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"I was working for an agency whose #morale was among the #lowest in the U.S. government. In private, most #TSA officers I talked to told me they felt the agency’s day-to-day operations represented an #abuse of public trust and funds." cc @question
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"Selectee Passport List: It consisted of 12 nations that automatically triggered enhanced passenger screening", "automatically pulled aside for #full-body pat-downs and had their luggage examined with a fine-toothed comb. The selectee list was purely #political, of course, with diplomacy playing its role as always: There was no #SaudiArabia or #Pakistan on a list of state…
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"When concerned passengers - usually #pregnant women - asked how much #radiation the machines emitted and whether they were safe, we were instructed by our superiors to assure them everything was fine." "the radiation doses from the machines were perfectly acceptable, they told us. We would just have to take #their word for it." cc @question
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'@Why not publish a website #by a TSA employee, #for TSA employees, which would also serve as a platform to tell the public the #truth about what was going on at the agency?" takingsenseaway.wordpress.com cc @question
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"Shielding one’s identity is a cumbersome enterprise. I eventually surrendered all hope of total #anonymity and began posting from #home, unmasked." cc @question
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"a determined terrorist’s best bet for #defeating ... security would be to apply for a job with ... and simply become #part of the security system itself" cc @question