{"id":49497,"date":"2015-02-05T07:28:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T14:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/05\/yes-yes-this-makes-me-feel-much-safer-when-i-travel.html"},"modified":"2015-02-05T07:28:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T14:28:43","slug":"yes-yes-this-makes-me-feel-much-safer-when-i-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/05\/yes-yes-this-makes-me-feel-much-safer-when-i-travel.html","title":{"rendered":"Yes, yes, this makes me feel MUCH safer when I travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ask to lodge a complaint against the TSA, run the risk of being tossed in jail as someone making terror threats.<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;ll be curious if the civil suit filed here goes anywhere. As it is, it certainly seems outrageous that perjury by the TSA supervisor involved hasn&#39;t led to (at least) getting his ass fired.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/20150204_TSA_jails_innocent_traveler_when_he_asks_to_file_a_complaint.html'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/WXW9sYvA-r66QKojIcrPSa7an94VziEOhf51DIWXz5zg5o6UzgurBiJ3DlfShX-2M8PZPiTlsTvO3KPfeXhEJHKJhKiZl-ycV3s=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/20150204_TSA_jails_innocent_traveler_when_he_asks_to_file_a_complaint.html'>Polaneczky: Innocent frequent flier detained after run-in with TSA<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nWhen Roger Vanderklok asked to lodge a complaint after a TSA supervisor at Philadelphia International Airport acted unprofessionally, he was thrown into jail for 20 hours and charged with making terroristic threats.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/JTiSEawkSHJ'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask to lodge a complaint against the TSA, run the risk of being tossed in jail as someone making terror threats. I&#39;ll be curious if the civil suit filed here goes anywhere. As it is, it certainly seems outrageous that perjury by the TSA supervisor involved hasn&#39;t led to (at least) getting his ass fired. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/05\/yes-yes-this-makes-me-feel-much-safer-when-i-travel.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Yes, yes, this makes me feel MUCH safer when I travel&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130883,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/16\/time-for-your-monthly-analysis-of-the-tsa-and-its-many-problems.html","url_meta":{"origin":49497,"position":0},"title":"Time for your monthly analysis of the TSA and its many problems","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Jun-16 8:51am","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, it's something I circle back to on a regular basis. This particular article does a good job looking at some of the reasons why the TSA has so many problems. (Hint: it's not just because of the TSA.) The TSA Is Bad Because We Demand That It Be Bad\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4087,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/02\/07\/hey_this_fills.html","url_meta":{"origin":49497,"position":1},"title":"Hey, this fills me with confidence","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 7-Feb-03 3:18pm","format":false,"excerpt":"As we prepare to head off to the airport, this littel anecdote makes me feel so much safer. 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