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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 10:03 PM
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Attitude adjustment at TSA
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20040224-083505-5285r.htm

The wonderful folks at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) — an agency created in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, who are just now preparing to implement the already discredited Computer-Assisted Passenger Pre-screening System ("CAPPS II") — have finally discovered what most government bureaucracies learn in their first days. They have discovered taxpayer-citizens are but wallets to be opened and fleeced at will.
A set of TSA Guidelines issued recently set forth what fines its employees are to charge, and what circumstances will cause those fines to be increased, decreased or perhaps not levied at all. A great deal of confusion has already resulted.


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Amazing what this country has become...
This article really pissed me off. :mad:
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