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jofortruth

Posted: Jan 8 2010, 12:47 PM

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ORIGINAL BILL PASSED NOV 19, 2001: S. 1447 Aviation & Transportation Security Act:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ7...W-107publ71.pdf
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-107s144...107s1447enr.pdf

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��Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act��
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d1...124;/bss/|
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/ge...2200rfs.txt.pdf

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H.R.2200

Title: To authorize the Transportation Security Administration's programs relating to the provision of transportation security, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 4/30/2009)� � � Cosponsors (2)

Related Bills: H.RES.474

Latest Major Action: 6/8/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

House Reports: 111-123

QUOTE

H.AMDT.172 (A010)

Amends: H.R.2200

Sponsor: Rep Chaffetz, Jason [UT-3] (offered 6/4/2009)

AMENDMENT DESCRIPTION:

Amendment prohibits the TSA from using Whole Body-Imaging machines for primary screening at airports; and would require the TSA to give passengers the option of a pat-down search in lieu of going through a WBI machine. The amendment also prohibits the TSA from storing, transferring, or copying any images resulting from going through a WBI machine.

AMENDMENT PURPOSE:

An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 111-127 to prohibit the TSA from using Whole Body-Imaging machines for primary screening at airports, and would require the TSA to give passengers the option of a pat-down search in place of going through a WBI machine, information on the images generated by the WBI, the privacy policies in place, and the right to request a pat-down search, and would prohibit the TSA from storing, transferring, or copying the images.

STATUS:

6/4/2009 2:53pm:
Amendment (A010) offered by Mr. Chaffetz. (consideration: CR H6206-6208, H6213; text: CR H6206-6207)
6/4/2009 4:10pm:
On agreeing to the Chaffetz amendment (A010) Agreed to by recorded vote: 310 - 118 (Roll no. 305).

The Vote Passed Easily 310 to 118:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll305.xml

Final Vote:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll307.xml

Only 25 voted "NO" to this bill, and now we are seeing they were right to vote "NO". TSA is out of control!

Blackburn
Brady (TX)
Broun (GA)
Campbell
Conaway
Conyers
Deal (GA)
Duncan
Flake
Foxx
Holt
Johnson, Sam
King (IA)
Kingston
Linder
Markey (MA)
McClintock
McHenry
Nadler (NY)
Nunes
Paul
Price (GA)
Royce
Shuster
Stark

MAKE NOTE OF THE BOZOS WHO VOTED AGAINST THIS. THEY SHOULD NOT BE VOTED FOR IN 2010. YOU HAVE TO START SAYING "NO" TO CONGRESSMEN WHO CONSISTENTLY VOTE THE WRONG WAY ON LEGISLATION, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT PASSED IN THE HOUSE. THE FACT IS, MANY OF THESE SAME PEOPLE VOTE IN PACKS CONSTANTLY WHICH SHOWS ME THEY ARE EITHER VERY STUPID OR OWNED! NO MORE CHANCES!

jofortruth

Posted: Jan 8 2010, 12:56 PM

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��Aircraft Passenger Whole-Body Imaging Limitations Act of 2009��.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d1...124;/bss/|
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/ge...h2027ih.txt.pdf
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/arti...19d2137144.html

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H.R.2027
Title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish limitations on the use of whole-body imaging technology for aircraft passenger screening, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Chaffetz, Jason [UT-3] (introduced 4/22/2009)� � � Cosponsors (21)

Latest Major Action: 5/26/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

The Naked Truth About Airport Scanners - Are privacy and security compatible?
http://reason.com/archives/2010/01/07/the-...h-about-airport

jofortruth	Posted: Jan 8 2010, 12:59 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 31,480 Member No.: 1 Joined: 1-May 07	So, this bill passed in the House but stalled in the Senate! Guess in what committee? Yep, the COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION, headed by Jay Rockefeller! Look up who's on this committee and you will see why they stopped it. They are also the troublemakers! (Rockefeller ring a bell? Boxer? Kerry? Hutchison?) http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title..._Transportation The Senate is owned by the bankers (See Dick Durbin link below). The Dems in the House (many who voted NO on this legislation) are the troublemakers. They are being complicit with the Senate on everything bad happening to do with legislation. http://z4.invisionfree.com/The_Great_Decep...?showtopic=6882 I SAY IT'S BEYOND TIME TO KICK THEIR BUTTS OUT OF CONGRESS - 2010 ALL THE HOUSE REPS ARE UP FOR REELECTION AND 1/3 OF THE SENATE! FIRE THOSE WHO ARE VOTING THE WRONG WAY ON THESE BILLS. NO MORE CHANCES FOR THE FOOLS AND COMPLICIT! 2010 ELECTION INFO: http://z4.invisionfree.com/The_Great_Decep...p?showforum=108

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Posted: Jan 10 2010, 01:08 PM

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Privacy activists score victories against more detailed body scanners at airports
http://www.prisonplanet.com/privacy-activi...t-airports.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tc-...0,1792648.story

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Christmas scare revives hot debate over more detailed airport imaging.

