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From Twitter 11-15-2010
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Nov. 16th, 2010
Bring on the TSA lawsuits.
Nov. 16th, 2010 07:50 pmThere is a certain threshold in which the background noise congeals into a solid tone.
With the changes to force more backscatter scans, and all the complaints popping up with self-recorded video and the TSA doing not only the wrong things when the stories come up... it's passed that threshold. There is a big problem with the TSA.
Especially when you get a transparency-advocating Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) getting the same "I got groped w/o permission!" treatment. Yes, the same magician and performer who peeled the veil off his and Teller's own performance (so he practices what he preaches). You can read his story from his blog. In short: he calls the police, and is willing to press charges of assault and battery against the officer, while local TSA officers and national TSA PR reps fumble the ball again. He gets a call from the PR gal, who apparently has just been hired, and is promising training changes; meanwhile, he's got a few lawyers interested in pursuing this test case.
So we got reports of abuse. TSA releases video that is very inconclusive -- the actual incidents are never released. Victim video points to the abuse. In one case, the TSA starts investigating... the person who was escorted out by TSA agents, in order to slap him with a $11,000 USD fine.
There's also been some independent investigation which I haven't been able to verify. Mostly it's Dubba Bush era cronyism of businesses getting the foot in the door before it's even built, but there's enough to warrant more investigation.
And now, someone very wealthy who rather put up the money to fix the system, instead of shutting up. The TSA can't help but bungle it.
There will be a lawsuit, I guarantee. And it won't be pretty for the TSA.
With the changes to force more backscatter scans, and all the complaints popping up with self-recorded video and the TSA doing not only the wrong things when the stories come up... it's passed that threshold. There is a big problem with the TSA.
Especially when you get a transparency-advocating Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) getting the same "I got groped w/o permission!" treatment. Yes, the same magician and performer who peeled the veil off his and Teller's own performance (so he practices what he preaches). You can read his story from his blog. In short: he calls the police, and is willing to press charges of assault and battery against the officer, while local TSA officers and national TSA PR reps fumble the ball again. He gets a call from the PR gal, who apparently has just been hired, and is promising training changes; meanwhile, he's got a few lawyers interested in pursuing this test case.
So we got reports of abuse. TSA releases video that is very inconclusive -- the actual incidents are never released. Victim video points to the abuse. In one case, the TSA starts investigating... the person who was escorted out by TSA agents, in order to slap him with a $11,000 USD fine.
There's also been some independent investigation which I haven't been able to verify. Mostly it's Dubba Bush era cronyism of businesses getting the foot in the door before it's even built, but there's enough to warrant more investigation.
And now, someone very wealthy who rather put up the money to fix the system, instead of shutting up. The TSA can't help but bungle it.
There will be a lawsuit, I guarantee. And it won't be pretty for the TSA.