Former Top TSA Official: “Nobody Likes Having Their 4th Amendment Rights Violated… We’re Going to Have to Do It” (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 3:51 PM
Will the American people allow the TSA’s assaults to continue?… Or, will they rise up?
Mo McGowan, a former Assistant TSA Administrator admitted that their crotch checks and nude scanners violate the 4th Amendment… “But, we’re going to have to do it anyway.”
Via Left Coast Rebel:
And, of course, the reason we’re allowing our loved ones to be groped is because the left is so offended by profiling, even behavior profiling. And, because the left believes in their political correctness we’re all getting groin checks when we go to the airport.
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Granny commented:
Now we are NOT going to have to do it! The man who wrote the law that created the TSA gave all airports nationwide an OPT OUT clause after two years, which are long since up. Any airport can have security provided by private screeners at any time. And it is about time that we INSIST on it!
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Amid-airport-anger_-GOP-takes-aim-at-screening-1576602-108259869.html
Opus#6@AmericanPerspective commented:
So this man is admitting that the American Constitution no longer protects us. Nice.
gus commented:
Does this moron have any idea of what he just said???? Which other rights can the government just decide to ignore. It’s time to lock and load America.
Robb76 commented:
What a crock of Pelosi.
CNL commented:
Shhhh, don’t say the word “islam” whatever you do
Sasja commented:
Just put on a Depends, pee in it, and let them grope away.
patman commented:
The reason Janet opted out of the full body screen was obvious.
Her reproductive system only produces shark babies and those things are tricky when subjected to gamma rays..
ebayer commented:
Wait just a second…It was illegal to listen to phone conversations in order to prevent a terror attack,but it’s fine to have TSA grop you for “public safety?”
StrangernFiction commented:
A pathetic excuse of a man, crouching down and licking the hand that feeds him.
Andreas K. commented:
ebayer, listening in to phone calls is evil. Groping men, women and children is for the “greater good.”
Mark1957 commented:
NEXT STEP:
“Nobody likes having their guns taken away but we have to.”
Ed commented:
which mode of transportation would benefit if a lot of people shun the airlines? which mode of transportation are liberals clamoring for because they were in awe of them in Europe, China, or Japan? it is the same white elephant that Obama has been pushing for where the hub would be in Chicago…it’s none other than high speed rail.
this is all about pissing people of and increasing passenger count on Amtrak trains in order to justify spending on high speed rail in the midwest and california.
chili palmer commented:
If all muslims are forced to remove head and body coverings and be checked like everyone else, fine. Right now, they are not required to do so. The only ones who have caused problems on planes are muslims. As bad as Obama is, this was in the works for years. Republicans did nothing to stop it. Court cases have been going on for years in the background to prevent us from stopping likely terrorists. During the Bush administration, Soros funded groups won all these cases. Republicans did not care enough to stop this. People don’t seem to realize this has been a long time coming. Ordinary Americans allow themselves to be kicked around.
CT commented:
BULLS*IT…I CALL BULLSH*T!
We DO NOT have to submit.
Midwestengr commented:
Mark1957,
What they should be saying is…
“Muslims don’t like being searched…..but we’re going to have to do it”
Karen commented:
Despite me ranting and raving about NOT EVER GOING THROUGH THE RADIATION SCANNERS. my husband felt compelled to go through one on a recent business trip. Here is something no one seems to be talking about. He told me that even AFTER getting radiated (!) and stepped out of the scanner, HE WAS PATTED DOWN AGAIN BY THE TSA! So even AFTER getting radiated, they patted him down (it was quite invasive). I asked him why and he didn’t know!!!! This is beyond insane! POLICE STATE HERE WE COME!
gastorgrab commented:
How bizarre! They actually admit their guilt, but insist that it’s OK? They are violating the 4th amendment rights of Americans and saying “so shat?”.
The only possible way that it would be acceptable to violate the rights of any citizen is if we were in a state of war. But then of course, we wouldn’t be conducting trials of our declared enemies in civilian court.
Some of these arrogant liberals are going to jail after the 2012 elections!
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gastorgrab commented:
Is terrorism an act of war, or is it an act of vandalism?
Mrs. P commented:
Did you know airports can opt out of TSA screening?
Check out this article…..
http://cubachi.com/2010/11/16/did-you-know-airports-can-opt-out-of-tsa-screening/
gus commented:
So they can openly violate my Constitutional rights?? What do people usually do when the government openly ignores the people and the Constutution???
Yes. They revolt violently.
