{"id":191,"date":"2006-10-19T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-19T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulgillin.com\/2006\/10\/arrogance-in-the-skies.html"},"modified":"2006-10-19T05:54:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-19T12:54:00","slug":"arrogance-in-the-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/arrogance-in-the-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrogance in the skies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2006\/10\/18\/nofly_lists_even_dum.html\">BoingBoing.net compliments<\/a> and links to a 60 Minutes report, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/rawstory.com\/showoutarticle.php?src=https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2006\/10\/05\/60minutes\/main2066624.shtml\">Unlikely Terrorists On No Fly List<\/a>,\u201d which paints a devastating picture of incompetence and arrogance at the FBI and the Transportation Safety Agency. 60 Minutes got hold of the secret \u201cNo Fly\u201d list and found 44,000 names on it, including numerous dead people, heads of state and people locked up in prison. The names of 11 of the 15 9\/11 hijackers were on the list, despite the fact that they\u2019ve been dead for five years.<\/p>\n<p>The most amazing part of the story, I thought, was that common names are included in the list without any additional identifying information. This creates enormous disruption for innocent people whose only crime is having the same name as somebody else. And it\u2019s not like these are distinctive names. One of them is Robert Johnson. CBS actually gathered together a group of people named Robert Johnson at random and asked them about their experiences. All of them have experienced significant delay and disruption when going through airports. Many said they are routinely questioned for hours before they\u2019re allowed to board a plane. Do you think the FBI could provide screeners with a little more information than just a name? Of course not. The agency is shielded by a shroud of government secrecy, which covers up its ineptitude.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been on a rant about airport security since these ridiculous new rules were passed limiting travelers to carrying on no more than three ounces of liquids and gels in a one-quart plastic bag that must be available for inspection. Where on earth do they come up with these rules? What\u2019s magic about three ounces? Why does it have to be a one-quart plastic bag? We don\u2019t know, because the TSA doesn\u2019t have to explain anything. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2006\/08\/17\/flying_toilet_terror_labs\/print.html\">The fact that it would be almost impossible to blow up a plane using chemicals<\/a> doesn\u2019t matter. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, we now arrive two hours before a flight leaves, endure half-hour waits in security lines and wait 30-45 minutes in baggage claim at our destination because we had to check our luggage in order to bring a can of deodorant on the trip. And the real likely targets of the next terrorist attack \u2013 subways, concert halls and sports stadiums \u2013 remain wide open. <\/p>\n<p>    Compliments to 60 Minutes for exposing this stupidity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BoingBoing.net compliments and links to a 60 Minutes report, \u201cUnlikely Terrorists On No Fly List,\u201d which paints a devastating picture of incompetence and arrogance at the FBI and the Transportation Safety Agency. 60 Minutes got hold of the secret \u201cNo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/arrogance-in-the-skies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pTy95-35","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}