Airport Security: TSA Gone Wild

AIRPORT SECURITY? MORE LIKE TSA GONE WILD! The humble beginning of airport security was merely the installation of security personnel that prevented airplane hijackings. Since that time, this security has evolved into controlling the trafficking of 3.4 oz of liquid items and making sure your nunchucks are checked in. Currently, as a front line in the battle against terrorism, airport security is now the world's creepiest voyeur. A1931 THE FIRST AIRCRAFT HIJACKING OCCURRED. But it wasn't until the late 1950's that airport secu- rity screening history took off. Despite warnings by professionals, threats were not taken seriously enough to install modern measures of prevention. A 1969 RECORD 82 HIJACKINGS! By the late 1960's, hijackings were on the rise, culminating in an all-time record of 82 in 1969. A1976 A1980'S FIRST TERRORIST ATTACK. WAR ON DRUGS. It took place aboard a Cuban flight, killing 73 people. Brought drug-sniffing dogs and new pat-down procedures to help mitigate the transportation of illegal narcotics as well as other contraband. Airports began to institute more prominent security checks involving metal detectors, X-ray machines and potential checks by private personnel hired as security officials. Following the events of September 11, 2001, AFTER 9/11 airport security screening history changed drastically. A SEPT 13, 2001 A NOV 2001 ARTME Transportation Security Administration ALL KNIVES PROHIBITED. OMELAND SECURTT Under the new screening standards, even Swiss Army knives left in carry-ons were confiscated, as were nail clippers at first, until they were considered non- threatening and could be carried aboard. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was introduced to handle screening at all US airports, replacing private contracted companies. PASSENGERS FORCED TO REMOVE SHOES. Due to Richard Reid's attempt to destroy a passenger liner from Paris to Miami using shoes packed with explosives. A DEC 22, 2001 New regulations required that passengers' jackets without metal in them still had to be removed and x-rayed, and passengers selected for secondary screening could be patted down. ALL JACKETS MUST BE REMOVED & X-RAYED. A SEPT 2004 VISITORS BANNED FROM PASSING SECURITY. NO-FLY LIST BLUNDERS: There is a No-Fly list, intended to prevent suspicious people from flying, but different people have the same name, so some high- profile individuals, including Senator Ted Kennedy, have found themselves blocked from boarding an aircraft at times. APPROVE In May 2005, a family was wrongfully removed from an overseas flight bound for Boston at Bangor, Maine, as one of the group's name turned up on a No-Fly list. A plot to destroy airplanes using a combina- tion of liquids is disrupted, prompting a ban on liquids over a certain volume on board airplanes. Passengers cannot carry liquids past security screening checkpoints or onto aircraft, this includes drinks, breast milk and even snow globes. POLL: 3-1 FAVOR PROFILING. LIQUIDS MUST BE DUMPED. A 2006 If passengers fit a terrorist profile based on age, ethnicity and gender. A CHRISTMAS 2009 BOMB SMUGGLED ON PLANE IN UNDERPANTS. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempted underwear bombing prompted many airports to began installing full-body scanners. WHAT IS FULL-BODY IMAGING? FULL-BODY SCANNERS MANDATORY! A 2010 Invented in the 1990's, full-body scan image airport screening became a preferred way to provide security measures around the world. The technology is met with much criticism, however, since it essen- tially produces a nude image of passengers. In a new attempt to curb terrorism on airplanes and in airports, the TSA announced that they plan on making full-body scanners mandatory. It's called "full-body imaging," and it's the latest indignity for air travelers. THERE IS NOW ONE IN EVERY U.S. AIRPORT. AGGRESSIVE NEW “PAT-DOWN" POLICY The total number of imaging machines is expected to near 1,000 by the end of 2011, according to the TSA. for passengers who refuse the full-body scan. Screeners can use the front of their hands to touch passengers' inner thighs, buttocks and breasts. DO FULL-BODY SCANNERS CAUSE CANCER? The TSA says the machines are safe, but backscatter technology raises concerns among some because it uses small doses of ionizing radiation. A NOV 16, 2010 100 IMAGES OF NAKED BODY SCANS LEAKED. Technology blog Gizmodo released the images resulting in a huge uprising of the American public including a petition to stop the scanners and guy singing about it on YouTube. The images came from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), who obtained them from an Orlando courthouse scanner. TAKE ACTION! NOV 24: NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY. Mark your calendar. Activists have spoken out and are designating Nov 24 as a National Opt-Out Day. Air travelers nationwide are A NOV 24, 2010 encouraged to refuse the TSA's thorough pat-downs and body-scans in protest of their intrusive nature. ARE WE SAFER NOW? The TSA has spent roughly $40 BILLION dollars. Homeland Security's acting inspector general, Richard Skinner, says: "The ability of TSA screeners to stop prohibited items from being carried through the sterile areas of the airports fared no better than the performance of screeners prior to Septmber 11, 2001." SOURCES: http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65875.aspx • http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65805.aspx http://www.ifpo.org/articlebank/evolution_of_airline.html • http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/us/17security.html?