Here we find a different kind of thinking by the TSA. Drug smuggling is big business and the TSA is one of the first lines of defense in stopping the trade. They form certain opinions about certain people based in certain characteristics and behaviors, then use that opinion to find, arrest and jail those certain individuals who are committing the crimes.
The TSA has arrested many people through this system of information, analysis and implimentation, but are now being accused of profiling and racism. The results are not worth the expense, and so this practice of actually stopping crime before it happens will cease.
Political correctness in all it's glory.
From NJ.com June 17 by Steve Strunsky
U.S. Homeland Security Committee demands TSA explain reports of racial profiling at Newark airport
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman and ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee said they want the head of the Transportation Security Administration to explain how racial profiling became a common practice among TSA screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss) are both seeking answers from TSA Administrator John Pistole, after a federal report found several behavior detection officers, or BDOs, had singled out Mexican and Dominican passengers for special scrutiny, bag searches, questioning and document reviews in 2008 and 2009.
"We have been in contact with TSA. We are looking forward to hearing Administrator Pistole’s analysis," King, who is from Long Island, said in a statement "After that, we will determine our course of action."
Thompson said the report confirmed his fears the TSA’s Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques, or SPOT program, was vulnerable to manipulation or abuse.
"TSA should halt the SPOT program immediately until safeguards are put into place to address racial and ethnic profiling concerns," Thompson said in a statement. "I will write TSA and request to see this internal report."
The Star-Ledger obtained a copy of the January 2010 report and broke the news of its findings on Sunday.
The report, which was ordered by Newark’s former TSA director in the wake of complaints from BDOs, said passengers found to have lapsed visas or expired passports would be referred for additional screening or turned over to immigration officials. It was an easy way, the report said, for the behavior detection unit to boost its referrals and appear productive.
The group of managers and BDOs who engaged in racial profiling were dubbed "the Great Mexican Hunters" by other TSA employees at the airport.
Racial profiling violates official TSA policy and courts have found it unconstitutional in other contexts, including traffic stops on the New Jersey Turnpike, a situation that led to federal monitoring of the State Police until last February.
The TSA acknowledged the report’s findings, but insisted Newark’s BDOs have been retrained and steps taken to prevent the practice from resurfacing.
The first step to dhimmihood.
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The TSA has arrested many people through this system of information, analysis and implimentation, but are now being accused of profiling and racism. The results are not worth the expense, and so this practice of actually stopping crime before it happens will cease.
Political correctness in all it's glory.
From NJ.com June 17 by Steve Strunsky
U.S. Homeland Security Committee demands TSA explain reports of racial profiling at Newark airport
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman and ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee said they want the head of the Transportation Security Administration to explain how racial profiling became a common practice among TSA screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss) are both seeking answers from TSA Administrator John Pistole, after a federal report found several behavior detection officers, or BDOs, had singled out Mexican and Dominican passengers for special scrutiny, bag searches, questioning and document reviews in 2008 and 2009.
"We have been in contact with TSA. We are looking forward to hearing Administrator Pistole’s analysis," King, who is from Long Island, said in a statement "After that, we will determine our course of action."
Thompson said the report confirmed his fears the TSA’s Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques, or SPOT program, was vulnerable to manipulation or abuse.
"TSA should halt the SPOT program immediately until safeguards are put into place to address racial and ethnic profiling concerns," Thompson said in a statement. "I will write TSA and request to see this internal report."
The Star-Ledger obtained a copy of the January 2010 report and broke the news of its findings on Sunday.
The report, which was ordered by Newark’s former TSA director in the wake of complaints from BDOs, said passengers found to have lapsed visas or expired passports would be referred for additional screening or turned over to immigration officials. It was an easy way, the report said, for the behavior detection unit to boost its referrals and appear productive.
The group of managers and BDOs who engaged in racial profiling were dubbed "the Great Mexican Hunters" by other TSA employees at the airport.
Racial profiling violates official TSA policy and courts have found it unconstitutional in other contexts, including traffic stops on the New Jersey Turnpike, a situation that led to federal monitoring of the State Police until last February.
The TSA acknowledged the report’s findings, but insisted Newark’s BDOs have been retrained and steps taken to prevent the practice from resurfacing.
The first step to dhimmihood.
Read it all
1 comment:
Of course everyone knows that the REAL problems in our country are caused by Mormon missionaries, elderly Catholic nuns and decrepit Buddhist monks. Rather craven of the TSA to ignore the obvious villains and target innocent people with absolutely no history of criminal activity!
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