SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
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: 2) by HiThere on Tuesday June 05 2018, @05:39PM (1 child)
Votes for who? Which candidate would get rid of the TSA? NONE! Not even the fringe candidates.
If there were a libertarian candidate, I would probably vote for him, but libertarian is not "Libertarian".
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 08 2018, @04:37PM
Votes for who?
Anybody you want. The process for getting on the ballot is all documented in black and white. Any and all difficulties only arise from your fellow voters that choose to believe the propaganda. There is no compelling force.