_r=1&src=twrhp http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/11/16/body-scanners-that-dont-keep-pictures-apparently-keep-pictures/ http://www.npr.org/ 2010/11/15/131328327/new-airport-security-rules-cause-traveler-discomfort http://www.todaysengineer.org/2005/Jun/security.asp• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_security_repercussions_due_to_the_September_11_attacks http://www.concierge.com/ cntraveler/blogs/80days/2009/09/eight-years-after-911.html • http://www.ecanadanow.com/curiosity/2010/03/17/tsa-to-make- full-body-scans-mandatory-at-us-airports/ • http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-12/travel/body.scanning.radiation_1_backscatter- radiological-research-radiation?_s=PM:TRAVEL • http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/25017/tsa-sells-naked-body-scans-online/ • http://dullardmush.blogspot.com/2010/11/is-tsa-naked-scanner-and-junk-groping.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium= feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DullardMush+%28Dullard+Mush% 29 DESIGN: @jayjaypowpow INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: CriminalJusticeDegree.net forkparty AIRPORT SECURITY? MORE LIKE TSA GONE WILD! The humble beginning of airport security was merely the installation of security personnel that prevented airplane hijackings. Since that time, this security has evolved into controlling the trafficking of 3.4 oz of liquid items and making sure your nunchucks are checked in. Currently, as a front line in the battle against terrorism, airport security is now the world's creepiest voyeur. A1931 THE FIRST AIRCRAFT HIJACKING OCCURRED. But it wasn't until the late 1950's that airport secu- rity screening history took off. Despite warnings by professionals, threats were not taken seriously enough to install modern measures of prevention. A 1969 RECORD 82 HIJACKINGS! By the late 1960's, hijackings were on the rise, culminating in an all-time record of 82 in 1969. A1976 A1980'S FIRST TERRORIST ATTACK. WAR ON DRUGS. It took place aboard a Cuban flight, killing 73 people. Brought drug-sniffing dogs and new pat-down procedures to help mitigate the transportation of illegal narcotics as well as other contraband. Airports began to institute more prominent security checks involving metal detectors, X-ray machines and potential checks by private personnel hired as security officials. Following the events of September 11, 2001, AFTER 9/11 airport security screening history changed drastically. A SEPT 13, 2001 A NOV 2001 ARTME Transportation Security Administration ALL KNIVES PROHIBITED. OMELAND SECURTT Under the new screening standards, even Swiss Army knives left in carry-ons were confiscated, as were nail clippers at first, until they were considered non- threatening and could be carried aboard. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was introduced to handle screening at all US airports, replacing private contracted companies. PASSENGERS FORCED TO REMOVE SHOES. Due to Richard Reid's attempt to destroy a passenger liner from Paris to Miami using shoes packed with explosives. A DEC 22, 2001 New regulations required that passengers' jackets without metal in them still had to be removed and x-rayed, and passengers selected for secondary screening could be patted down. ALL JACKETS MUST BE REMOVED & X-RAYED. A SEPT 2004 VISITORS BANNED FROM PASSING SECURITY. NO-FLY LIST BLUNDERS: There is a No-Fly list, intended to prevent suspicious people from flying, but different people have the same name, so some high- profile individuals, including Senator Ted Kennedy, have found themselves blocked from boarding an aircraft at times. APPROVE In May 2005, a family was wrongfully removed from an overseas flight bound for Boston at Bangor, Maine, as one of the group's name turned up on a No-Fly list. A plot to destroy airplanes using a combina- tion of liquids is disrupted, prompting a ban on liquids over a certain volume on board airplanes. Passengers cannot carry liquids past security screening checkpoints or onto aircraft, this includes drinks, breast milk and even snow globes. POLL: 3-1 FAVOR PROFILING. LIQUIDS MUST BE DUMPED. A 2006 If passengers fit a terrorist profile based on age, ethnicity and gender. A CHRISTMAS 2009 BOMB SMUGGLED ON PLANE IN UNDERPANTS. