Think your car is safe at the airport parking lot?
You’d think that a government agency’s employees who unnecessarily harass travelers, steal their property and inappropriately leer at people they find attractive would be content with wreaking their havoc indoors. After all, there are more than enough elderly travelers to upset and plenty of wheelchair-bound kids to scare in airport terminals without venturing outside.
But now we learn that trying to take away the privacy and dignity of Americans indoors is only part of the equation for the Transportation Security Administration. Apparently, if you park in an airport parking lot, you are giving your implied consent to have your vehicle searched. The TSA mandates this policy and then hires someone from the airport parking lot to search cars. Of course, this occurs without any evidence of wrongdoing and without any warrant being obtained.
This type of implied consent also exists on many of our nation’s roadways. For the privilege of driving on these roads that we pay for with our tax dollars, we “earn” the right to be stopped and questioned at any time by a police officer who can also search our vehicles.
This type of thing doesn’t end well. It’s just a matter of time before the fact that you’re walking will be considered implied consent to be searched any time you leave your home. And why stop there? How about this – if you’re breathing, you’re giving your consent to have your home entered by authorities to question you and look for anything they want to look for?
I don’t know how things got this bad in America. I really don’t. This type of thing doesn’t happen overnight, but I do know that we have an administration that is doing everything in its power to make the situation worse every day. There is no stopping these people. They’re not going to be happy until they have every single action that Americans take – inside and outside of their homes – recorded in video and audio and watched by National Security Agency employees who should be spending their time finding dangerous people instead of harassing innocent, law-abiding citizens.
And, of course, it will all be justified with the phrase we’ve grown to hate so much – “for the purposes of national security.” Please let your legislators know that you are sick and tired of living in a police state and that you will only vote for those men and women who are more interested in preserving freedoms than in conducting random witch hunts.
Have you ever thought about the fact that while you are waiting for a plane in the airport, a parking garage official could be rummaging through the contents of your vehicle? Do you feel they should have the right to do that without probable cause? What do you think is next in this never-ending parade of privacy violations?
My wife and I were harrased by federal agents driving back from Arizona to california. I was asked where I was born. When I answered he said “you don’t sound like it where were you really born?”
Then he asked my wife and because she is from a different state than me he asked”What are you doing with him?”
He was Hispanic but had a nutral accsent(wrong spelling) I told him that I have been all over the world and have several accents I can have a southern accent or others. When I got smart with him and gave him a Chicago accent he let us go.
“if you’re breathing, you’re giving your consent to have your home entered by authorities to question you and look for anything they want to look for” Of course we are already paying a big price for BREATHING. It’s forced purchase for something OR a fine for not purchasing OBAMACARE.
“for the purposes of national security.” is surrendering freedom for the appearance of security. How well did that APPEARANCE protect Orlando??
Where did you get your information Frank?
It would not surprise me that you may be correct.
I bet there is more to it. Did you check your “fact(s)”?
Before i state anything imflamaory to alot of people I make sure it is complete and correct or I do not write it.
I;m with you Fraank but this needs checking.
I seldom fly but I have come to the place that I consider these so called agents thieving perverted voyeurs! Absolutely uncalled for!
Where has this author been? Shortly after the TSA was stood up, I went to work as a TSA security officer. (Left many years ago) The working environment then consisted of very big unknowns, vis, not knowing the full length and extent of the threat. “Implied consent’ was – and is – given the moment a person enters through the front doors of the airport. Given the now largely-known nature and extent of the threat among the public (within “Need-to-know” limitations), it is not wise to ignore something terrorists are very good at – car bombs. Hence, it is unreasonable to expect that during this time of growing terrorist activity within our own borders that we should expect or demand an inviolate right to privacy particularly in those places where a terrorist incident will aid their cause. The author says that your vehicle can be searched without a wattant. I say “good”. If terrorists can make bombs, they can also plant them in/underneath your vehicle.
My chief concern is the mother agency of the TSA, the DHS. This agency’s name is a direct copy of the name of the Russian communist organization tasked with Russian national interior security. This, the American DHS, is the agency directing the activities of the TSA agents. Keep your eyes on what the DHS is doing.
