Thread: Napolitano May Exempt Muslims From Airport Pat-Downs

They are really setting us up big time from all directions...and 'the beast' is still in office. Unbelievable

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acording to the article i read on fox last nigh , there will be no breaks offered to relgious groups on pat downs ...

Could we have a bigger idiot as DHS director? Is that possible? We are now going to exempt the people most likely to be carrying a bomb in order to be PC. Thanks to all of you idiots who elected this administration.

Americans are going to have to raise hell !! It is time to start racial profiling in this country, not doing so is just plain stupid and we are getting fed up with it....Muslims are trying to kill us and Mexicansm Hispanics, Latinos whatever are invading our country!! Get over it and racial profile,,Idiots!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11 ... latestnews


FROM FOX NEWS , NO EXECEPTIONS TO BE MADE .

Religion Offers No Break on Airport Screening, TSA Says

Published November 16, 2010
| Associated Press
Print Email Share Comments (1265) Text Size WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Security Administration says airline passengers won't get out of body imaging screening or pat-downs based on their religious beliefs.

TSA chief John Pistole told the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday that passengers who refuse to go through a full-body scanner machine and reject a pat-down won't be allowed to board, even if they turned down the in-depth screening for religious reasons.

"That person is not going to get on an airplane," Pistole said in response to a question from Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., on whether the TSA would provide exemptions for passengers whose religious beliefs do not allow them to go through a physically revealing body scan or be touched by screeners.

Civil rights groups contend the more intensive screening violates civil liberties including freedom of religion, the right to privacy and the constitutional protection against unreasonable searches.

The issue is getting new attention after a man posted an item online saying he was thrown out of the San Diego airport for rejecting a full-body scan and pat-down groin check and instead insisting on passing through a metal detector.

Pistole acknowledged the incident was drawing wide attention but told the committee an officer involved was "very cool, calm, professional" in dealing with the passenger.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center is among several civil liberties groups suing the TSA in federal court to stop use of the full-body scanners. Their lawsuit says the machines are overly intrusive and violate civil rights, and that it is questionable whether they can detect powdered explosives such as those used by a passenger in last year's attempted Christmas airliner bombing. They also question whether the machines pose a health risk.

"There's a very strong sense right now that the public attitude on the airport body scanner program has swung dramatically," said Marc Rotenberg, director of EPIC. There is growing opposition from civil rights groups, religious organizations, libertarians, airline passengers and pilots, he said.

EPIC is urging air travelers to take part in a national opt-out day the day before Thanksgiving, refusing to go through the full-body detectors and insisting that any pat-down they receive as a result take place in full view of other passengers.

Several senators asked Pistole to address public criticism of the body-imaging machines and more intrusive pat-downs the agency is using. Pistole said the tougher screening is necessary, and that the FDA has found the imaging machines to be safe. Going through the whole-body scanning machine is similar to getting about three minutes of the radiation that passengers receive at 30,000 feet on a typical flight, he said.

Pistole said his agency was working to address pilot and flight attendant concerns about the screening.

Sounds as if TSA chief John Pistole and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano are not on the same page here, which is no surprise, given how incompetent this administration is. Who has rank here?

I guess we will have to wait and see how this develops.

[quote="tinybobidaho"][quote]As the U.S. government retaliates against an American for refusing to allow airport security to grope his genitals, the nation’s Homeland Security secretary considers waving the intrusive “pat-downsâ€

Originally Posted by PaulRevere9

How assbackwards can these idiots get? Incredible.

I DON'T KNOW, MY GRANDSON AGED 4 CAN DO A BETTER JOB AT RUNNING THE COUNTRY THAN THOSE IDIOTS IN D.C. I'M TELLING YOU ALL, THE REST OF THE WORLD IS LAUGHING AT US BECAUSE, THE IDIOTS HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY OUT TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A JOKE BY THEM ALLOWING THE HEAD OF ANOTHER TO COME HERE ON AMERICAN SOIL AND TELL US WHAT OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS SHOULD BE HEADS THE LIST. AND ONLY ONE MAN SPOKE OUT AGAINST CALDERON WHILE THE DEMS CHEERED HIM ON. HOW SHAMEFUL

We need to use common sense and PROFILE!

Throw political correctness in the toilet and do your job!
I am sick of the BS!!!!

Originally Posted by marquis

acording to the article i read on fox last nigh , there will be no breaks offered to relgious groups on pat downs ...

Religion Offers No Break on Airport Screening, TSA Says

WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Security Administration says airline passengers won't get out of body imaging screening or pat-downs based on their religious beliefs.

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