Shock: TSA camera broke for 6 days

The federal security camera located in the corridor where a major security breach occurred Sunday night at Newark Liberty International Airport had not been working for six days, several officials said today.

That's right folks, these are the people entrusted with our "safety"

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TNT turns out to be honey

A Bakersfield, Calif., airport was temporarily shut down Tuesday after officials said a passenger's luggage tested positive for TNT. The suspicious material turned out to five bottles filled with honey.

Does it bother or frighten anyone else that we have spent billions of dollars on machines that can't tell the difference between honey and tnt?

VS.

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Foreign Govts to Obama: Yeah, we'll get to that extra security when we can...

"Everything is the same. There is no extra security," said an aviation official in Lebanon...

But at international airports in Lebanon, Syria and Libya, all on the list, there were no visible changes in screening. And several European governments, including Germany, France and Spain, said they were still studying the rules before tightening security any further...

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tests show body scanners don't see liquids, powders, and plastic

The explosive device smuggled in the clothing of the Detroit bomb suspect would not have been detected by body-scanners...

Since the attack was foiled, body-scanners, using "millimetre-wave" technology and revealing a naked image of a passenger, have been touted as a solution to the problem of detecting explosive devices that are not picked up by traditional metal detectors - such as those containing liquids, chemicals or plastic explosive.

But Ben Wallace, the Conservative MP, who was formerly involved in a project by a leading British defence research firm to develop the scanners for airport use, said trials had shown that such low-density materials went undetected.

Tests by scientists in the team at Qinetiq, which Mr Wallace advised before he became an MP in 2005, showed the millimetre-wave scanners picked up shrapnel and heavy wax and metal, but plastic, chemicals and liquids were missed.

If a material is low density, such as powder, liquid or thin plastic - as well as the passenger's clothing - the millimetre waves pass through and the object is not shown on screen. High- density material such as metal knives, guns and dense plastic such as C4 explosive reflect the millimetre waves and leave an image of the object.

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TSA drops challenge to freedom of speech

For the second time in as many weeks, TSA has been forced to change a crazy policy, KEEP THE PRESSURE ON!!!

"WASHINGTON (AP) - The Transportation Security Administration on Thursday dropped its subpoenas it had issued to two Internet writers..."

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Govt. Failed to "Connect the dots"

8 years and billions upon billions later and guess what? "The government failed to connect the dots?"

My question to you, was all the money worth it? Was all the additional hassle of removing your shoes, coats, etc. ? What about 3-1-1? Patriot act?

Why continue to abuse us law abiding citizens if they can't fix there problems first?

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TSA: who told you that you had a right to free speech?

TSA special agents served subpoenas to travel bloggers Steve Frischling and Chris Elliott, demanding that they reveal who leaked the security directive to them...Frischling said he met with two TSA special agents Tuesday night at his Connecticut home for about three hours and again on Wednesday morning when he was forced to hand over his lap top computer. Frischling said the agents threatened to interfere with his contract to write a blog for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines if he didn't cooperate and provide the name of the person who leaked the memo.

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