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TSA Has Been Compiling A Shitlist Of Travelers It Just Doesn't Like
The TSA is the worst. Super-secret watchlists can keep people from flying -- people deemed too dangerous to travel but not dangerous enough to arrest. This isn't the TSA's fault. Not these lists. Those are maintained by agencies who could possibly cobble together enough intel to build a flimsy case against these "dangerous" would-be travelers.
The TSA, however, maintains its own database of travelers. It can't necessarily keep them from boarding airplanes, but it can give agents a heads up that the person in the queue probably needs to be detained and hassled. [via Boing Boing]
[...] It's an agency shitlist, and only the TSA knows who's on it. This list doesn't contain people who've actually assaulted agents, but people who've expressed their displeasure with intrusive gropings through words or non-violent deeds. The agency's official statements make it clear this is an arbitrary way to punish travelers who make agents unhappy, noting that it neither requires "injury" to a TSA employee nor the intent to do so. Instead, the list contains anyone who presents a "challenge" to the "safe and effective completion of screening."
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Nerdfest on Tuesday June 05 2018, @04:32AM (2 children)
Because of the immigration stance of Trump, CBP has become his brownshirts, and ICE his SS. They really didn't need much of a push though.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @09:21AM (1 child)
Don't you mean his illegal immigration stance? ICE helps the country actually protect its borders and you compare them to genocidal nazis... Leftists have become a parody of themselves now, where did the sane ones go?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @10:13AM
Tell me when they stop harassing actual citizens that are dozens of miles away from the border. Your papers, please.