[nfb-talk] {Disarmed} FW: Disability.gov Air Travel Update: A Letter to the Disability Community from Kimberly Walton, Special Counselor, Transportation Security Administration

John Heim john at johnheim.net
Tue Nov 30 14:45:49 UTC 2010


Its all the fault of that "Underwear Bomber". That guuy who had a bomb in is 
underwear. Hey, I wonder how he was supposed to trigger it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} FW: Disability.gov Air Travel Update: A 
Letter to the Disability Community from Kimberly Walton, Special Counselor, 
Transportation Security Administration


>I will say that the information contained in the letter about what the 
>scanners see is an outright lie.  These scanners can see womens' products 
>in use, and provide clear body details.  Half a dozen cancer researchers 
>are also warning that repeated exposure to these things should be 
>considered carcinogenic.
>
> As part of the new TSA screenings, that organization routinely argues that 
> they have the right to seize your mobility device (cane, leg braces, 
> whatever) and send you through their screening procedures without them. 
> This is not something they “might” do, it’s something they have already 
> done—evidence caught on video.
>
> If you protest you will be subjected to invasive security screening 
> procedures.  Leaked emails detail that these procedures are intended  to 
> be intentionally demeaning and humiliating, to make an example of 
> dissenters and ensure that NEXT TIME, you will shut up and do as you are 
> told.
>
> Do not attempt to record, videotape, or otherwise provide a record of how 
> you are treated.  At least, your recording device will be confiscated.  At 
> worst, you will be arrested.
>
> Refusal to comply with these diktats will result in an $11,000 fine, your 
> arrest, or both.
>
> In order to quell public opposition to these on “national opt out day”, 
> the TSA disabled their scanners and did not perform the sexually explicit 
> “pat-down” procedures last Wednesday.  The procedures will continue, 
> however.  Current plans are to begin rolling out the same procedures for 
> travel by bus or train.  These scanners are presently only in use for 
> those randomly selected to undergo “additional” security procedures, but 
> this is primarily because they do not have a large enough installed base 
> of scanners to begin requiring all passengers to use them.  That will 
> change, and indeed there is discussion about how wonderful these things 
> would be in places where any crowd gathers, such as shopping malls.
>
> Have a nice flight,
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 04:21:13AM +0000, S Baker wrote:
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>>Subject: Disability.gov Air Travel Update: A Letter to the Disability 
>>Community from Kimberly Walton, Special Counselor, Transportation Security 
>>Administration
>>Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:22:29 -0600
>>To: srbaker12 at hotmail.com
>>From: disability.gov at service.govdelivery.com
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>>A letter is attached to this email, in PDF and Word formats, from Kimberly 
>>Walton, Special Counselor at the Transportation Security Administration 
>>(TSA).  The letter provides information about TSA screening procedures, 
>>including the use of Advanced Imaging Technology and "pat-downs."
>>For more air travel-related information read Travelers with Disabilities 
>>and Medical Conditions or visit Disability.gov's Transportation section.
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