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempted underwear bombing prompted many airports to began installing full-body scanners. WHAT IS FULL-BODY IMAGING? FULL-BODY SCANNERS MANDATORY! A 2010 Invented in the 1990's, full-body scan image airport screening became a preferred way to provide security measures around the world. The technology is met with much criticism, however, since it essen- tially produces a nude image of passengers. In a new attempt to curb terrorism on airplanes and in airports, the TSA announced that they plan on making full-body scanners mandatory. It's called "full-body imaging," and it's the latest indignity for air travelers. THERE IS NOW ONE IN EVERY U.S. AIRPORT. AGGRESSIVE NEW “PAT-DOWN" POLICY The total number of imaging machines is expected to near 1,000 by the end of 2011, according to the TSA. for passengers who refuse the full-body scan. Screeners can use the front of their hands to touch passengers' inner thighs, buttocks and breasts. DO FULL-BODY SCANNERS CAUSE CANCER? The TSA says the machines are safe, but backscatter technology raises concerns among some because it uses small doses of ionizing radiation. A NOV 16, 2010 100 IMAGES OF NAKED BODY SCANS LEAKED. Technology blog Gizmodo released the images resulting in a huge uprising of the American public including a petition to stop the scanners and guy singing about it on YouTube. The images came from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), who obtained them from an Orlando courthouse scanner. TAKE ACTION! NOV 24: NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY. Mark your calendar. Activists have spoken out and are designating Nov 24 as a National Opt-Out Day. Air travelers nationwide are A NOV 24, 2010 encouraged to refuse the TSA's thorough pat-downs and body-scans in protest of their intrusive nature. ARE WE SAFER NOW? The TSA has spent roughly $40 BILLION dollars. Homeland Security's acting inspector general, Richard Skinner, says: "The ability of TSA screeners to stop prohibited items from being carried through the sterile areas of the airports fared no better than the performance of screeners prior to Septmber 11, 2001." SOURCES: http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65875.aspx • http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65805.aspx http://www.ifpo.org/articlebank/evolution_of_airline.html • http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/us/17security.html?_r=1&src=twrhp http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/11/16/body-scanners-that-dont-keep-pictures-apparently-keep-pictures/ http://www.npr.org/ 2010/11/15/131328327/new-airport-security-rules-cause-traveler-discomfort http://www.todaysengineer.org/2005/Jun/security.asp• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_security_repercussions_due_to_the_September_11_attacks http://www.concierge.com/ cntraveler/blogs/80days/2009/09/eight-years-after-911.html • http://www.ecanadanow.com/curiosity/2010/03/17/tsa-to-make- full-body-scans-mandatory-at-us-airports/ • http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-12/travel/body.scanning.radiation_1_backscatter- radiological-research-radiation?_s=PM:TRAVEL • http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/25017/tsa-sells-naked-body-scans-online/ • http://dullardmush.blogspot.com/2010/11/is-tsa-naked-scanner-and-junk-groping.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium= feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DullardMush+%28Dullard+Mush% 29 DESIGN: @jayjaypowpow INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: CriminalJusticeDegree.net forkparty AIRPORT SECURITY? MORE LIKE TSA GONE WILD! The humble beginning of airport security was merely the installation of security personnel that prevented airplane hijackings. Since that time, this security has evolved into controlling the trafficking of 3.4 oz of liquid items and making sure your nunchucks are checked in. Currently, as a front line in the battle against terrorism, airport security is now the world's creepiest voyeur. A1931 THE FIRST AIRCRAFT HIJACKING OCCURRED. But it wasn't until the late 1950's that airport secu- rity screening history took off. Despite warnings by professionals, threats were not taken seriously enough to install modern measures of prevention. A 1969 RECORD 82 HIJACKINGS! By the late 1960's, hijackings were on the rise, culminating in an all-time record of 82 in 1969. A1976 A1980'S FIRST TERRORIST ATTACK. WAR ON DRUGS. It took place aboard a Cuban flight, killing 73 people. Brought drug-sniffing dogs and new pat-down procedures to help mitigate the transportation of illegal narcotics as well as other contraband. Airports began to institute more prominent security checks involving metal detectors, X-ray machines and potential checks by private personnel hired as security officials. Following the events of September 11, 2001, AFTER 9/11 airport security screening history changed drastically. A SEPT 13, 2001 A NOV 2001 ARTME Transportation Security Administration ALL KNIVES PROHIBITED. OMELAND SECURTT Under the new screening standards, even Swiss Army knives left in carry-ons were confiscated, as were nail clippers at first, until they were considered non- threatening and could be carried aboard. