Detroit TSA Security Theater

January 20, 2010 by Sam Dodson
Filed under: National, News, Obscured Truth Network, Police, Thuggery, Video

On a recent layover in Detroit, I was filming roaming squads of TSA agents searching passengers at the gates. I didn’t feel like answering their questions, and their response was, well, see for youself . . .

In part 1 I interact with Janetta a TSA “Behavior Detection Officer”

The airport police show up to continue the harassment in part 2:

In part 3 I go on the offensive asking about body scanners, security failures, and more. Check Obscuredtruth.com for part 3 which will be posted soon.

Update: Part 3 will post here when it’s done:

Tumbleweed2

Reading all this was exhausting, particularly the blind patriotism and support for foreign interventions, militarily.

There is no justification for messing with the autonomy of foreign peoples and as history has shown, it's ineffective in the long run and worse yet at the onset.

As an American abroad I would not think twice about bringing equal force against the aggressors of my friends, family, or children in particular… by any soldier or representative of any nation or flag.

Patriotism is crap, and it's a sign of weakness. As I've mentioned to my brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces on numerous occasions, while I love em and will always break bread with them, there may come a day instead when necks will require breaking and I wouldn't.. couldn't in good conscience make the distinction of family or aggressing soldier. I hope they come to their senses, grab their pitchforks, and get back to the harvest sooner than later.
theKINGofKEENE

TO: "TUMBLEWEED2: If you haven't heard of them, or their site, please check out "OATHKEEPERS.org, and "L.E.A.P."…Sure, they both have their faults, but I think they both do far, far, far more good than harm. Like politics and war, fighting for freedom sometimes produces strange bedmates!..AND, to all of you: *CHILL OUT*! RELAX! Have a drink / puff / pill / cup of tea or coffee, a soda, juice, whatever floats your boat…After a hard days' activism, it is good to sit and reflect, and be glad and grateful that we still have what little freedom we still have left. And even if that freedom, our God-given, FedCon *PROTECTED* freedom is reduced to nothing more than a seed…Remember, from the tiniest acorn grows the mighty oak tree! GARDEN SEASON, PEOPLE! SPRING IS HERE! HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL! OBAMA is still President. Oh well. Orwell???…*grin*…*I SUPPORT THE ONGOING MILITARY COUP*…
Tumbleweed2

You sort of lost me with the secret speak. I'm aware of Leap and Oathkeepers, and I share some sentiments but not many.

I'm not sure what your intended meaning or theme was, aside from plugging two organizations of many.

Peace
theKINGofKEENE

TUMBLEWEED2: Just in case you hadn't heard of LEAP & oathkeepers, that's all…just wanted to get more variety of voices / opinions into the mix – as many different voices into the conversation…that's all…the "secret speak"???…that's mostly mumbo-jumbo, & B.S…..Mostly…(I'm supposed to write that. It's on the script delivered to me by courier today, from General D'issahrray, over at COMPAC / DELLTA QUADRANT)……I'm a DI for the USMC…that is, Disinformation Instigator, for the Universal Salvation Mother Church….I also do some UCMJ work…that only means I repair Underwater Communication Module Junctions, ah, crap. I loved my job. I hate having to retire. 62, 62, 62! I just had to contract for an age 62 CAP! crap. I coulda' stayed in till *72*, NOW!…oh, well……..anyone for tennis???…
WHAT!

first off you are a dick, why are you really bothering video taping security especially TSA. If you think TSA is Security theatre then lets go back to when it was people coudlnt even take scissors on the plans and a nail clipper. Although there is always a possiblity that might happen. I think we all need to do our part on the plane. TSA is only ment to intimidate the terrorist from trying to do another 9/11 and hopefully when the day comes that a terrorist do decide to try the system TSA will catch them and if not well god help us all. But after one TSA agent told an ignorant prick like yourself when i was flying: "When the plane goes down, you will see". If you want TSA gone start legislation…
Paul

first off you are a dick, why are you really bothering video taping security especially TSA.

Sam can speak for himself, but I'd say the fact that TSA is harassing innocent people, blatantly violating their fourth amendment rights, and extorting money from me to do it, is reason enough.

If you think TSA is Security theatre then lets go back to when it was people coudlnt even take scissors on the plans and a nail clipper.

Uh … that stupid rule was also TSA.

I think we all need to do our part on the plane. TSA is only ment to intimidate the terrorist from trying to do another 9/11 and hopefully when the day comes that a terrorist do decide to try the system TSA will catch them and if not well god help us all.

Yes, god help us all that the only thing standing in between us and terrorists is the joke that is TSA. They harass grandmothers for having too much toothpaste, but routinely let actual test bombs right though.

If we wanted real security, we'd let the airlines handle it. Want an airline that strips everyone to their undies, in order to make you feel safe? Go for it. Want an airline where you can maintain privacy, at perhaps slightly more risk to yourself? Also your choice.

Given that I actually value freedom, and do not live my life terrified of some vague threat, I know which one I'd take. More people die every month in this country in auto accidents than died on 9/11. It's a bunch of fear-mongering, in order to get us to give up our rights and privacy.

Also, they'd probably let pilots and flight crews have guns — if they'd done that in the first place, 9/11 would never have happened.

Instead, we're stuck with a one size fits all "solution" jammed down all our throats — government agents viewing nude photos of us and our children, and harassing us over toothpaste. Its absolutely abusive, absurd, outrageous, unconstitutional, and immoral.

But after one TSA agent told an ignorant prick like yourself when i was flying: “When the plane goes down, you will see”.

Yes, we'll see that yet another incompetent federal agency failed miserably yet again, and was too busy viewing pictures of naked kids, or harassing someone over having the wrong size baggie, to do any real security work.

If you want TSA gone start legislation…

Yeah right. The people in congress want more power — Rs or Ds. They'd give everyone full cavity searches if they could get away with it.

I think videotaping, to show the absolute absurdity, waste, and abuse of the giant bureaucracy that is TSA, is a fine way to effect change. One wonders, if they're so proud of the job they do, why so many government agents hate cameras so much?
bil

Wow-how did this get stirred up again??Bunch if ignorant pricks!paul-what about baggie sizes!? LOLIs that a 1 quart bag,or just half of a 2 quart bag??We would go back to when we couldn't take scissors or nail clippers on a plane??That is today,you still can't! Why bother to post incomprehensible gibberish? It doesn't help to start by calling someone an ignoranr prick-how do you know if he is ignorant or not?? —bil