USA airport security measures

Anthony Carter4 said:What on earth does someone's country of origin, their tattoos, or their potential nationalism have to do with their professional duties? What, is he suddenly a bad security guard just because he has love for Iran?

He's not even a disc ejector 🤷

Paul Johnson5 said:It all depends on what kind of work we're talking about here. If a guy works for the local sanitation department, I truly couldn't care less about his tattoos or who he cheers for.🤷

But this fellow is working airport security, and his entire purpose is to protect me from people he might actually sympathize with. 😵

Most terrorist attacks happen because of an inside connection. So, tell me, who do you think is more likely to be that "weak link"—some Englishman or a guy sporting an Iranian flag tattoo?

I don't recall hearing that terrorists typically hail from Iran. Besides, I could have a Mexican flag tattooed on me and still find everything my countrymen have done absolutely revolting. Perhaps, heaven forbid, I just love my country, regardless of its flaws. In any realistic scenario, you can't definitively judge someone's political convictions based solely on a tattoo.

As for those internal connections, I’d be far less concerned with obvious caricatures and much more focused on native Englishmen who have converted to Islam and aren't even remotely above suspicion. 😁

It’s worth pointing out that even before all those crazy anti-terror laws hit the books here in the USA,
we were already dealing with stuff like the government bugging everyone's phones and kicking down doors without a warrant, you know?

At the end of the day, all those aggressive foreign interventions just end up biting the USA in the ass, leaving our own citizens feeling totally unsafe and harassed at home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_...s_Constitution
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Anthony Carter4 said:I don't recall hearing that terrorists typically hail from Iran. Besides, I could have a Mexican flag tattooed on me and still find everything my countrymen have done absolutely revolting. Perhaps, heaven forbid, I just love my country, regardless of its flaws. In any realistic scenario, you can't definitively judge someone's political convictions based solely on a tattoo.

As for those internal connections, I’d be far less concerned with obvious caricatures and much more focused on native Englishmen who have converted to Islam and aren't even remotely above suspicion. 😁

I totally agree that you can't know for sure, but there is a concept called "profiling." It's a method the Israelis have utilized for ages with incredible success when it comes to airport security. 👍

What the Department of State is saying about those WikiLeaks docs

Telegrams, for instance, can expose how high-ranking officials in other countries act as sources for compromising intel regarding their own government's inner workings—which just makes it way harder for the Department of State to snag that kind of intelligence down the road.

Basically, this implies the USA uses illegal tactics to bribe and spy on foreign governments, though he didn't specify if we're talking about US puppets installed all over the globe or actually "democratically" elected leaders.

Either way, it's just one more reason for the USA to get paranoid and strip away even more freedom from its own citizens just to cover up the crap they're pulling around the world!

http://www.cnn.com/news/article/v...bu/526387.aspx

Seriously, when is this airport harassment ever going to end? It’s just non-stop at the terminals lately!

It’s a simple reality. When things get messy—and they always do—there aren't any shortcuts. If you're dead set on making it in the USA, then you either play by the rules or you just stay home.

Not sure what topic to pick here. I'm looking for some info regarding Washington, D.C., John F. Kennedy, and Heathrow Airport.

Is it actually possible to opt out of going through a metal detector or anything else using electromagnetic tech (like those wands)? Could I ask for an alternative that doesn't use magnets instead—maybe a manual pat-down, taking things off, or even just consenting to an X-ray?