Burning question
On another Sunday talk show, CBS’s "Face the Nation," Mrs. Clinton said she would not like to go through a security pat-down.All together now, everyone: Besides your husband?"Not if I could avoid it," she said. "No. I mean, who would?"
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Comments (9)
Maybe Sam?
Posted by David E Gilmore | November 22, 2010 6:26 AM
You're not getting enough rest.
Posted by Allan L. | November 22, 2010 6:31 AM
Finally, finally, a voice of reason calls, laying at our feet a clear and simple case for better airport security....
("beside me, singing in the wilderness, which is paradise enow..." -the rubaiyat)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mcnamara-airport-screening-20101121,0,3755067.story
Posted by gaye harris | November 22, 2010 10:51 AM
The thinking that a terrorist will only use an airplane is one part of the problem.
How many cruise ships with 4000 passengers are there on the high seas?
Posted by Bluecollar Libertarian | November 22, 2010 11:48 AM
That has to be near the top of the list of crappy jobs. I cannot imagine having to spend all day "patting down" the average holiday travelor. Not even lava soap can make that feel better.
Posted by George | November 22, 2010 2:02 PM
And I'm sure all passengers on Air Force One & Marine One are required to undergo this sort of screening every time, "just in case".
Posted by Andrew | November 22, 2010 6:48 PM
I'm surprised that the civil libertarians who comment here aren't more concerned about this issue. The federal government is giving airline passengers a choice: an electronic scan that creates an image of their naked body and has unknown health effects, or a full body frisk, including one's most intimate parts. Under Supreme Court rulings, the police cannot stop and frisk a person unless they have a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. But here, the government can frisk all citizens without any suspicion of anything. If the government has the right to frisk every citizen who wishes to travel by air, if someday there is an attack on a cruise ship or a train, or on an interstate highway, can they frisk everyone who attempts to travel by those means? If there's a bomber at a Safeway, can they frisk everyone who goes to the store to buy a six-pack? I'm surprised that people who expressed legitimate concern about the government listening in on specific phone calls between foreign locations and the US seem to feel just fine about dehumanizing searches of completely innocent US citizens. Its a very dangerous slippery slope we're on.
Posted by Bob Wiggins | November 22, 2010 8:16 PM
Do any members of Congress have to submit to the scan or pat down?
Posted by Dave | November 22, 2010 8:21 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/22/AR2010112207450.html
Exempt from screening:
Congressional leadership with a security detail
President, VP, cabinet secretaries traveling on government planes or with a security detail
Certain foreign dignitaries traveling with a security detail
Ex-Presidents traveling with a security detail
Not exempt:
Me
You
Other little people
Posted by Andrew | November 23, 2010 8:40 AM