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Monday, October 17, 2011
Pat Downs, Chat Downs?
You've just gotten accustomed to "pat downs" when you fly. Now, get ready for "chat downs," USA Today reports. The Transportation Security Administration is prepared to ask you a flurry of questions about where you're going, where you're staying, why you're traveling and how long you'll be gone. For now, it is only an experiment. But if the test at Boston Logan works, you can expect face-to-face questioning by a TSA officer before you even get to the full-body scan and pat down, USA Today reports. You can refuse to answer the questions and still make your flight, however your carry-on will be searched.
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Refuse to answer the questions and "your carry-on baggage will be searched". LOL! You'll miss your flight, too, as TSA will teach you some lessons about who's the boss. You'll be lucky if you even get to leave the airport for the next 48 hrs. You WILL "cooperate" or be VERY sorry you didn't. Most people have been conditioned, but for those who aren't, there are some hard lessons coming.....
We drove into Canada last year and were asked the same questions at the border. Not knowing I was going to be asked these questions and having never been outside the U.S., I was really nervous and found it hard to answer the questions.
We didn't have a plan. We were just going to go into Canada, drive around and look around for the day and then come back across the border.
I know it made us look suspicious but that's what this stuff does!
El-Al, the state airline of Israel, has been using this tactic for decades. Most of those on here complaining will be the first ones to yell "SUPPORT ISRAEL!" Yet that country is the one who started using this strategy. A little consistency is all I ask.
Just make up a good story like: I'm flying to San Diego to meet my 18 year old mail order bride from Guatemala or flying to San Fransisco to get the first surgery of my sex change operation. Keep them guessing.
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