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PUBLIC IMAGE.
A FORMER TSA OFFICER CALLING OUT
THE AGENCY HE ONCE WORKED FOR,
STIRRING UP FEARS AND SUSPICIONS
MANY FLIERS ALREADY HAD.
JASON HARRINGTON SAID THE AGENCY
USES ANTI-EFFECTIVE ANTI-TRIFL
SECURITY MEASURES AT THE EXPENSE
OF THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH, PRIVACY
AND DIG IN IT PEP HE'S JUST
GETTING STARTED.
SAYING OFFICERS WOULD PULL A
PASSENGER'S BAG OR GIVE A PAT
DOWN BECAUSE A FLYER WAS RUDE.
THOSE BODY SCANNERS THAT GAVE
FLYERS A VIRTUAL TRIP SEARCH AND
PRODUCED GRAPHIC IMAGES
HARRINGTON DESCRIBES AS
ENTERTAINMENT.
OFFICERS GAWKING AT IMAGES
THEIR EVERY FOLD AND DIMPLE ON
FULL, AWFUL DISPLAY.
PIERCINGS OF EVERY KIND WAS
VISIBLE.
THE WRAP A SCAN FULL BODY
SCANNERS COULDN'T DISTINGUISH
CLASSIC EXPLOSIVES FROM BODY FAT
AND GUNS WERE PRACTICALLY
INVISIBLE IF TURNED SIDEWAYS.
TSA SAYS MANY PROCEDURES AND
POLICIES REFERENCED IN THE
ARTICLE ARE NO LONGER IN PLACE
OR CHARACTERIZED INACCURATELY.
FOR EXAMPLE, SCANNERS THAT SHOW
GRAPHIC IMAGES ARE NO LONGER IN
AIRPORTS.
>> FOR THEM TO BE SAYING TODAY
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL BECAUSE
THEY'VE BEEN NOW REMOVED AFTER
ALL THE YEARS WHEN THEY RESISTED
REMOVING THOSE IN AIRPORTS I
THINK IS A LITTLE HARD TO TAKE
AT THIS POINT.
>> WHEN IT CAME TO PROFILING,
HARRINGTON SAYS UNTIL 2010
OFFICERS HAD A LIST OF 12
NATIONS WHOSE PASSENGERS
AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVED ENHANCED
SCREENING.
TO THAT THE TSA SAID, NO
COMMENT.
>> IN A STATEMENT THE TSA TELLS
US THAT THEY DON'T TOLERATE
UNETHICAL OR UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOR
AND THEY TAKE QUICK ACTION WHEN
IT IS DISCOVERED.