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muriel_volestrangler

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30. Well, what kind of 'casual conversations' are you advocating?

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 08:39 AM

Jul 2012

Are these agents meant to find out your political views or something? Ask you if you've found Jesus? Show you pictures of their children to get you talking so much you'll say something contradictory?

I find the idea of sending in spies to look for terrorists who will give something away in a casual conversation quite creepy, and a total waste of money. If you have that many agents, put them in the checkpoints where they are actually allowed to look through people's stuff and ask them proper questions, rather than making wild-ass guesses before hauling people off for extra questioning when they're waiting for a plane. Many people don't want to have casual conversations with complete strangers, and any actual terrorist would just behave like one of those. You'd catch no-one this way.

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Police State Update: Passengers could be asked to give drink samples to TSA (post-checkpoint) [View all] stockholmer Jul 2012 OP

Personally I have always thought there should be random checks beyond the checkpoints. yellowcanine Jul 2012 #1

Many? How about practically none of them! hobbit709 Jul 2012 #4

Oh please the security thugs who just profile MattBaggins Jul 2012 #5

question Skittles Jul 2012 #6

Engineering solutions MattBaggins Jul 2012 #9

sounds good Skittles Jul 2012 #10

As much as I'd like to agree with you, it's security theater. DCKit Jul 2012 #25

The last time my family and I flew MorningGlow Jul 2012 #29

You can do that type of security without harsh profiling. yellowcanine Jul 2012 #11

Just like security checks in America MattBaggins Jul 2012 #13

I have been checked in the U.S and Europe and am a white male. I have been randomly stopped yellowcanine Jul 2012 #14

have you been in an airport? there have been random checks beyond the checkpoints for a decade! CreekDog Jul 2012 #8

Very few in the U.S. More in Europe. And more checkpoints in Europe and Japan also. yellowcanine Jul 2012 #12

there is no comparison to the amount of police presence in Sweden versus the USA stockholmer Jul 2012 #18

I flew through Munich recently. More security checkpoints, questions than I have ever encountered yellowcanine Jul 2012 #19

the whole western world, with a few pockets of exceptions, is likely going down 1984-style stockholmer Jul 2012 #20

Yes. Very German also. No smiles. I sensed it would not be a good idea to even hint at a joke. yellowcanine Jul 2012 #23

So you want to rape the Fifth Amendment in exhange for the Fourth? jberryhill Jul 2012 #26

Wow, is that what I said? yellowcanine Jul 2012 #28

Well, what kind of 'casual conversations' are you advocating? muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #30

Yes, it is what you imply jberryhill Jul 2012 #32

I implied no such thing. Note I said "well trained agents" which means they would know yellowcanine Jul 2012 #36

"what they can ask and what they can't" jberryhill Jul 2012 #37

I know what the 5th amendment says, thanks. Ok. "What they should ask and what they should not" yellowcanine Jul 2012 #38

Okay... so... jberryhill Jul 2012 #39

"At what point do you draw a line in the sand and just say 'NO MORE' to the goons?" leftyohiolib Jul 2012 #2

Does pouring it on their head count? Arctic Dave Jul 2012 #3

I wonder how long that would last if all passengers avebury Jul 2012 #7

But they're a captive market - they can't bring food and beverages in with them muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #31

Bet Jennifer would blame the government right away treestar Jul 2012 #15

another good reason to drive...nt littlewolf Jul 2012 #16

I fear flamingdem Jul 2012 #17

cavity search, ages 6 and up stockholmer Jul 2012 #21

craziness Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #22

The ongoing campaign to prove the TSA and Fatherland Security need to exist. DCKit Jul 2012 #24

This is a lot Aerows Jul 2012 #27

If the United States were really interested in security, the first thing we would do is RC Jul 2012 #33

I've traveled around the world davidpdx Jul 2012 #34

How much of TSA is run privately and the extra testing is to bilk taxpayers? LiberalFighter Jul 2012 #35