Re: WCHA REFEREE Arrested
Because that exposes them to contamination. If Officers "may" ask you to open them, then they "may" also not ask you to open them. It is a choice/jugement call.
Imagine this. I am a highly trained TSA inspector, with a keen eye for terrorists, standing at a checkpoint. My agency has spent 8 Billion dollars keeping the friendly skies safe. I'm approached by a woman with an 8 month old infant in her arms. Across one shoulder is a diaper bag with 7 Huggies, two teething rings, a bag of wet wipes, two blankets, a plastic bag or two (very handy for soiled diapers) and a binky....oh yes there is also two clear 2.5 ounce jars of pureed carrots in there with a spoon. The woman declares: I have baby food in here for my child (which will keep him from crying when hungry and thus protecting me from strangulation by bigblue_dl).
Do I: Thank the lady for declaring the food, examine it to see if it looks like pureed carrots, determine that it does and pass it on through the x-ray. Then say "Have a great day, I hope your baby doesn't cry during your trip."
Do I: Tell her that her child is likely a terrorist and I need to pop open the food to look at it to see if it smells and looks like carrots. Which clearly can not be done through the clear glass.
Do I: Insist that I must open the jars out of "an abundance of caution" in this "Post 9/11 world" because "I am on the front lines in the fight against TERRORISM!"
Do I: After the woman tells me no, I don't want you to open the jars, tell her: Well, you can't take them with you then and throw them into a nearby trash bin (Despite the fact that the only reason they should be confiscated is that they "could" be a bomb and throwing bombs into a trash bin makes no sense).
The point is, the TSA agents tend to be over-aggressive and immune to reasonable jugement.
In other cases, TSA agents have asked people to open their medications or contaminated them: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/...Sea-Tac-security-for-trip-home-173610991.html
Seriously, the agency doesn't screen air cargo well, invasively searches hundreds of thousands of people every day, invests in junk science (see Behavior Detection Officers) and has yet to catch a terrorist (including at least one known to have traveled by air) http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57416351/would-be-subway-suicide-bomber-najibullah-zazi-speaks/ and one who made it all the way through screening after attempting a terrorist act: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/04/new.york.car.bomb/index.html) Why we continue to spend Billions with little to show is puzzling.
Because that exposes them to contamination. If Officers "may" ask you to open them, then they "may" also not ask you to open them. It is a choice/jugement call.
Imagine this. I am a highly trained TSA inspector, with a keen eye for terrorists, standing at a checkpoint. My agency has spent 8 Billion dollars keeping the friendly skies safe. I'm approached by a woman with an 8 month old infant in her arms. Across one shoulder is a diaper bag with 7 Huggies, two teething rings, a bag of wet wipes, two blankets, a plastic bag or two (very handy for soiled diapers) and a binky....oh yes there is also two clear 2.5 ounce jars of pureed carrots in there with a spoon. The woman declares: I have baby food in here for my child (which will keep him from crying when hungry and thus protecting me from strangulation by bigblue_dl).
Do I: Thank the lady for declaring the food, examine it to see if it looks like pureed carrots, determine that it does and pass it on through the x-ray. Then say "Have a great day, I hope your baby doesn't cry during your trip."
Do I: Tell her that her child is likely a terrorist and I need to pop open the food to look at it to see if it smells and looks like carrots. Which clearly can not be done through the clear glass.
Do I: Insist that I must open the jars out of "an abundance of caution" in this "Post 9/11 world" because "I am on the front lines in the fight against TERRORISM!"
Do I: After the woman tells me no, I don't want you to open the jars, tell her: Well, you can't take them with you then and throw them into a nearby trash bin (Despite the fact that the only reason they should be confiscated is that they "could" be a bomb and throwing bombs into a trash bin makes no sense).
The point is, the TSA agents tend to be over-aggressive and immune to reasonable jugement.
In other cases, TSA agents have asked people to open their medications or contaminated them: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/...Sea-Tac-security-for-trip-home-173610991.html
Seriously, the agency doesn't screen air cargo well, invasively searches hundreds of thousands of people every day, invests in junk science (see Behavior Detection Officers) and has yet to catch a terrorist (including at least one known to have traveled by air) http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57416351/would-be-subway-suicide-bomber-najibullah-zazi-speaks/ and one who made it all the way through screening after attempting a terrorist act: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/04/new.york.car.bomb/index.html) Why we continue to spend Billions with little to show is puzzling.
