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

[calliger at infolane.com (calliger@infolane.com)]

Clinton started this and Bush, bless his Righteous Right Heart
, the gentlement he is, continues the Policy, says all cute white girls 
are searched...they fit his profile! (smile) 

j/k!! ;-0





On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:18:45 -0600, Jerry Goller wrote
> There ya go again....tryin' to apply logic to the government....  
>  ;o)
> 
> Jerry
> 
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> [mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of yogi
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 4:19 PM
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> Subject: [pct-l] TSA May Loosen Ban on Razorblades, Knives
> 
> 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)
> 
> *********
> 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.
> 
> ___
> 
> On the Net:
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> Transportation Security Administration:
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> Homeland Security Department:
> 
> www.tsa.gov
> 
> www.dhs.gov
> 
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