Implied consent my a$$. There is consent that I give after being asked, otherwise, buzz off. If it isn’t posted that entering here gives such consent then It cannot be implied. It takes people to stand up for their rights to keep them. This writer sounds like others who would rather give up their rights and freedom for supposed “safety”. We have, as a people, given up so many rights and freedoms that have been hard fought for by American Patriots, just in the name safety and/or “national security. What ever happened to being responsible for our own personal safety? I refuse to give up my God given rights just because some dirtbag pig sucking terrorist”might” have hid “something” somwhere. That is why I support Constitutional Carry. I feel every American has a personal responsibility to ensure their own and their families safety. As with any search, the authorities should be required to show just cause. Bypass that, what will be next? Look around you…it’s already happening.
When a Gestapo stops you and wants to search your car, and you say no. They will call for a dog to sniff around and if nothing is found, what is to stop them from planting something in you vehicle because you said no?
What is it going to take? Will the people rise up and march on the White House or is it Black House now? Perhaps the best bet is a Military Coupe. I know that there are many in the higher ranks that hate HIS guts not to mention the runts.
Our legislature won’t do the job. They are so afraid of being called racists and Muslim bashers. Oh yes, there are plenty of Muslims in the Whit House and all the Secretaries have ASSISTANTS that were not voted in or even Approved. Semper Fi!
I want to “rig” my car like 007 did in “For Your Eyes Only”. Bad guys tried to jimmy the lock…and…BOOM.
I’m an infrequent traveler now but several years ago I traveled more so I signed up for CLEAR. With that program you register your fingerprints and iris and are given a card that allows you to bypass the security line and go directly into the scanning area. I was never patted down while I was active in that CLEAR, and often I was in the PRE-TSA check lines, meaning no shoes had to removed or electronics taken out. Now that my membership in CLEAR had expired, I get stopped nearly every trip. “Excuse me mam, I need to touch your hair” (French twist undo) or “I need to touch your tummy.” I’m 135 soaking wet, what could they possibly be feeling for that wouldn’t have shown up in the radiation machine? It’s very disconcerting and I’ve wondered if CLEAR is in cahoots with TSA to give unwelcome scrutiny so lapsed members get back into the program just to avoid all the extra handling. I would not be surprised.
If you want to catch a rat, set a rat trap!
The above described sequence of events (in the main article) is called FASCISM. Fascism doesn’t care much who owns the means of production as long as it can control the means, the product and its use. We fought a war on two fronts for four years to keep fascism away from our shores, and away from our allies. We sacrificed time and talent and treasure to do it. This is why the creeping statism upsets the older generation so much.
I totally agree with you, Frank. Things have gotten way out of hand. The recent graduation speech by Michelle Obama also told me that what she said was only promoting racism and continuing to keep it stirred up.
Benjamin Franklin was asked shortly after the constitutional convention what kind of government we were given and he said “A Republic for as long as you can hold on to it.” He also said “Those that give up freedom for security deserve neither freedom nor security.” That sadly is the current state of affairs in what was once the greatest country to live in.
Tyranny marches on. For years, pilots have been subject to ramp checks. Meaning an FAA bureaucrat approaches a pilot on the ramp and demands to see the pilot’s documents and the plane’s documents. All without any reason or cause. More recently a new twist has been added; the pilot is approached by agents armed with assault rifles who not only demand to see all the papers but ask insulting questions about where he is flying and why, and “request” (at gunpoint) to also search the plane.
What on earth are you talking about!?! A pilot should know and answer all those question! Asking him where he is going is not insulting! What is wrong with people today!?! …. And people talk about racism, try having a WET (white entertainment television) channel…. Try having a white anything for that matter!! And it’s labeled as racist!!! But BET AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH AREN’T!?!?!?
God help us all. We must all stand together. This is how our nation all started. This is how it will almost end. If we do nothing then we deserve what we get. I will not stand idol, I will not retreat, I will give up my life for my children. I am a patriot. I come from a whole line of patriots. My forefathers gave there lives for what we call America. The obumas are coming, the obumas are coming. I call all patriots to unite and flush out the crap. This is our country. We will continue to have these right our forefathers gave their lives for removed until we unite and say. THATS ENOUGH!!! May God help us all.
The simple truth is; you can have a call to action to all patriots, and the federal government will follow the phone calls, emails, texts, etc. of you and all who reply to said call to action. Our current government has basically declared war on the private citizens of this country. Our freedoms are being eroded daily and at this point I doubt that we can do anything to stop it. I don’t mean to make the outlook appear so bleak, but it is what it is.
