Tag Archives: Aviation/Space

The Police-State’s Fascist Strength

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“1) WidePoint Corporation has been awarded … contract to provide mobile Telecom Expense Management Services (TEMS) to the TSA. … approximately $33 million dollars…. 2) ‘L-3 Communications Beats Estimates—Key contract wins during the quarter included … explosives detection and advanced imaging technology systems to the TSA. Funded order backlog was $11.0 billion. 3) Morpho Detection, Inc. received a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the TSA with a maximum value of $528 million. And this is just one day’s gleaning from my Google Alert on the TSA!”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/124885.html

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No-Fly List Strands Man In Hawaii

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“The 34-year-old from Gulfport, Miss., was stranded in the islands this week after being told he was on the FBI’s no-fly list during a layover for a military flight from California to Japan.  The episode left Hicks scrambling to figure out how he’d get home from Hawaii without being able to fly.   How could someone on a list intelligence officials use to inform counterterrorism investigations successfully fly standby on an Air Force flight?  He wasn’t told why and wondered whether his controversial views on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks played a role. Hicks said he disagrees with the 9/11 Commission’s conclusions about the attacks.”

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fly-list-strands-man-island-hawaii-17521926

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Ben Affleck Defends TSA ‘Dick Grabbing’

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“During a recent appearance on Bill Maher’s Real Time, actor Ben Affleck defended the TSA’s policy of grabbing people’s genitals. Affleck probably isn’t too fussed about what the TSA do because he is driven straight to the runway to board his private jet – he doesn’t even have to go through TSA security!”

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TSA removes X-ray body scanners from major airports

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“The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly removing its X-ray body scanners from major airports over the last few weeks and replacing them with machines that radiation experts believe are safer.  The TSA says it made the decision not because of safety concerns but to speed up checkpoints at busier airports.  The United States remains one of the only countries in the world to X-ray passengers for airport screening. The European Union prohibited the backscatters last year ‘in order not to risk jeopardizing citizens’ health and safety.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/19/tsa-removes-x-ray-body-scanners-from-major-airports/

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Do You Have A “Derogatory National Security Record”?

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“A ‘national-security record?’ I had never heard that term before. Neither USA Today nor any of the hundreds of Internet journalists reposting the article bothered to define the phrase, or even to speculate what it might mean.  To find out for myself, I searched every possible variation of the term ‘national-security record.’ Other than attacks on Obama’s ‘national security record,’ I found nothing.  I suspect that the term ‘national security record’ is a shorthand phrase to summarize the status of a traveler in the programs and databases the Department of Homeland Security (which includes C&BP and the Transportation Security Administration) maintains on travelers.”

http://www.nestmann.com/do-you-have-a-derogatory-national-security-record-3/

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Watch: Helmet cam recording of jump from the edge of space

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“Footage broadcast on Austrian television shows the first moments of daredevil Felix Baumgartner’s 128,000-foot descent to Earth.  Baumgartner ascended to the dizzying height inside a capsule attached to an ultra-thin 55-story helium balloon.  During the first moments of his jump, Baumgartner began to spin out of control due to the thin atmosphere. The space suit he was wearing was equipped with an emergency parachute that would deploy automatically if he experienced excessive G-force.  Luckily, Baumgartner was able to regain control before the parachute automatically deployed and became the first man to reach supersonic speed in a free fall.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/15/watch-helmet-cam-recording-of-jump-from-the-edge-of-space/

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Ex-TSA agent: We steal from travelers all the time

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“Almost 400 TSA officers have been fired for stealing from passengers since 2003.  Pythias Brown, a former Transportation Security Administration officer at Newark Liberty International Airport, spent four years stealing everything he could from luggage and security checkpoints, including clothing, laptops, cameras, Nintendo Wiis, video games and cash.  Speaking publicly for the first time after being released after three years in prison, Brown told ABC News that he used the X-ray scanners to locate the most valuable items to snatch.”

http://rt.com/usa/news/tsa-stealing-from-travelers-358/

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SpaceX Launches Craft for Space Station Deliveries

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“Space Exploration Technologies Corp. launched an unmanned craft to begin regular cargo deliveries to the International Space Station, becoming the first company to provide space supply services to the U.S. government.  The company, known as SpaceX and controlled by billionaire Elon Musk, launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule at 8:35 p.m. local time yesterday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The supply ship is carrying about 1,000 pounds of cargo, including materials for scientific experiments aboard the station. After a three-day journey through space, it will arrive at the station for a two-week visit.”

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-07/musk-s-spacex-launches-craft-to-begin-space-station-deliveries

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TSA to install molecular body scanners

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“TSA is introducing the new full body scanner system to the American airports. The scanners will be capable of detecting every tiny trace of any substance of your body to find gunpowder or any bomb making materials. However the devices can also trace the level of adrenaline in the body. RT’s Kristine Frazao has more on the subject.”

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Loews, Homeland Security Promote ‘Trusted Traveler’

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“Loews Hotels is offering YouFirst Platinum loyalty rewards members complimentary enrollment in the Global Entry program via an online process by incurring the cost of the $100 application fee for its most loyal guests. With a Global Entry membership, U.S. citizens are automatically qualified to participate in expedited screening with TSA PreCheck.  Said Tisch in a statement. ‘Our collaboration highlights the importance of the public and private sectors working together to improve hospitality for all our guests, whether that be at our hotels or traveling through an airport.'”

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/183657/loews-homeland-security-promote-trusted-traveler.html

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