Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2013 6:26:40 GMT -5
This all the more reason to leave your car at home and take some kind of airport bus if they have them in your area
TSA Expands Searches of Parked Cars at Airports
www.infowars.com/tsa-expands-searches-of-parked-cars-at-airports/
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
December 3, 2013
TSA-approved warrantless searches of vehicles parked outside airports are being expanded, with a photograph taken at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport informing Thanksgiving travelers that all vehicles belonging to AmeriPark customers “will be searched by uniformed security.”
The policy, which first came to light earlier this summer after complaints from people who found notes inside their car which read, “your vehicle has been inspected under TSA regulations,” continues to cause confusion and stoke concern amongst privacy advocates.
When the story first broke, the TSA was keen to deflect responsibility by explaining that although, “the plan is approved by the TSA, it is up to each airport authority and its state and local law enforcement partners to follow the plan that has been implemented.”
The sign above, originally posted by Young Americans For Liberty, suggests that airport uniformed security guards are responsible for carrying out the searches at Birmingham International, not valet parking staff. The image was taken on November 27, the day after Thanksgiving and one of the busiest travel days of the year.
At some airports the searches are also being conducted with customers receiving no notification whatsoever.
“I was inside paying my bill. I looked through the window and saw this gentleman looking through my trunk,” said Michelle Zevola, who used the Curbside Valet Service at Charlotte Douglas Airport. “He was moving things around, shining a flashlight, going through the compartments. I am so fine being searched at the airport. It’s about safety. But I am not fine with my personal property being searched without permission or notification,” added Zevola.
“There is no posted signage at the valet stand or around the airport that indicates cars left with curbside service will be searched. There is also no warning on the back of the valet ticket,” reported NBC Charlotte. Deputy Aviation Director Jack Christine admitted that the searches had been taking place for a year and half without any signage or notification.
Under the guidelines, the person performing the search, whether that be a valet parking employee or a “unformed security” guard, is instructed to check the trunk, the engine as well as scan inside the car.
The policy represents a clear violation of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, which protects Americans against “unreasonable searches and seizures,” although TSA officials have justified the measures as necessary “to keep you and your family safe at the airport.”
Critics have lambasted the TSA and airports who enforce the policy for entrusting searches of vehicles to valet parking attendants, who wouldn’t normally be considered to be highly trained in bomb detection skills.
“Take note of that, America. Your safety can only be guaranteed by a search of valet-parked vehicles, but not by a trained agent,” wrote TechDirt’s Tim Cushing. “Instead, your valet will do a brief search of your vehicle to ensure there’s nothing inside the cabin, trunk or under the hood that looks like a bomb. (Like, for instance, a bundle of wires and some other stuff with a post-it attached saying, “NOT A BOMB.”)”
Another traveler who complained that her car had been searched with zero notice was Laurie Iacuzza, who said she was “furious” that airport personnel rifled through her vehicle without permission.
TSA Claim Debunked: Photo Proof Agency Searches Cars
www.infowars.com/tsa-claim-debunked-photo-proof-agency-searches-cars/
Back in July the TSA posted to its blog that it does not search vehicles parked at airports. The claim is technically true. TSA employees do not search cars directly. Instead, they mandate violations of the Fourth Amendment by proxy.
In lieu of a friendly TSA agent donning blue latex gloves searching cars, “uniformed security” accomplish the task, according to a sign at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. The photo was posted on Facebook.
Around the same time the TSA offered its deceptive explanation, a news station in Rochester, New York, reported that the TSA had ordered parking valets to search vehicles without notice or owner permission. The valet company left a notice announcing it had illegally searched vehicles.
In response to the news report, the TSA said valet parked cars often remain curbside at the airport for 30 minutes or more. Because of this they pose a threat.
None of this, of course, should come as a surprise. The TSA announced back in 2011 that it planned to move from airport gates to other modes of transportation.
In addition to the now familiar pat-down mimicking a sexual molestation, “screenings” at train and bus terminals include roaming paramilitary teams, fondly known as VIPR, that march up and down platforms with bomb-sniffing dogs. Offering a lame excuse for this intimidating Gestapo-like behavior, the TSA explained it wants to prevent another Madrid train bombing.
It turns out the Madrid bombing was an inside job. In 2008, we reported that the people who provided the explosives for the attack were government informants. One of the informants was caught with the telephone number of the head of Tedax, the Spanish Civil Guard bomb squad.
Curbside violations of the Fourth Amendment will not stop terrorist bombings, not that such a scenario is probable in the United States. Since 9/11, the country has not experienced a single terrorist bombing. The FBI, on the other hand, has gone into overdrive to convince us that there are malevolent jihadists among us who hate us for our freedom. It invariably turns out these supposed terrorists are in fact FBI patsies stage handled by informants and agent provocateurs. They are often provided with inert bombs that act as stage props for a hysterical propaganda campaign aimed directly and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Valet searches and intimidating signs at airports are designed to remind you that as an American you now live in a police state. Endless terror drills conducted jointly by the military and state local officialdom underscore this fact and also keep the phony terror threat alive.