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was introduced to handle screening at all US airports, replacing private contracted companies. PASSENGERS FORCED TO REMOVE SHOES. Due to Richard Reid's attempt to destroy a passenger liner from Paris to Miami using shoes packed with explosives. A DEC 22, 2001 New regulations required that passengers' jackets without metal in them still had to be removed and x-rayed, and passengers selected for secondary screening could be patted down. ALL JACKETS MUST BE REMOVED & X-RAYED. A SEPT 2004 VISITORS BANNED FROM PASSING SECURITY. NO-FLY LIST BLUNDERS: There is a No-Fly list, intended to prevent suspicious people from flying, but different people have the same name, so some high- profile individuals, including Senator Ted Kennedy, have found themselves blocked from boarding an aircraft at times. APPROVE In May 2005, a family was wrongfully removed from an overseas flight bound for Boston at Bangor, Maine, as one of the group's name turned up on a No-Fly list. A plot to destroy airplanes using a combina- tion of liquids is disrupted, prompting a ban on liquids over a certain volume on board airplanes. Passengers cannot carry liquids past security screening checkpoints or onto aircraft, this includes drinks, breast milk and even snow globes. POLL: 3-1 FAVOR PROFILING. LIQUIDS MUST BE DUMPED. A 2006 If passengers fit a terrorist profile based on age, ethnicity and gender. A CHRISTMAS 2009 BOMB SMUGGLED ON PLANE IN UNDERPANTS. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempted underwear bombing prompted many airports to began installing full-body scanners. WHAT IS FULL-BODY IMAGING? FULL-BODY SCANNERS MANDATORY! A 2010 Invented in the 1990's, full-body scan image airport screening became a preferred way to provide security measures around the world. The technology is met with much criticism, however, since it essen- tially produces a nude image of passengers. In a new attempt to curb terrorism on airplanes and in airports, the TSA announced that they plan on making full-body scanners mandatory. It's called "full-body imaging," and it's the latest indignity for air travelers. THERE IS NOW ONE IN EVERY U.S. AIRPORT. AGGRESSIVE NEW “PAT-DOWN" POLICY The total number of imaging machines is expected to near 1,000 by the end of 2011, according to the TSA. for passengers who refuse the full-body scan. Screeners can use the front of their hands to touch passengers' inner thighs, buttocks and breasts. DO FULL-BODY SCANNERS CAUSE CANCER? The TSA says the machines are safe, but backscatter technology raises concerns among some because it uses small doses of ionizing radiation. A NOV 16, 2010 100 IMAGES OF NAKED BODY SCANS LEAKED. Technology blog Gizmodo released the images resulting in a huge uprising of the American public including a petition to stop the scanners and guy singing about it on YouTube. The images came from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), who obtained them from an Orlando courthouse scanner. TAKE ACTION! NOV 24: NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY. Mark your calendar. Activists have spoken out and are designating Nov 24 as a National Opt-Out Day. Air travelers nationwide are A NOV 24, 2010 encouraged to refuse the TSA's thorough pat-downs and body-scans in protest of their intrusive nature. ARE WE SAFER NOW? The TSA has spent roughly $40 BILLION dollars. Homeland Security's acting inspector general, Richard Skinner, says: "The ability of TSA screeners to stop prohibited items from being carried through the sterile areas of the airports fared no better than the performance of screeners prior to Septmber 11, 2001." SOURCES: http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65875.aspx • http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65805.aspx http://www.ifpo.org/articlebank/evolution_of_airline.html • http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/us/17security.html?_r=1&src=twrhp http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/11/16/body-scanners-that-dont-keep-pictures-apparently-keep-pictures/ http://www.npr.org/ 2010/11/15/131328327/new-airport-security-rules-cause-traveler-discomfort http://www.todaysengineer.org/2005/Jun/security.asp• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_security_repercussions_due_to_the_September_11_attacks http://www.concierge.com/ cntraveler/blogs/80days/2009/09/eight-years-after-911.html • http://www.ecanadanow.com/curiosity/2010/03/17/tsa-to-make- full-body-scans-mandatory-at-us-airports/ • http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-12/travel/body.scanning.radiation_1_backscatter- radiological-research-radiation?_s=PM:TRAVEL • http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/25017/tsa-sells-naked-body-scans-online/ • http://dullardmush.blogspot.com/2010/11/is-tsa-naked-scanner-and-junk-groping.