But not everyone has to go through pat downs as it is....

George W. Bush- won
George W. Bush- won
Barack Obama- won

DEA Dog on a Plane

A man had just settled into his seat next to the window on the plane when another man sat down in the aisle seat and put his black Labrador retriever between them.

The first man asked why the dog was allowed on the plane. The second man explained that he was a DEA agent and that the dog was a sniffing dog.

"His name is Sniffer, and he's the best there is," he said. "I'll show you once we get airborne when I put him to work."

The plane took off, and once it had leveled out, the agent said, "Watch this." He told Sniffer to "search."

Sniffer jumped down, walked along the aisle, and finally sat very purposefully next to a woman for several seconds. Sniffer then returned to his seat and put one paw on the agent's arm. The agent said, "Good boy." He turned to the other man and said, "That woman is in possession of marijuana, so I'm making a note of her seat number. The authorities will apprehend her when we land."

"Say, that's pretty neat," replied the first man. Once again, the agent sent Sniffer to search the aisles. The Lab sniffed about, sat down beside a man for a few seconds, returned to his seat and placed two paws on the agent's arm. The agent said, "That man is carrying cocaine, so again, I'm making a note of his seat number for the police."

The agent then told Sniffer to search again. Sniffer walked up and down the aisles for a little while, sat down for a moment, and then came racing back to the agent. He jumped into the middle seat and proceeded to poop all over the place. The first man was really disgusted by this behavior and couldn't figure out why a well-trained dog would act like that, so he asked the agent, "What's going on?"

The agent nervously replied, "He just found a bomb!"

I agree with Leo. I don't think they're effective. Honestly, if they are willing to go to unpopular extremes to keep us "safe", they'd be better off profiling. There, I said it. I don't believe in that, either, but the point is that our security systems are a dysfunctional combination of political correctness and violation of privacy, and it's not even the right combination to be the most effective.


That's one hell of a bad track record

If I'm going to be patted down, I want it done by a very attractive female.

Yes, turning TSA agents into prostitutes.

heh.

The reason the scanners are an issue is because it has an arua of unfairness to it. No one complains about the metal detectors because, well, everyone is required to walk through them instead of "randomly" picking people to go through them. If the body scanners were faster and everyone went through them there would be no issue. Imagine the scanner scene from Total Recall.

Until then people will be pissed about anything they get singled out for for no apparent reason.

In fact, with air marshals and locked cockpit doors, we could go back to pre-9/11 security and be far safer than you would getting into your car.

In fact, with air marshals and locked cockpit doors, we could go back to pre-9/11 security and be far safer than you would getting into your car.

yeah but that would just make some since. However what this does not account for is the shoe boomer and the underwear boomer.