TSA makes little boy remove shirt during pat down UPDATE: TSA responds

“Muslim women won’t have to worry about that for long anyway. Napolitano is actually considering allowing a waiver only for muslim women so they won’t have to go through the scanner OR be groped by TSA. They will, however, be allowed to ‘pat themselves’ down.” -AZ_Mike

This is a lie brought to you by our “free press.”

You are talking about the following story:

http://www.greeleygazette.com/press/?p=6687

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/17/terrorists-hiding-in-hijabs/

This is from the “Greeley Gazette” article:

“[The CAIR advisory] goes on to make special recommendations for Muslim women wearing a hijab covering their face. The advisory says women are to inform the officer they are only to pat down the head and neck and says ‘They should not subject you to a full-body or partial body pat-down.’ They also recommend that women should be permitted to pat themselves down and ‘have the officers perform a chemical swipe of your hands.’”

Let’s do something radical and actually look at the CAIR advisory with our own eyes instead of letting the MSM give their own spin on it. Here is the advisory:

http://www.cair.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=26681&&name=n&&currPage=1

When the CAIR advisory says that “they should not subject you to a full-body or partial body pat-down,” they are talking about a VERY SPECIFIC situation. The situation they are talking about is if you go through the metal detector, it does NOT go off, and then you are selected for secondary screening anyway for the sole reason that you are wearing a hijab. The situation is also if you do NOT have “SSS” written on your boarding pass. “SSS” stands for “special security screening”.
If there is an “SSS’ on your boarding pass, or if the metal detector does go off, CAIR makes the following recommendations:

“If you opt out of the full-image body scanner, you have the right to request that the manual search be conducted in private. It is your right to be screened by an officer of the same gender…”

These are the same rights that all passengers have. There is no special treatment here.

If the metal detector does NOT go off, and if there is no “SSS” on your boarding pass, the TSA agent may do a secondary screening anyway. In that SPECIFIC case, CAIR says that you should ask if the reason for the secondary screen if because of the hijab. If it is not, then the normal rules apply. If the reason IS because of the hijab, CAIR says the following:

“They SHOULD NOT subject you to a full-body or partial-body pat-down…Instead of the pat-down, you can always request to pat down your own scarf, including head and neck area, and have the officers perform a chemical swipe of your hands.”

This is where your bogus story comes in. Our “free press” is claiming that CAIR is asking for special treatment by allowing a “self pat down” and saying that the TSA agent should not subject you for a full pat down. There are now a lot of people criticizing Napolitano, who was appointed by an evil Democrat, because she is actually considering CAIR’s request to allow Muslims to do “self pat downs.” These people, however, do not realize that are media is not a “free press,” but is really a propaganda machine that constantly lies.

Napolitano is not considering this “request” by CAIR, because the “self pat down” procedure HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR 3 YEARS. This procedure was put into effect at the request of SIKHS, NOT MUSLIMS:

“The TSA announced a new policy for security screenings of religious head coverings in airports. Officials say the coverings will only be patted down if traveler permits it. Instead the person can opt to pat down their own head covering, and then have their hands swabbed with a cotton cloth to check for chemical residue.”
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2007/10/17/TSA-changes-new-screening-policy/UPI-41541192656942/

In 2007, Michael Chertoff was the head of Homeland Security, and Kip Hawley was the head of the TSA. Both were appointed by Bush:

http://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/Articles/Bush-To-Name-Edmund–Kip–Hawley-to-Head-TSA/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6812230/ns/us_news-security

The Sikhs did not want their turbans touched, so they wrote to Chertoff and told him to “stop religious profiling in US airports”:

“The meeting between the Sikh groups and TSA was organised after the Sikhs wrote directly to Michael Chertoff, secretary of Homeland Security, a letter headlined ‘Stop Religious Profiling in US Airports’. The letter made clear why the Sikhs felt strongly about it. ‘Touching a Sikh’s turban is a significant affront to his/her religious practice. In its new policy, the TSA equates searching turbans to searching a cowboy hat or a beret. This is unacceptable. A turban is a form of religious garb, not a fashion statement.’”
Thai Press Reports, “US Move to Inspect Sikh Turbans at Security Checkpoints Stirs Debate,” 3 Sept 2007

In response, Hawley “expressed understanding about the sensitivity and importance of the Sikh head dress screening” and said he “is interested in reaching a workable solution.” He also said that:

“the TSA will implement additional cultural awareness training for its transportation security officers and will continue dialogue with Sikhs and other groups.”
http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/tsa_responds.shtm

Hawley also set up a “diversity council”:

“On the headwear, we had some issues with members of the Sikh community who were concerned that the effect of TSA’s screening of headwear would single them out for extra treatment. And they’ve entered into an — a conversation with us that I think was very healthy on a number of fronts. And it helped us set up — and now we have a diversity council that we work through with these issues.” -Kip Hawley
Federal News Service, “Hearing of the Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee,” 16 Oct 2007

After Hawley responded to the Sikh concerns and put the “self pat down” procedure into place, he also announced plans to recruit Sikh youths to screen Sikh passengers:

“In a significant development, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the United States has announced new guidelines that permit Sikh air passengers to retain their turbans at US screening checkpoints. The TSA has also announced plans to recruit Sikh youths for airport security assignments to screen Sikh passengers.”
Hidustan Times, “Sikhs can keep their turbans on in America,” 8 November 2007

So all the CAIR advisory is doing is notifying Muslims of the policy that is already in effect and has been for 3 years because the Bush administration put it into effect.

Notice how our “free press” did not report on this original story, and I had to find the details in “Thai Press Reports” and the “Hindustan Times”? Where was our “free press” then? Why did our “free press” wait until three years later to report this story, and then only to falsely blame it on Napolitano? Free press my ass.

And what is with that pansy Bush administration?

dave742 on November 22, 2010 at 3:59 PM