Okay… tooooo priceless to let this one go without a link. SeaTac TSA agents nabbed themselves a live one yesterday. None other than former Beret/military blogger-journalist extraordinaire, Michael Yon. Oh my word…. Apparently, Yon was coming into the States from Hong Kong for a family visit when TSA eyed his knapsack, and ushered him thru a security screening.
But apparently it wasn’t enough to merely examine his bags and find nada… nothing… of interest to a terrorist. Like they’d need a toothbrush to blow themselves up? Then the questions got personal… and Yon decided to remain silent. That didn’t sit so well with the frustrated TSA types. I mean, we’re talking handcuffs, folks!
Is this the face of a terrorist?
Big Government’s got the exclusive interview…
Read it and weep… clowns to the left of us, bozos to the right. That’s our national security in action all right.
Vietnam era Navy wife, indy/conservative, and an official California escapee now residing as a red speck in the sea of Oregon blue.
Now with that clean shaven square jaw perhaps he was a victim of profiling. He definitely looks like the type that would vote Rebublican straight ticket.
Michael fits the description, remember last year, when returning vets were considered ‘terrorist’ together with the rest of us not bowing down to Onama?
Maybe he’s connected to that other terrorist suspect that got booted off a flight…..Joan Rivers. This is what it must feel like when on drugs, everything swirling around and nothing is making sense.
IMHO a few members of the TSA have got a power trip going, when the PA police showed up, game over. Bet the fools are now regretting picking out Michael Yon to bully and I also bet he felt like swatting some flies, but, of course, the passenger maintained his dignity and acted professionaly throughout the whole incident unlike those paid to protect.
While they waste time on people like Yon and Joan Rivers, who’s sneaking through? and, wouldn’t it be harder to fire clowns like this if they were unionized?
Hmm . . . guy comes to the US from Iraq, is not military, but won’t answer questions when asked by TSA. And you folks are saying they should have pinned a medal on him, instead? The same guy who a year ago was whining about someone being asked to give up their password so the ICE could check their computer?
Since when did you cons get so worked up about civil liberties? Better call the ACLU, Mr. Yon!
B-Rob, I am curious of whom you acquired your literacy understanding from. Did you even read the news before responding? If you did, you would know that Mr. Yon flew into Seattle from a flight coming out of Hong Kong. His service record is Iraq, not his flight path. No wonder you get so confused with facts, you can barely grasp the core material given at face value.
Unlike the bomber that failed on Christmas day, Mr. Yon is an American Citizen and knows full well his Rights as a citizen. All former Military and current Military know their responsiblities and duties well and have either served as Military Police at one point or assisted with Military Police in adjacent duties. Mr. Yon was in the full right not to answer most of TSA’s questions, due to the fact he’s entitled to the rights given to him by our Laws due to being a citizen.
It looks like it wasn’t TSA, it was Customs that detained him.
Shah Rukh Khan was hassled (imagine India claiming they didn’t know who Tom Hanks is and Khan is more famous to the world than Hanks), Play Doh was confiscated from a kid, a man was stopped because he had a throwing star (known to us as a Congressional Medal of Honor), a man was let through even though the computer instructions stated he was not allowed into the U.S. because he carried a resistant form of an airborne disease and an Indian-Canadian writer Rohinton Mistry was stopped at every airport during his book tour in the U.S. because he had a beard. That’s just some of the stories that came from airport security. Government profiling has always had a poor history.
@B-Rob, I see you didn’t read the story. And if this is your idea of civil rights as an attorney, again I’d say I’d be happy to see you across a court room aisle in any case I was involved any day of the week.
TSA’s responsibilities begin and end with checking lists, screening for any dangerous contraban and/or explosives, and sending him on his way. They have no business asking questions about where he works, what he earns, etc. Way overstepping their bounds as flight screeners. Their job is simply to make sure that he’s not on a no-fly list… which he wasn’t.. and not carrying anything to launch an attack.
You are an embarrassment to civil rights.
@Chad according to the interview, Yon plainly states it was TSA agents who detained him for screening…. interesting since it was after the flight touched ground sans incident.
SEATAC it figures with all the Free Loading Libbies that live in the Seattle area that can only find jobs with the Obozo administration. I’ll bet they knew who this man was and were harassing him for it. I mean, Hell, the plane was already on the ground. Did they expect him to blow a plane up on the tarmac? What a bunch of Bozos. I dislike people who sue others for trivial reasons but I believe Mr. Yon has a case here since they hand cuffed him while not being under arrest. One thing is certain, if it were me and I won the suit, I would stipulate that all TSA persons involved would be fired immediately.
What was Joan Rivers kicked off a flight for? Carrying a thermos of chicken soup and a pound of chopped liver?