TSA Expands Searches of Parked Cars at Airports
www.infowars.com/tsa-expands-searches-of-parked-cars-at-airports/
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
December 3, 2013
TSA-approved warrantless searches of vehicles parked outside airports are being expanded, with a photograph taken at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport informing Thanksgiving travelers that all vehicles belonging to AmeriPark customers “will be searched by uniformed security.”
The policy, which first came to light earlier this summer after complaints from people who found notes inside their car which read, “your vehicle has been inspected under TSA regulations,” continues to cause confusion and stoke concern amongst privacy advocates.
When the story first broke, the TSA was keen to deflect responsibility by explaining that although, “the plan is approved by the TSA, it is up to each airport authority and its state and local law enforcement partners to follow the plan that has been implemented.”
The sign above, originally posted by Young Americans For Liberty, suggests that airport uniformed security guards are responsible for carrying out the searches at Birmingham International, not valet parking staff. The image was taken on November 27, the day after Thanksgiving and one of the busiest travel days of the year.
At some airports the searches are also being conducted with customers receiving no notification whatsoever.
“I was inside paying my bill. I looked through the window and saw this gentleman looking through my trunk,” said Michelle Zevola, who used the Curbside Valet Service at Charlotte Douglas Airport. “He was moving things around, shining a flashlight, going through the compartments. I am so fine being searched at the airport. It’s about safety. But I am not fine with my personal property being searched without permission or notification,” added Zevola.
“There is no posted signage at the valet stand or around the airport that indicates cars left with curbside service will be searched. There is also no warning on the back of the valet ticket,” reported NBC Charlotte. Deputy Aviation Director Jack Christine admitted that the searches had been taking place for a year and half without any signage or notification.
Under the guidelines, the person performing the search, whether that be a valet parking employee or a “unformed security” guard, is instructed to check the trunk, the engine as well as scan inside the car.
The policy represents a clear violation of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, which protects Americans against “unreasonable searches and seizures,” although TSA officials have justified the measures as necessary “to keep you and your family safe at the airport.”
Critics have lambasted the TSA and airports who enforce the policy for entrusting searches of vehicles to valet parking attendants, who wouldn’t normally be considered to be highly trained in bomb detection skills.
“Take note of that, America. Your safety can only be guaranteed by a search of valet-parked vehicles, but not by a trained agent,” wrote TechDirt’s Tim Cushing. “Instead, your valet will do a brief search of your vehicle to ensure there’s nothing inside the cabin, trunk or under the hood that looks like a bomb. (Like, for instance, a bundle of wires and some other stuff with a post-it attached saying, “NOT A BOMB.”)”
Another traveler who complained that her car had been searched with zero notice was Laurie Iacuzza, who said she was “furious” that airport personnel rifled through her vehicle without permission.
TSA Claim Debunked: Photo Proof Agency Searches Cars
www.infowars.com/tsa-claim-debunked-photo-proof-agency-searches-cars/
Back in July the TSA posted to its blog that it does not search vehicles parked at airports. The claim is technically true. TSA employees do not search cars directly. Instead, they mandate violations of the Fourth Amendment by proxy.
In lieu of a friendly TSA agent donning blue latex gloves searching cars, “uniformed security” accomplish the task, according to a sign at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. The photo was posted on Facebook.
Around the same time the TSA offered its deceptive explanation, a news station in Rochester, New York, reported that the TSA had ordered parking valets to search vehicles without notice or owner permission. The valet company left a notice announcing it had illegally searched vehicles.
In response to the news report, the TSA said valet parked cars often remain curbside at the airport for 30 minutes or more. Because of this they pose a threat.
None of this, of course, should come as a surprise. The TSA announced back in 2011 that it planned to move from airport gates to other modes of transportation.
In addition to the now familiar pat-down mimicking a sexual molestation, “screenings” at train and bus terminals include roaming paramilitary teams, fondly known as VIPR, that march up and down platforms with bomb-sniffing dogs. Offering a lame excuse for this intimidating Gestapo-like behavior, the TSA explained it wants to prevent another Madrid train bombing.
It turns out the Madrid bombing was an inside job. In 2008, we reported that the people who provided the explosives for the attack were government informants. One of the informants was caught with the telephone number of the head of Tedax, the Spanish Civil Guard bomb squad.
Curbside violations of the Fourth Amendment will not stop terrorist bombings, not that such a scenario is probable in the United States. Since 9/11, the country has not experienced a single terrorist bombing. The FBI, on the other hand, has gone into overdrive to convince us that there are malevolent jihadists among us who hate us for our freedom. It invariably turns out these supposed terrorists are in fact FBI patsies stage handled by informants and agent provocateurs. They are often provided with inert bombs that act as stage props for a hysterical propaganda campaign aimed directly and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Valet searches and intimidating signs at airports are designed to remind you that as an American you now live in a police state. Endless terror drills conducted jointly by the military and state local officialdom underscore this fact and also keep the phony terror threat alive.