© YouTubeFrom the 'touchlist' to the 'watchlist'
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is forming a new watchlist specifically for people who give its agents a hard time during security screenings, and are deemed "unruly" passengers who act in ways that TSA agents find "offensive."
The New York Times obtained a five-page directive recently published by the agency announcing the establishment of the watchlist or "95 list," which is a new program that began in February.
The directive, which was reportedly issued by Darby LaJoye, TSA's assistant administrator for security operations, states that "An intent to injure or cause physical pain is not required, nor is an actual physical injury."
The criteria that could land a person on the list is extremely vague and could include anything from loitering near the checkpoint to having a verbal altercation with a TSA agent. The directive also suggested that anyone who presents "challenges to the safe and effective completion of screening" could be added to the list.
Comment: What's more offensive: The TSA's fine choice between gropings? Or, those on-file radiation pictures that leave nothing to the imagination!
The watchlist threat of secret profiling is a gross abuse of power with little recourse for a listed person to appeal, if that person even knows of the listing. Once again the rights of the many are compromised or negated by 'concern over the few'. We all know this is only one more step in the infraction of rights being perpetrated upon today's society and merely another lame-blame scenario to do so.