Thread: Grandma's Christmas trip

This video is a little late. Sorry.

We were busy trying to figure out where exactly Grandma went. She
called, said she was getting on the airplane, and that was the last
we heard from her.

Grandma's Christmas trip...

Video:

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/6334.html

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N.H. House passes legislation to rein in TSA
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Written by: Michael Maharrey

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CONCORD, N.H. (Jan. 5, 2012) – The New Hampshire House passed the TSA Accountability and Transparency bill Thursday, the first step toward reigning in overreaching TSA searches in the “Live Free or Die” State.

HB628 passed 188-136 along party lines. No Democrats voted for the bill and a few Republicans joined in opposition. It will now move on to the Senate for consideration.

The bill would require state and local law enforcement officials to document complaints from citizens who feel TSA searches cross the line and then place the report in a public data base. It would also allow citizens to videotape encounters with the TSA and require police officers to take the citizens’ side against any TSA officer trying to stop them. The legislation includes TSA searches conducted at bus stations or along the state’s roadways.

“I would like to thank the members of the House who supported this bill for understanding the need to protect passengers and transportation vehicles while also respecting basic civil rights and decency,” Carolyn McKinney, chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire said. “With the database created by this bill, the State of New Hampshire will be shining the light of public scrutiny on TSA officials, which will hopefully lead to their more respectful behavior toward citizens in New Hampshire—perhaps even across the country.”

Last year, the New Hampshire House considered a stronger version of the bill, which would have made “the touching or viewing with a technological device of a person’s breasts or genitals by a government security agent without probable cause a sexual assault.” But the legislation stalled in committee. Sponsors amended the bill to its current form, garnering enough support for passage.

McKinney said getting the legislation signed into law will provide New Hampshire citizens a place to turn, forcing the state to interpose.

“HB 628 would put TSA agents on notice that New Hampshire will be watching what they do, and it will also hold state and local law enforcement officers accountable to their duty to protect the rights of citizens,” she said. “This is a bill that will give citizens a place to turn within the state when they feel they’ve been abused that is not the same agency as the one allegedly doing the abusing.”

Rep. Andrew Manuse (R-Rockingham) cosponsored the bill. He said he hopes the law will lead to stronger steps against TSA overreach down the road.

“It was my hope that this bill would elicit enough complaints to convince the legislators who were hesitant to do something stronger, perhaps as strong as our original bill,” he said.

Rep. George Lambert (R-Litchfield) sponsored the bill.

NOTE: Keep track of State-level TSA/Travel Freedom Legislation at this link.
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/nullification/tsa/


Michael Maharrey [send him email] is the Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center. He proudly resides in the original home of the Principles of '98 - Kentucky. See his blog archive here and his article archive here. He also maintains the blog, Tenther Gleanings.




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TSA “Behavioral Detection” Officer Sentenced For Helping Drug Dealers Through Security

01-05-2012 • www.prisonplanet.com

A TSA “Behavioral detection” officer was sentenced to two years in prison on conspiracy charges Wednesday after being found guilty of providing information to suspected drug traffickers and helping them get past security checkpoints with minimum scrutiny.

Minnetta Walker was arrested last March by federal agents at Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Investigators discovered that Walker had helped traffickers move large amounts of cash through the airport, escorting them through security lines, directing them away from the naked body scanners and patdown security lines, and ensuring their luggage bypassed screening areas.

Walker also aided at least one suspected narcotics trafficker to fly under a false identity and warned at least one other suspect that police officers were conducting undercover surveillance of him.





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