Tribune Newspapers
January 10, 2010

WASHINGTON � - The government has promised more and better security at airports after the near-disaster Christmas Day, but privacy advocates are not prepared to accept the use of full-body scanners as the routine screening system at the nation's airports.

"We don't need to look at naked 8-year-olds and grandmothers to secure airplanes," Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said Friday. "Are we really going to subject 2 million people per day to that? I think it's a false argument to say we have to give up all of our personal privacy in order to have security."

The balance between privacy and security tilts after each major terrorism incident in favor of greater security. But in the past decade, privacy advocates have been successful in blocking or stalling government plans for more searches.

A conservative freshman in the House, Chaffetz won a large, bipartisan majority last year for an amendment to oppose the government's use of body-image scanners as the primary screening system for air travelers. He was joined by the American Civil Liberties Union, which said the scanners are the equivalent of a "virtual strip search."

The pro-privacy stand does not follow the traditional ideological lines; Republicans and Democrats have united on the issue now and in the past.

It has been frustrating, however, for advocates of increased security.

"Privacy and attacks on profiling have been the big hurdles" to developing better security systems for air travelers, said Stewart Baker, a top official of the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush.

Since 2001, privacy advocates have twice blocked moves to collect more personal data on passengers and compile the information in a computerized government system. Critics said mass databases would give the government too much information about ordinary Americans.

Privacy concerns also slowed the move to put more body imaging scanners in the airports. Currently, 19 airports have one or more scanners in use.

Now, after a man accused of having ties to al-Qaida boarded a trans-Atlantic flight, allegedly with explosives in his underwear, the drive to put the full-body scanners in all major airports is renewed. The Transportation Security Administration had already announced plans to buy 300 more. The Senate did not adopt the Chaffetz amendment, so the TSA is free to press ahead with installing the body scanners.

"They significantly enhance security because they can detect metallic and nonmetallic items hidden under clothing," said Greg Soule, a TSA spokesman.

He also suggested that the privacy concerns are exaggerated. "It is 100 percent optional for all passengers," he said. "They can choose to be screened with a full-body pat-down."

Moreover, the screener who observes the passenger's body image is "in a remote location" and cannot see the individual's face, he said. And the body image itself "looks like a chalk etching of a passenger."

Chaffetz disputes that point. "It is a whole body image, and they can spin it 360 degrees. And they can zoom in and see something as small as a nickel or dime," he said. "But they can't spot something hidden in a body cavity. A good, old-fashioned sniffing dog is more effective."

ACLU lawyers said air travelers should not have to face the prospect of exposing a colostomy bag or a mastectomy scar.

"We continue to think the American people are being sold a bill of goods with these body scanners," said Jay Stanley, a privacy expert in the ACLU's Washington office. "Giving the government the authority to scrutinize your body is tremendous invasion of privacy, and the benefits are questionable."

If the scanners become standard, "the terrorists will adapt to it," he added.

Despite their disagreements, defenders of privacy and advocates of increased security agree that better use of information should permit the government to focus its screening on the individuals who pose a threat.

"We clearly need to move faster to a point where we're looking for terrorists, not just weapons," said Baker.

dsavage@tribune.com

jofortruth	Posted: Nov 4 2011, 10:23 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 31,480 Member No.: 1 Joined: 1-May 07	Ventura Decries Fascist America after Judge Tosses TSA Case: http://www.infowars.com/ventura-decries-fa...osses-tsa-case/ LOOK ABOVE TO SEE THE NAMES OF ALL THE IDIOT CONGRESSMEN WHO VOTED "YES" TO THE PASSAGE OF THE TSA LEGISLATION! IF YOU VOTE FOR THESE PEOPLE AGAIN, YOU ARE A FOOL. THEY CREATED THIS MONSTROSITY, AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO REPEAL IT!

jofortruth	Posted: Nov 5 2011, 11:45 AM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 31,480 Member No.: 1 Joined: 1-May 07	Angry Ventura has no more Patriotism left, thinks about running for Prez, tho! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o16GOAstA7o...layer_embedded#!

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