Don’t worry – the government only does good things for good reasons. You can relax. Someone else will take care of it.
That’s why it shouldn’t bother you that the Transportation Security Administration is saying one thing and doing another, in violation of directives specifically given to it by Congress. I’m not a big fan of either body, but the TSA does report to Congress, and is bound by law to follow mandates that Congress issues to it. So it’s no big deal that the TSA lied and gathered a “test database” about every single traveler in the United States during June 2004. Don’t worry, all that data is safe and will only be used for “official purposes.” Yeah, right.
Some people call me paranoid. Maybe I am. But I don’t want government to know any more than it needs to about me. It already knows way too much.
Others comment on the TSA’s abuse of government authority:
Prometheus – Hey, you think you’re processing credit cards here?
Billville – Transportation Security Administration Collected Airline Passenger Data Without Public Knowledge
Secondary Screening – More Questions about TSA and Privacy
The TSA isn’t looking for the right things, can’t find what it is looking for (I know, because I test) and won’t stop a determined terrorist(s). But honestly, how many of you think the next terrorist event in the U.S. will be plane related?
I flew to Dallas from Atlanta on Monday, and as I was shuffling through the security lines next to a dignified older couple, the man leaned over to me as he was struggling to put his shoe back on and said, “I think the terrorists have already won.” He’s right.
By causing the creation of the TSA, the terrorists scored a major victory in the war against freedom and liberty in America.