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium= feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DullardMush+%28Dullard+Mush% 29 DESIGN: @jayjaypowpow INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: CriminalJusticeDegree.net forkparty AIRPORT SECURITY? MORE LIKE TSA GONE WILD! The humble beginning of airport security was merely the installation of security personnel that prevented airplane hijackings. Since that time, this security has evolved into controlling the trafficking of 3.4 oz of liquid items and making sure your nunchucks are checked in. Currently, as a front line in the battle against terrorism, airport security is now the world's creepiest voyeur. A1931 THE FIRST AIRCRAFT HIJACKING OCCURRED. But it wasn't until the late 1950's that airport secu- rity screening history took off. Despite warnings by professionals, threats were not taken seriously enough to install modern measures of prevention. A 1969 RECORD 82 HIJACKINGS! By the late 1960's, hijackings were on the rise, culminating in an all-time record of 82 in 1969. A1976 A1980'S FIRST TERRORIST ATTACK. WAR ON DRUGS. It took place aboard a Cuban flight, killing 73 people. Brought drug-sniffing dogs and new pat-down procedures to help mitigate the transportation of illegal narcotics as well as other contraband. Airports began to institute more prominent security checks involving metal detectors, X-ray machines and potential checks by private personnel hired as security officials. Following the events of September 11, 2001, AFTER 9/11 airport security screening history changed drastically. A SEPT 13, 2001 A NOV 2001 ARTME Transportation Security Administration ALL KNIVES PROHIBITED. OMELAND SECURTT Under the new screening standards, even Swiss Army knives left in carry-ons were confiscated, as were nail clippers at first, until they were considered non- threatening and could be carried aboard. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was introduced to handle screening at all US airports, replacing private contracted companies. PASSENGERS FORCED TO REMOVE SHOES. Due to Richard Reid's attempt to destroy a passenger liner from Paris to Miami using shoes packed with explosives. A DEC 22, 2001 New regulations required that passengers' jackets without metal in them still had to be removed and x-rayed, and passengers selected for secondary screening could be patted down. ALL JACKETS MUST BE REMOVED & X-RAYED. A SEPT 2004 VISITORS BANNED FROM PASSING SECURITY. NO-FLY LIST BLUNDERS: There is a No-Fly list, intended to prevent suspicious people from flying, but different people have the same name, so some high- profile individuals, including Senator Ted Kennedy, have found themselves blocked from boarding an aircraft at times. APPROVE In May 2005, a family was wrongfully removed from an overseas flight bound for Boston at Bangor, Maine, as one of the group's name turned up on a No-Fly list. A plot to destroy airplanes using a combina- tion of liquids is disrupted, prompting a ban on liquids over a certain volume on board airplanes. Passengers cannot carry liquids past security screening checkpoints or onto aircraft, this includes drinks, breast milk and even snow globes. POLL: 3-1 FAVOR PROFILING. LIQUIDS MUST BE DUMPED. A 2006 If passengers fit a terrorist profile based on age, ethnicity and gender. A CHRISTMAS 2009 BOMB SMUGGLED ON PLANE IN UNDERPANTS. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempted underwear bombing prompted many airports to began installing full-body scanners. WHAT IS FULL-BODY IMAGING? FULL-BODY SCANNERS MANDATORY! A 2010 Invented in the 1990's, full-body scan image airport screening became a preferred way to provide security measures around the world. The technology is met with much criticism, however, since it essen- tially produces a nude image of passengers. In a new attempt to curb terrorism on airplanes and in airports, the TSA announced that they plan on making full-body scanners mandatory. It's called "full-body imaging," and it's the latest indignity for air travelers. THERE IS NOW ONE IN EVERY U.S. AIRPORT. AGGRESSIVE NEW “PAT-DOWN" POLICY The total number of imaging machines is expected to near 1,000 by the end of 2011, according to the TSA. for passengers who refuse the full-body scan. Screeners can use the front of their hands to touch passengers' inner thighs, buttocks and breasts. DO FULL-BODY SCANNERS CAUSE CANCER? The TSA says the machines are safe, but backscatter technology raises concerns among some because it uses small doses of ionizing radiation. A NOV 16, 2010 100 IMAGES OF NAKED BODY SCANS LEAKED. Technology blog Gizmodo released the images resulting in a huge uprising of the American public including a petition to stop the scanners and guy singing about it on YouTube. The images came from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), who obtained them from an Orlando courthouse scanner. TAKE ACTION! NOV 24: NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY. Mark your calendar. Activists have spoken out and are designating Nov 24 as a National Opt-Out Day. Air travelers nationwide are A NOV 24, 2010 encouraged to refuse the TSA's thorough pat-downs and body-scans in protest of their intrusive nature. ARE WE SAFER NOW? The TSA has spent roughly $40 BILLION dollars. Homeland Security's acting inspector general, Richard Skinner, says: "The ability of TSA screeners to stop prohibited items from being carried through the sterile areas of the airports fared no better than the performance of screeners prior to Septmber 11, 2001." SOURCES: http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65875.aspx • http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65805.aspx http://www.ifpo.org/articlebank/evolution_of_airline.html • http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/us/17security.html?