RE: B-Rob
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You may be the dumbest person on the planet. I have read 4 or five of your comments in the last day, and I think it’s a shame you graduated the 6th grade with a complete lack of critical thinking skills. Anybody with 2 functioning nuerons would realize that an annual salary disclosure would not help in any way with protecting anybody from anything. These are the same idiots who allowed a man whose own father repeatedly warned everyone he could find, that his son was planning on committing an act of terror, on board a plane, even though his name was on the, “no fly list.” I feel safe knowing that they were too busy grilling a 96 year old wheelchair bound granny about whether or not she packed her own luggage. I would call these guys incompetent, except that would be insulting to incompetent people. No matter how you slice this up, our airport security passed sick joke and is heading fast towards professionalism shown by the French. The current gang of beaurocrats in charge have never run so much as a lemonaid stand, let alone anything with actual consequences. The problem with liberalism, is that beyond the fact that none of your well intentioned experiments with other peoples lives has provided positive results, you are never held accountable for the consequences of your actions. So while you argue about the nuances of the TSA’s politically correct policy and why asking actual pertinant questions of people who really do fit the profile of bad guys, real Americans are at risk. Step aside boob, it is time for grownups to take charge again.
Worse than you think Flyover… B-rob (aka billy bob, as I call him) is a Chicago attorney.
I find that hard to swallow, or believe, that he’d be able to pass College with his inablity to express understanding of the situation with Mr. Yon’s mistreatment from the TSA. Even his behavior and posting nature drasticaly contradicts the claim of being an Attorney. Unless he has proven he is legally allowed to a Practice in Illinois, it should be taken as a grain of salt and I will not treat him as a professional.
RE: MataHarley
Well color me surprised, a liberal lied in order to bolster his weak assed argument. This is a comment from B-Rob on another post.
B-Rob
65 Ryan –
I get the stats on statins. But until the French, Belgian, British systems have WORSE life expectancies, more malpractice, and fewer individuals with insurance, the US system will still fail to measure up.
I live in a town, Cleveland, with strong, internationally know health care facilities
I am shocked, shocked I tell you to know that B-rob will claim to be from anywhere, and to be of any profession he needs to be in order to make himself seem like an expert in whatever subject he wishes to interject himself. Why, I have never heard of liberals lying for these reasons before. Except of course for the Zero claiming to be a tax reforming hawk.
B-rob it seems lives in both Chicago and Cleveland. He is a lawyer with zero understanding of probable cause and the limitations on searches and seizures, or limitations on police interviews.
all of this is too funny. to legitimize this administration, liberals end up in a pretzel having to defend airport security. and add to that the long list of failures from healthcare, global warming, to the stimulus. just too, too funny. and they go to the same well for all counter arguments–if thats what it’s called. they build up a straw man to displace the blame, if its not george bush than it must be racism. the only reason obama so willingly says there was a complete system breakdown was because it was bush system with obama figureheads. he doesn’t blame the people he installed, he blames bush system. just so unbelievable this guy.
the question needs to be asked, why isn’t there a common sense approach to security. why is the military going to iraq being searched, why are pilots being searched, why are 4 year olds getting a pat down? is it easier on the bureaucracy to say every other person has to be searched. if it is, than i am afraid for healthcare. will i have to go to some shady downtown back street alley way looking for sanchez the mexican med school drop out to score some flu vaccines for me and my family?
yes the media is the enemy, you can tell by how much they are willing to deceive the public to support this administration. but Michael Yon is a real war hero and an actual real life war correspondent, not like the cnn wannabes. handcuffing him is akin to kicking a medal of honor recipient in the balls. oh wait, wasn’t the tsa accused of wanting to confiscate the moh because they deemed it to be a weapon?
Hey Mata.
I don’t think floppingaces recognised the accidental death of former Post Ombudsman, Deborah Howell. She was killed as a result of an accident in New Zealand.
If it wasn’t for Mrs. Howell, we never would have known that the Post coverage of the 2008 election was biased in favour of Barack Obama over John McCain by 52 to 48 percent, a percentage very similar to the election returns.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/03/AR2010010301284.html
You are correct, PhillipMarlowe. I’ve been a bit busy of late, so have confined myself mostly to comments instead of posts. I heard of Howell’s death only yesterday inbetween my work like chaos/stupor. Ms. Howell’s life does indeed deserve a post tribute. And at the very least, a honored acknowledgment of her contributions. Thank you for the reminder and comment.
I donno Mata – Yon does fit jackboot Janet’s DHS profile – crazed vet, gunnut, anti-partyline, clinger, patriotic American, wow, he hits all the checks! The System Worked!!!(if we are the targets, that is)