The story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_re_us/airport_x_ray_screening
The part tagged as utter lie:
"It's 100 percent voluntary, so if the passenger doesn't feel comfortable with it the passenger doesn't have to go through it," Melendez said.
Melendez declined to discuss the
TSA's method for determining which passengers are selected for secondary screening.
| I mean, when have you been able to opt out of any TSA procedure?
2007-02-23 07:27:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
To those who suggest I didn't: I DID read the whole article. But I'm still dead certain that if you, for example didn't want any x-rays because you'de just gone through a lot for medical reasons, your request would be met with the usual Bureau BS, and you'd get treated as a subhuman suspect because you didn't bow your head properly to the Authority.
You folks are definitely too used to the proto police state. Didn't you read how an independent investigation just last year showed that people were still able to smuggle guns through inspection.
All this other stuff is window dressing to hide the fact that the TSA is as incompetent as any other Bush organ.
2007-02-23 09:58:40 · update #1
Back up and reread it. They can opt out of the new device but they would still have to be patted down. The option was for the pat down or new device, not weather to be searched or not. So I will bet you that that part is not a lie.
2007-02-23 07:43:08 · answer #1 · answered by Judge Dredd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, it's voluntary and you absolutely don't have to go through it.
And the TSA absolutely doesn't have to let you get on the plane because you didn't successfully pass the screening. And if they do this, they'll be 100% within their rights, and there won't be a thing you can do about it. And you won't get a refund for your flight, either.
Increased security - which everyone is screaming for - means inconvenience on the part of the ones being secured. Everyone needs to realize that.
2007-02-23 08:18:46 · answer #2 · answered by Team Chief 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, back up one paragraph in the article from the one you quoted and you'll see why.
"During the pilot program, the machine will be used only as a secondary screening measure; passengers who fail the standard screening process will be able to choose between the new device or a typical pat-down search."
So, there will be a choice; they will not simply be able to refuse.
2007-02-23 07:32:03 · answer #3 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you actually READ the article instead of picking and choosing only the information you WANT, you would see that the passenger has the OPTION of either going through the scanner or going through the pat-down.
2007-02-23 07:32:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't opt out of a TSA procedure, but you can opt out of flying.
2007-02-23 07:30:47 · answer #5 · answered by mamasquirrel 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
lol I agree with you.............opt out might be stretching things a touch too far with the TSA..........would not really see any reason for ANYONE to opt out tho.............the only reason I would have anything against it being used would be if I was pregnant, other than that would not feel the need to opt out.
2007-02-23 07:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by candy g 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