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Why the TSA needs to be reformed....

...to prevent international incidents for one thing, and to prevent the abuse of old people for another. As I described before, different cultures have different perceptions of privacy of their persons....none more so than Western cultures and Latin American cultures....well it finally happened, TSA pissed off the wrong Latino.... just look at the "person of interest" to the left then read the story.....luckily they get away with it with old folks all the time.....

Costa Rica protests US airport security
By MARIANELA JIMENEZ, Associated Press Writer Sat Apr 26, 5:14 PM ET

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Costa Rica has suspended legal cooperation with the United States and filed a diplomatic protest over what it called the "disrespectful" treatment of its attorney general at the Miami International Airport.

In a letter describing the incident, Attorney General Francisco Dall'Anese said a security officer at the airport allowed him into the United States on April 23, but accompanied him to an airline counter to make sure he arranged a return flight for the next day.

The official was traveling to meet his U.S. counterpart, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, and to attend a court hearing involving a man implicated in a corruption scandal in Costa Rica.
He said that after the check, a U.S. agent accompanied him to airline offices "to make sure of our departure."
Dall'Anese said Friday he was suspending all cooperation with U.S. prosecutors on judicial cases, including extraditions, until those responsible are punished and his government is reimbursed for the cost of the trip.

Costa Rica's Foreign Relations Department said it filed an "energetic" diplomatic note and called the security stop "an offense against our attorney general, an offense to all Costa Ricans."
The U.S. government said Dall'Anese had been subjected to a "routine security check" that is common when a passenger's name matches or is similar to a person of interest. But officials apologized nonetheless.
"We are investigating the circumstances and we have expressed our apologies to the Costa Rican government," the U.S. Embassy in San Jose said in a statement. "We never intended any disrespect for Dall'Anese, the government of Costa Rica or its citizens. We value the close relationship we have and we will do everything in our power to make sure it continues."

The Embassy said if it had known of the trip, it would have ensured that "all entrance courtesies would have been extended to Mr. Dall'Anese."

But Dall'Anese responded that "the apology of the U.S. Embassy is not sufficient."

In November, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa complained that he did not receive special diplomatic treatment at a Miami airport security checkpoint and said he would avoid traveling through the U.S.

Comments

Anonymous said…
TSA is very expensive Security Theater.

A screener who smuggled in a gun is still on the job. The bit for giggle though, is the discovery that the TSA actually has a privacy policy.

And there are plenty of rumors -- which the TSA denies -- that they are fast-tracking the training of screeners to be Air Marshals.
Anonymous said…
TSA Reformed? Hell, it needs to be dismantled...it is a scruge on the nation.

If it weren't for children/grandkids living out of state I would never fly. Take my shoes off?...Indeed!!

This is a sick and slick form of keeping many U.S.citizens in line.

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