9/11 Panel: TSA Needs a Plan for Attacks

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- Terrorists blow up subways, trucks and ships as well as airplanes, but the Transportation Security Administration doesn't have a plan yet to defend all forms of transportation from attacks.

In a 20-page addition to the report it issued in July, the independent commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks said most of the TSA's resources have been devoted to protecting aviation.

"Other transportation modes are at risk and have significant vulnerabilities," said the report, which was made available on Wednesday.

The commission recommended that the Homeland Security Department and the TSA, one of its agencies, come up with a final plan by Feb. 1 to protect passengers, equipment and facilities.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-transportation-security,0,2010417.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[LibDemAlways]

1. The "plan" they put into effect to

"protect" the flying public includes yanking senior citizens out of their wheelchairs to wand them and swabbing children's toys with chemicals to check for explosives. Then handing the chemically tainted toys back to the children. When I see crap like this, I feel outrage, not safer.

The "security" at the airport is largely a stupid, cruel joke. A terrorist determined to get aboard a plane will, and won't need hidden metal objects to create havoc.

When some other form of transportation is targeted, we'll be treated to equally inane new "security" measures. It's called closing the barn door after the horse has escaped.

How stupid, futile, and wasteful when the real solution lies in diplomacy and making radical changes to our foreign policy.

[BeFree]

2. Safer?

This report contradicts W's claims that we are safer.

What has W done to protect these other transpotation modes?
The answer is: NOTHING.

W is not only Wrong, he's aWol.