[pct-l] TSA May Loosen Ban on Razorblades, Knives

[yogihikes at sbcglobal.net (yogi)]

ugh.  I'm perfectly fine with the ban on knives.  
It makes complete sense to me.
 
What I don't agree with (as things are now) is that they 
always search one-way passengers.  Sure, some roundtrip 
passengers probably get searched, but one-way passengers 
are singled out for searches.  After my fourth trip in a 
row of being searched, I finally asked the security person 
WHY I'm always picked.  Afterall, I do not fit any stereotype 
for a criminal or terrorist --- I'm a non-scary-looking white 
girl from Kansas!!  The security person told me I was chosen 
for the search because I have a one-way airline ticket.  If 
I WAS a terrorist, I'd just purchase a roundtrip ticket and 
avoid the SURE search.
 
just my two cents.
 
yogi
www.pcthandbook.com
 
 
 
 
 
 


Paul Magnanti <pmags@yahoo.com> wrote:As well as ice picks (read ice axes, too)

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TSA May Loosen Ban on Razorblades, Knives

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer

Sunday, August 14, 2005


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(08-14) 13:51 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

The federal agency in charge of aviation security is
considering major changes in how it screens airline
passengers, including proposals that an official said
would lift the ban on carrying razorblades and small
knives as well as limit patdown searches.

The Transportation Security Administration will meet
later this month to discuss the plan, which is
designed to reduce checkpoint hassles for the nation's
2 million passengers. It comes after TSA's new head,
Edmund S. "Kip" Hawley, called for a broad review in
hopes of making airline screening more
passenger-friendly.

An initial set of staff recommendations drafted Aug. 5
also proposes that passengers no longer have to
routinely remove their shoes during security checks.
Instead, only passengers who set off metal detectors,
are flagged by a computer screening system or look
"reasonably suspicious" would be asked to do so, a TSA
official said Saturday.

Any of the changes proposed by the staff, which also
would allow scissors, ice picks and bows and arrows on
flights, would require Hawley's approval, this
official said, requesting anonymity because there has
been no final decision.

"The process is designed to stimulate creative
thinking and challenge conventional beliefs," said
Mark Hatfield, TSA's spokesman. "In the end, it will
allow us to work smarter and better as we secure
America's transportation system."

The Aug. 5 memo recommends reducing patdowns by giving
screeners the discretion not to search those wearing
tight-fitting clothes. It also suggests exempting
several categories of passengers from screening,
including federal judges, members of Congress, Cabinet
members, state governors, high-ranking military
officers and those with high-level security
clearances.

The proposed changes were first reported by The
Washington Post on Saturday.

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On the Net:

Transportation Security Administration:

Homeland Security Department:

www.tsa.gov

www.dhs.gov


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