_r=1&src=twrhp http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/11/16/body-scanners-that-dont-keep-pictures-apparently-keep-pictures/ http://www.npr.org/ 2010/11/15/131328327/new-airport-security-rules-cause-traveler-discomfort http://www.todaysengineer.org/2005/Jun/security.asp• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_security_repercussions_due_to_the_September_11_attacks http://www.concierge.com/ cntraveler/blogs/80days/2009/09/eight-years-after-911.html • http://www.ecanadanow.com/curiosity/2010/03/17/tsa-to-make- full-body-scans-mandatory-at-us-airports/ • http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-12/travel/body.scanning.radiation_1_backscatter- radiological-research-radiation?_s=PM:TRAVEL • http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/25017/tsa-sells-naked-body-scans-online/ • http://dullardmush.blogspot.com/2010/11/is-tsa-naked-scanner-and-junk-groping.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium= feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DullardMush+%28Dullard+Mush% 29 DESIGN: @jayjaypowpow INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: CriminalJusticeDegree.net forkparty AIRPORT SECURITY? MORE LIKE TSA GONE WILD! The humble beginning of airport security was merely the installation of security personnel that prevented airplane hijackings. Since that time, this security has evolved into controlling the trafficking of 3.4 oz of liquid items and making sure your nunchucks are checked in. Currently, as a front line in the battle against terrorism, airport security is now the world's creepiest voyeur. A1931 THE FIRST AIRCRAFT HIJACKING OCCURRED. But it wasn't until the late 1950's that airport secu- rity screening history took off. Despite warnings by professionals, threats were not taken seriously enough to install modern measures of prevention. A 1969 RECORD 82 HIJACKINGS! By the late 1960's, hijackings were on the rise, culminating in an all-time record of 82 in 1969. A1976 A1980'S FIRST TERRORIST ATTACK. WAR ON DRUGS. It took place aboard a Cuban flight, killing 73 people. Brought drug-sniffing dogs and new pat-down procedures to help mitigate the transportation of illegal narcotics as well as other contraband. Airports began to institute more prominent security checks involving metal detectors, X-ray machines and potential checks by private personnel hired as security officials. Following the events of September 11, 2001, AFTER 9/11 airport security screening history changed drastically. A SEPT 13, 2001 A NOV 2001 ARTME Transportation Security Administration ALL KNIVES PROHIBITED. OMELAND SECURTT Under the new screening standards, even Swiss Army knives left in carry-ons were confiscated, as were nail clippers at first, until they were considered non- threatening and could be carried aboard. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was introduced to handle screening at all US airports, replacing private contracted companies. PASSENGERS FORCED TO REMOVE SHOES. Due to Richard Reid's attempt to destroy a passenger liner from Paris to Miami using shoes packed with explosives. A DEC 22, 2001 New regulations required that passengers' jackets without metal in them still had to be removed and x-rayed, and passengers selected for secondary screening could be patted down. ALL JACKETS MUST BE REMOVED & X-RAYED. A SEPT 2004 VISITORS BANNED FROM PASSING SECURITY. NO-FLY LIST BLUNDERS: There is a No-Fly list, intended to prevent suspicious people from flying, but different people have the same name, so some high- profile individuals, including Senator Ted Kennedy, have found themselves blocked from boarding an aircraft at times. APPROVE In May 2005, a family was wrongfully removed from an overseas flight bound for Boston at Bangor, Maine, as one of the group's name turned up on a No-Fly list. A plot to destroy airplanes using a combina- tion of liquids is disrupted, prompting a ban on liquids over a certain volume on board airplanes. Passengers cannot carry liquids past security screening checkpoints or onto aircraft, this includes drinks, breast milk and even snow globes. POLL: 3-1 FAVOR PROFILING. LIQUIDS MUST BE DUMPED. A 2006 If passengers fit a terrorist profile based on age, ethnicity and gender. A CHRISTMAS 2009 BOMB SMUGGLED ON PLANE IN UNDERPANTS. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempted underwear bombing prompted many airports to began installing full-body scanners. WHAT IS FULL-BODY IMAGING? FULL-BODY SCANNERS MANDATORY! A 2010 Invented in the 1990's, full-body scan image airport screening became a preferred way to provide security measures around the world. The technology is met with much criticism, however, since it essen- tially produces a nude image of passengers. In a new attempt to curb terrorism on airplanes and in airports, the TSA announced that they plan on making full-body scanners mandatory. It's called "full-body imaging," and it's the latest indignity for air travelers. THERE IS NOW ONE IN EVERY U.S. AIRPORT. AGGRESSIVE NEW “PAT-DOWN" POLICY The total number of imaging machines is expected to near 1,000 by the end of 2011, according to the TSA. for passengers who refuse the full-body scan. Screeners can use the front of their hands to touch passengers' inner thighs, buttocks and breasts. DO FULL-BODY SCANNERS CAUSE CANCER? The TSA says the machines are safe, but backscatter technology raises concerns among some because it uses small doses of ionizing radiation. A NOV 16, 2010 100 IMAGES OF NAKED BODY SCANS LEAKED. Technology blog Gizmodo released the images resulting in a huge uprising of the American public including a petition to stop the scanners and guy singing about it on YouTube. The images came from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), who obtained them from an Orlando courthouse scanner. TAKE ACTION! NOV 24: NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY. Mark your calendar. Activists have spoken out and are designating Nov 24 as a National Opt-Out Day. Air travelers nationwide are A NOV 24, 2010 encouraged to refuse the TSA's thorough pat-downs and body-scans in protest of their intrusive nature. ARE WE SAFER NOW? The TSA has spent roughly $40 BILLION dollars. Homeland Security's acting inspector general, Richard Skinner, says: "The ability of TSA screeners to stop prohibited items from being carried through the sterile areas of the airports fared no better than the performance of screeners prior to Septmber 11, 2001." SOURCES: http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65875.aspx • http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65805.aspx http://www.ifpo.org/articlebank/evolution_of_airline.html • http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/us/17security.html?_r=1&src=twrhp http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/11/16/body-scanners-that-dont-keep-pictures-apparently-keep-pictures/ http://www.npr.org/ 2010/11/15/131328327/new-airport-security-rules-cause-traveler-discomfort http://www.todaysengineer.org/2005/Jun/security.asp• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_security_repercussions_due_to_the_September_11_attacks http://www.concierge.com/ cntraveler/blogs/80days/2009/09/eight-years-after-911.html • http://www.ecanadanow.com/curiosity/2010/03/17/tsa-to-make- full-body-scans-mandatory-at-us-airports/ • http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-12/travel/body.scanning.radiation_1_backscatter- radiological-research-radiation?_s=PM:TRAVEL • http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/25017/tsa-sells-naked-body-scans-online/ • http://dullardmush.blogspot.com/2010/11/is-tsa-naked-scanner-and-junk-groping.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium= feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DullardMush+%28Dullard+Mush% 29 DESIGN: @jayjaypowpow INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: CriminalJusticeDegree.net forkparty AIRPORT SECURITY? MORE LIKE TSA GONE WILD! The humble beginning of airport security was merely the installation of security personnel that prevented airplane hijackings. Since that time, this security has evolved into controlling the trafficking of 3.4 oz of liquid items and making sure your nunchucks are checked in. Currently, as a front line in the battle against terrorism, airport security is now the world's creepiest voyeur. A1931 THE FIRST AIRCRAFT HIJACKING OCCURRED. But it wasn't until the late 1950's that airport secu- rity screening history took off. Despite warnings by professionals, threats were not taken seriously enough to install modern measures of prevention. A 1969 RECORD 82 HIJACKINGS! By the late 1960's, hijackings were on the rise, culminating in an all-time record of 82 in 1969. A1976 A1980'S FIRST TERRORIST ATTACK. WAR ON DRUGS. It took place aboard a Cuban flight, killing 73 people. Brought drug-sniffing dogs and new pat-down procedures to help mitigate the transportation of illegal narcotics as well as other contraband. Airports began to institute more prominent security checks involving metal detectors, X-ray machines and potential checks by private personnel hired as security officials. Following the events of September 11, 2001, AFTER 9/11 airport security screening history changed drastically. A SEPT 13, 2001 A NOV 2001 ARTME Transportation Security Administration ALL KNIVES PROHIBITED. OMELAND SECURTT Under the new screening standards, even Swiss Army knives left in carry-ons were confiscated, as were nail clippers at first, until they were considered non- threatening and could be carried aboard. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was introduced to handle screening at all US airports, replacing private contracted companies. PASSENGERS FORCED TO REMOVE SHOES. Due to Richard Reid's attempt to destroy a passenger liner from Paris to Miami using shoes packed with explosives. A DEC 22, 2001 New regulations required that passengers' jackets without metal in them still had to be removed and x-rayed, and passengers selected for secondary screening could be patted down. ALL JACKETS MUST BE REMOVED & X-RAYED. A SEPT 2004 VISITORS BANNED FROM PASSING SECURITY. NO-FLY LIST BLUNDERS: There is a No-Fly list, intended to prevent suspicious people from flying, but different people have the same name, so some high- profile individuals, including Senator Ted Kennedy, have found themselves blocked from boarding an aircraft at times. APPROVE In May 2005, a family was wrongfully removed from an overseas flight bound for Boston at Bangor, Maine, as one of the group's name turned up on a No-Fly list. A plot to destroy airplanes using a combina- tion of liquids is disrupted, prompting a ban on liquids over a certain volume on board airplanes. Passengers cannot carry liquids past security screening checkpoints or onto aircraft, this includes drinks, breast milk and even snow globes. POLL: 3-1 FAVOR PROFILING. LIQUIDS MUST BE DUMPED. A 2006 If passengers fit a terrorist profile based on age, ethnicity and gender. A CHRISTMAS 2009 BOMB SMUGGLED ON PLANE IN UNDERPANTS. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempted underwear bombing prompted many airports to began installing full-body scanners. WHAT IS FULL-BODY IMAGING? FULL-BODY SCANNERS MANDATORY! A 2010 Invented in the 1990's, full-body scan image airport screening became a preferred way to provide security measures around the world. The technology is met with much criticism, however, since it essen- tially produces a nude image of passengers. In a new attempt to curb terrorism on airplanes and in airports, the TSA announced that they plan on making full-body scanners mandatory. It's called "full-body imaging," and it's the latest indignity for air travelers. THERE IS NOW ONE IN EVERY U.S. AIRPORT. AGGRESSIVE NEW “PAT-DOWN" POLICY The total number of imaging machines is expected to near 1,000 by the end of 2011, according to the TSA. for passengers who refuse the full-body scan. Screeners can use the front of their hands to touch passengers' inner thighs, buttocks and breasts. DO FULL-BODY SCANNERS CAUSE CANCER? The TSA says the machines are safe, but backscatter technology raises concerns among some because it uses small doses of ionizing radiation. A NOV 16, 2010 100 IMAGES OF NAKED BODY SCANS LEAKED. Technology blog Gizmodo released the images resulting in a huge uprising of the American public including a petition to stop the scanners and guy singing about it on YouTube. The images came from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), who obtained them from an Orlando courthouse scanner. TAKE ACTION! NOV 24: NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY. Mark your calendar. Activists have spoken out and are designating Nov 24 as a National Opt-Out Day. Air travelers nationwide are A NOV 24, 2010 encouraged to refuse the TSA's thorough pat-downs and body-scans in protest of their intrusive nature. ARE WE SAFER NOW? The TSA has spent roughly $40 BILLION dollars. Homeland Security's acting inspector general, Richard Skinner, says: "The ability of TSA screeners to stop prohibited items from being carried through the sterile areas of the airports fared no better than the performance of screeners prior to Septmber 11, 2001." SOURCES: http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65875.aspx • http://www.brighthub.com/science/aviation/articles/65805.aspx http://www.ifpo.org/articlebank/evolution_of_airline.html • http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/us/17security.html?_r=1&src=twrhp http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/11/16/body-scanners-that-dont-keep-pictures-apparently-keep-pictures/ http://www.npr.org/ 2010/11/15/131328327/new-airport-security-rules-cause-traveler-discomfort http://www.todaysengineer.org/2005/Jun/security.asp• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_security_repercussions_due_to_the_September_11_attacks http://www.concierge.com/ cntraveler/blogs/80days/2009/09/eight-years-after-911.html • http://www.ecanadanow.com/curiosity/2010/03/17/tsa-to-make- full-body-scans-mandatory-at-us-airports/ • http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-12/travel/body.scanning.radiation_1_backscatter- radiological-research-radiation?_s=PM:TRAVEL • http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/25017/tsa-sells-naked-body-scans-online/ • http://dullardmush.blogspot.com/2010/11/is-tsa-naked-scanner-and-junk-groping.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium= feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DullardMush+%28Dullard+Mush% 29 DESIGN: @jayjaypowpow INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: CriminalJusticeDegree.net forkparty