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I think this was an inside job where they were all taken at once before they got to the carousel.
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Speaking from complete ignorance here: Is the TSA charged with ALL the security in the airport, coming and going?
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Good question Pete. I have no idea.
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i think so, hek you see them everywhere in the airport!!
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Diver Dennis
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Airport enforcement authority
While some countries may have uniform protection at all of their airports, in other countries like the U.S., the protection is controlled at the state or local level. The primary personnel will vary and can include:
A police force hired and dedicated to the airport
A branch (substation) of the local police department stationed at the airport
Members of the local police department assigned to the airport as their normal patrol area
Members of a country's military
Members of a country's airport protection service
Police dog services for explosive detection, drug detection and other purposes
An Armed police sergant at Hong Kong International Airport.
When additional personnel are required, then several of the groups listed above can be used and as required supplemented by other resources that include:
Officers from the normal agency, but in larger numbers using personnel not normally assigned to the airport
Security guards
Paramilitary forces
Reserve military forces
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act generally required that by November 19, 2002 all passenger screening must be conducted by Federal employees. As a result, passenger and baggage screening is now provided by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), part of the Department of Homeland Security. Provisions to improve the technology for detecting explosives were included in the Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_security
While some countries may have uniform protection at all of their airports, in other countries like the U.S., the protection is controlled at the state or local level. The primary personnel will vary and can include:
A police force hired and dedicated to the airport
A branch (substation) of the local police department stationed at the airport
Members of the local police department assigned to the airport as their normal patrol area
Members of a country's military
Members of a country's airport protection service
Police dog services for explosive detection, drug detection and other purposes
An Armed police sergant at Hong Kong International Airport.
When additional personnel are required, then several of the groups listed above can be used and as required supplemented by other resources that include:
Officers from the normal agency, but in larger numbers using personnel not normally assigned to the airport
Security guards
Paramilitary forces
Reserve military forces
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act generally required that by November 19, 2002 all passenger screening must be conducted by Federal employees. As a result, passenger and baggage screening is now provided by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), part of the Department of Homeland Security. Provisions to improve the technology for detecting explosives were included in the Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_security
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Diver Dennis
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TSA
Circumstances of Creation and Purpose
The agency was created in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. Before its creation, security checkpoints were operated by private companies which had contracts with either:
an airline (in cases where the terminal was owned by an airline)
a terminal company (in cases where the terminal was privately owned)
an airport operator (in cases where the terminal was operated by a government agency).
With the arrival of the TSA, private checkpoints have not disappeared altogether. In the cities of San Francisco, CA; Kansas City, MO; Rochester, NY; Tupelo, MS; and Jackson, WY. private security firms have been approved by the TSA to provide security, but the TSA still supervises the private security firms. [1]
The organization was charged with developing policies to ensure the security of U.S. air traffic and other forms of transportation. Airport security and the prevention of aircraft hijacking are integral parts of the TSA mission. The TSA oversaw the Federal Air Marshal Service until December 1, 2003 when the program was officially transferred to the authority of the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the U.S. government's 2006 fiscal year, the Federal Air Marshal Program was transferred back to the TSA. The TSA also currently oversees the Federal Flight Deck Officer program, also known as the "armed pilots".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration
Circumstances of Creation and Purpose
The agency was created in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. Before its creation, security checkpoints were operated by private companies which had contracts with either:
an airline (in cases where the terminal was owned by an airline)
a terminal company (in cases where the terminal was privately owned)
an airport operator (in cases where the terminal was operated by a government agency).
With the arrival of the TSA, private checkpoints have not disappeared altogether. In the cities of San Francisco, CA; Kansas City, MO; Rochester, NY; Tupelo, MS; and Jackson, WY. private security firms have been approved by the TSA to provide security, but the TSA still supervises the private security firms. [1]
The organization was charged with developing policies to ensure the security of U.S. air traffic and other forms of transportation. Airport security and the prevention of aircraft hijacking are integral parts of the TSA mission. The TSA oversaw the Federal Air Marshal Service until December 1, 2003 when the program was officially transferred to the authority of the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the U.S. government's 2006 fiscal year, the Federal Air Marshal Program was transferred back to the TSA. The TSA also currently oversees the Federal Flight Deck Officer program, also known as the "armed pilots".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration
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Diver Dennis
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Criticism
There have been numerous criticisms leveled at the TSA, including:
Complaints of invasion of privacy
Rampant theft by its employees of airline passenger possessions [2][3] [4][5][6]
Lavish spending by TSA officials on events unrelated to airport security [7]
Inadequate training and lack of background checks of employees [8]
Sales of confiscated items
Suppression of speech [9]
Links:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=266573
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A45823-2003Jun28?language=printer
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595098094,00.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/09/28/idiot.baggie/index.html
There have been numerous criticisms leveled at the TSA, including:
Complaints of invasion of privacy
Rampant theft by its employees of airline passenger possessions [2][3] [4][5][6]
Lavish spending by TSA officials on events unrelated to airport security [7]
Inadequate training and lack of background checks of employees [8]
Sales of confiscated items
Suppression of speech [9]
Links:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=266573
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A45823-2003Jun28?language=printer
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595098094,00.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/09/28/idiot.baggie/index.html
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Unfortunately, all of these media sources are looking for SENSATIONALISM rather than the truth, so I take what they give us with a grain of salt. A couple of them require the entire shaker!
It's interesting that we have two authorities for security at our airports. I bet the Airport Enforcement Authorities are way too lean. After all, the airports have to support the bloated TSA so cutbacks have to be made elsewhere to keep them somewhat in the black.
It's interesting that we have two authorities for security at our airports. I bet the Airport Enforcement Authorities are way too lean. After all, the airports have to support the bloated TSA so cutbacks have to be made elsewhere to keep them somewhat in the black.
"TSA, thousands standing around" Rob Davie verbatim quote
Umm, I gave Rob that line I got from somewhere else.rigdiver:
Also, from TSA:
The Start of Alcoholisim
Crap, can't rember the rest right now.
Was it baggage handlers or TSA? WHo frikkin cares, how can this happen?
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