Rock commented:
Amazing Muslims kill almost 3000 people, our borders are a open sore that’s infecting the Nation, and big Sis is out to strip us of our rights. Why should our wife’s and daughters be denied their rights, humiliated in public, while the packages in the cargo compartments have not even been checked. I find it reprehensible that our elected leaders seem powerless to stop this insanity. Profiling is deemed unacceptable, but children traumatized by strangers in uniform is a good thing. Not even!
Bobbi commented:
If everyone just stops flying, except for extreme emergencies (are there really any?), the airlines will do something about it.
Rock commented:
Bobbi #23 While this sounds good, I suspect this is something that Obama and thugs may use as an excuse to take over another portion of the system. Ed #12 above noted this above. This administration is not to be trusted with anything any longer, there is always a hidden agenda behind everything said and done.
gastorgrab commented:
Don’t they have to declare a state of emergency before they can violate Constitutional rights?
Are we at war, or not?
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US Constitution, Article 1, section 9, clause 3:
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
mack-n-ernie commented:
in addition to national opt-out day http://www.optoutday.com/ we need to have national junk-o-meter day. In which the closer the groper’s hand gets to the junk, the louder the subject screams, up to and including screaming bloody murder.
Lance commented:
The “truth of the matter is” that I will only recognize the Constitution as law. Take it away and all bets are off a**hole.
Have a look at the related article from the previous Gizmodo article: TSA Full-Body Scanners: Protecting Passengers or Padding Pockets?
While the underwear bomber was the excuse for using these scanners, the Government Accountability office said they probably would not have prevented the incident. But there were politicians and lobbyist who could fatten their pockets by pushing them through anyway. Thats their real reason for violating our 4th Amendment rights.
savage24 commented:
If we still had a constitutional government this guy would be toast. They stand up before a congressional committee and say they are violating the Constitution and nobody slaps them down, what is this country coming to!
Joanne commented:
Nineteen muslims plane hijackers – no one can carry anything that could be used to hijack a plane – no box cutters, nail files, real knives and forks – you name it; a muslim shoe bomber – everyone has to take off their shoes; a muslim underpantie bomber – everyone has to be photographed in a virtual nude photo or felt up, down, and all around……talk about being led by the nose. Muslims plant bombs in ink cartridges aboard UPS flights and in cargo holds of planes – nothing. Notice this is all because of muslims…just in case someone out there still thinks muslims should be exempt.
Rose commented:
Funny, Israel’s El Al Airlines do NOT have to violate anyone’s 4th Amendment Rights to keep their airline perfectly safe.
And Janet Napolitano hasn’t saved anyone YET with her irrational invasive techniques, all she is doing is following George Soros techniques to provoke RIOTS in a vain attempt to invoke Martial Law.
Under her leadership, it is up to the passengers and crew to save themselves from her gross ineptitude. Over and Over and Over and Over again!
J in StL commented:
Isn’t the greatest threat to civilization barbarians at the [security] gate?
bobdog commented:
The only way to win is not to play.
I will no longer fly. I’m done with this.
John commented:
I’ll trade someone seeing a silvery shadowed picture of my junk for a safe trip back and forth. I see a lot of bitching but no good ideas of your own. So what do we do to prevent the bombs and whatever else from getting on board? Profiling may not always work. Ask the good people of Oklahoma about that… Pat downs may miss something, metal wands don’t detect plastic explosives. Again, for all you people bitching about what NOT to do, give us a valid idea that doesn’t violate rights or offend. I can’t think of a better idea than the body scan.
rumcrook commented:
everyone all ready stated the better idea john, profiling.
but you cant see that becuase there are none so blind as those who cannot see.
furhter we are being told we must allow our rights to be violated seemingly just to protect the very people responsible for the situation we presently find ourselves in.
got that?
and those people are being given rights they dont deserve and are not intitled to, as witnesed by the first civillian new york trial of a man who should have seen a military tribunal and then marched outside to be hanged by the neck until dead for the murder of hundreds of people. he isnt a citizen and he chose to live the life of a terrorist and a combatant hes not a common criminal he is an opponent in a war of total destruction.
lastly, none, GOT THAT? NONE OF THESE PROCEEDURES OR MACHINES WILL STOP THE NEXT ATTACKER WHO DECIDES TO WHERE THE BOMB INSERTED UP HIS ASS!!!!
Jerry commented:
Talk about not flying and taking the trains – did you see the AMTRAK station in Chicago on Wednesday? National Guard Troops with locked and loaded M-16′s, while the commentator was talking about setting up the scanners in the train stations. The left wing government is now taking over all Transportation. They have taken away our civil rights and almost everything else – do you feel (i use the term loosely) a movement growing in the right wing?