Obama Cites Umar Fizzlepants in Support of TSA Goons

by Scott Creighton President Obama and Vice President Biden, the 2008 marketing campaign of the year, have both weighed in on the controversial new pat-down procedures implemented by the TSA on Nov. 1st of this year. And as expected, their opinions illuminate once again just how completely out of touch they are and how they [...]

No Security Patdown for the Elites

No Security Pat-Downs for Boehner by Jeff Zeleny, New York Times Representative John A. Boehner, soon to be the Speaker of the House, has pledged to fly commercial airlines back to his home district in Ohio. But that does not mean that he will be subjected to the hassles of ordinary passengers, including the controversial [...]

Obama stands by controversial air security screening methods

by S. Malveaux, CNN President Barack Obama stood by new controversial screening measures Saturday, calling methods such as pat-downs and body scans necessary to assure airline safety. Speaking at a NATO press conference in Lisbon, Portugal, the president called the balance between protecting travelers’ rights and their security a “tough situation.” Per the new rules, [...]

Biden: Airport screening pat-downs a ‘necessary policy’

by Jordan Fabian, The Hill Vice President Joe Biden is defending the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) controversial new pat-down technique, calling it a “necessary policy.” Biden acknowledged people have concerns that the TSA’s use of full-body scanners and pat-downs are frustrating and intrusive but argued they are crucial to prevent another incident like the attempted [...]

TSA Chief: Submit or Don’t Fly

Appointed Head of TSA Shrugs Off Senate Calls to Relax Screening by Jason Ditz, AntiWar As an appointed official, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) chief John Pistole doesn’t necessarily have to care about public opinion. One might have hoped, however, that faced with calls to back down by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental [...]