, but I'd gladly support some kind of intelligent profiling. But what Brad wrote somewhere above is correct: the current system is a joke that is meant to demonstrate that something is being done, but it actually does nothing. We play these stupid games at the airport, but we are doing nothing to protect our ports, chemical facilities, etc. Instead we tell tourists that they're not permitted to take photos of the George Washington Bridge. Why do we always think that because the terrorists have struck airlines in the past that they're going to do it again? Why wouldn't they strike a shopping mall or ball park or Times Square, etc. One of the things that drove me crazy after 9/11 is that they had the army and the police protecting the WTC rubble far in excess of the protection that was provided to other potential targets, like the Empire State Building or Rockefeller Center, etc. The only place I see substantial protection today is the Stock Exchange.  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-24-2005 02:57 AM                     Personally I have no problem with 'random' flagging of passengers. After all, just because their ticket information says Bertha Mills is an 80 year old in a wheelchair doesn't mean an 80 year old in a wheelchair will be traveling through the security checkpoint. Ever hear of falsified documents? In any event, when the security agents see that it is indeed the 'real' Bertha they most certainly should lay off.  |  IP: Logged Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-24-2005 09:16 AM                        At SeaTac you have to show 2 pieces of ID and your boarding pass before you get to the search point, or you don't go any further.  |  IP: Logged

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