TSA Violates Your Privacy - Florida Airport Says Enough

Our government continues to shred our Constitutional rights while the TSA sexually harasses or takes nudie photos of the citizens of this country. We either believe in privacy and the 4th Amendment or we become governed by tyrants. Our masters in D.C. say they are doing this to protect us. They may actually believe this. But frankly I am more concerned that our rights are being violated. Where the hell does this end? Israel does not have this problem and they are more threatened than the U.S. They profile passengers. Politically correctness does not enter into it. As reported by Gateway Pundit:

Foes of the Transportation Security Agency’s new air-screening procedures, including law enforcement-style pat-downs and what have been called “virtual strip searches,” had hoped that today’s Senate hearing would lead to a privacy outcry on Capitol Hill.

Not quite. The hearing quickly cleaved along partisan lines, with Democratic senators applauding the Obama administration and Republicans offering only modest criticism.

“Mr. Pistole, you’re doing a great job,” Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat and chairman of the Senate committee overseeing air travel, told TSA chief John Pistole, a former FBI agent who’s had the job since July. For emphasis, Rockefeller added a few minutes later: “I think you’re doing a terrific job.”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, admitted right away that “I have been a fan of the advanced imaging technology.” American air travelers, she said, “have to understand that this is being done for their best interests and their safety.”

In room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building this morning, however, Democrats sought to downplay public concerns.

Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, suggested that the public outcry was a problem of education: if Americans learned more about the TSA’s new procedures, they wouldn’t object to the new searches.

McCaskill likens the sexual harassment to "love pats". Unbelievable.

There is good news on the statist front though. One airport is going with a private security screening firm. Anything is better than the government. I imagine the firms competing for the job will be motivated and trained. It's a step in the right direction. WDBO reports:

The backlash continues over those new TSA screening measures, and now one Central Florida airport has decided to go with a private security screening firm.

Orlando Sanford International Airport has decided to opt out from TSA screening.

"All of our due diligence shows it's the way to go," said Larry Dale, the director of the Sanford Airport Authority. "You're going to get better service at a better price and more accountability and better customer service."

Dale says he will be sending a letter requesting to opt out from TSA screening, and instead the airport will choose one of the five approved private screening companies to take over.

Congressman John Mica, who's expected to lead the powerful Transportation Committee next year, says the TSA is crying out for reform.

"I think TSA is overstepping its bounds," said Mica.

Dale says, if all goes as planned, the private security firm could take over in about 12 months.