I take public transportation to and from the airport. Much easier than fighting for a parking place. Cheaper too in most cases.
It would be fun to invent a marijuana scented squirt spray to keep those airport security dogs and their handlers really super busy out there in the parking lots, restrooms, baggage claim, escalators , and especially cars with Obama bumper stickers.
We lost all our freedom when the so called :PATRIOT ACT: when into effect . Well we are no longer at a declared war with any country . Definitely keep up with the problems with terrorist groups like Al Kidea and ISIS ,etc but it is time for the Patriot act to be repealed .It is nothing more than the government running rough shod over the general public
Yes repeal the patriot act.Take our national security excuse to doing battle with those outside our boarders. Quit encroaching on American Constitutional rights.
Good idea, go for it.
Everything falls back on the Obumer Administration, he wants that old out dated thing called the CONSTITUTION, done away with. The bad thing is, the Godless people doing all this stuff, loves it. They get off on making people feel like criminals. Not all, but some of these cops are truly sick people, and voicing your opinion can get U hurt, while being searched. We have a very sick man running this country, with 2 years left, will be the worst in history. (Proof) Ferguson. He wants a race war so bad, and the white American will pay, anyway possible. Everything being pushed on us is a Socialist style Gov. Yes, the Constitution is worth fighting for. Just be prepared for 2 more years of H-LL! We will be pushed, & pushed. I never thought I would see the day, that our Gov. would let such a sick man destroy this country.
“I never thought I would see the day, that our Gov. would let such a sick man destroy this country.”…And there lies the problem. Depending on the government to do the right thing for the people. The problem is with the people who sit by and enjoy life as it is, not even aware of what the government is doing to the people. Soon they will be forced to wake up and look around and when they do it will be way too late. Any population who would vote Obama in two times have no chance of survival.
Why settle with a no when you can assume the answer is yes. The only way to stop this kind of crap is to go to court. But as it stands today, that in it self is not a guarantee anymore. Who is going to enforce the court’s judgment when it isn’t a means to their justification.
A law needs to be made that states that any search on any property or citizen must be authorized in writing and served to said person – – but wait, we already have such a law. Why is this law not enforced?
Where do they come up with these stupid ideas of implied searches? Is it because there is no one around to tell them to go pound sand?
Everytime I take a flight out of and into a US airport, I show them my cards that show I have 2 steel hips but, this seems to give them the right to give me “the full treatment”. We need to take back this hostile govt.. That is when we decide that it is in fact a hostile govt.. We all know what our obligations are, why wait until it’s too late?
Until Patriot Act is repealed you can expected any kind of evasion gov can think of. From waiting for you to leave home then enter and do what ever they please in your home, search your car / truck any where or time or your person anytime or where. No warrant needed. This administration did not put this in place but sure is going to use it until ” WE ” vote this congress out. Congress is not doing their job as
” OUR ” employees, protecting our rights or standing up for us.
I agreed with you. Everyone in Congress should be voted out of office. They have taken their pay for eight years and done nothing for us. VOTE THEM OUT! Every single one.
it looks like we have a big fight on our hands. Where to begin? This mess in Ferguson, Mo. I think is a set up for martial law. Now I hear they are starting in NYC. I wish they would all just settle down! Tear gas and police brutality is not good for anyone anywhere. O is playing race games. There are plenty of white people who get killed, but he never makes a big deal about them. This whole thing is getting real scary.
I truly want to thank you for this information. Now If I leave my car in a AirPort I will be sure to keep A RattleSnake in their to guard my car. Lets then see if they are still eager to rumage through peoples personal things! I am so sick of this, it needs to Stop!
The thing in the W/H is and has been pushing for martial law, the only way he can get that is IF there is a major race war, and of course the white people are not working with him on that. Even some of the yacht owners are being targeted for these unwanted searches, Are we living in a police state? the answer to that is a big YES and it is only going to get worse much worse. next thing you know they will be telling you what you can and cannot buy for your home, and for the food you eat.
Biggest question I have is a simple one…. Do these Asswipes have the legal right to search your private vehicle without a warrant?
The question may be simple, the answer may be complicated. As they apparently work for the Feds, are they considered federal officers or are they just plain old Rent-A-Cops?? I really need to know this answer, as if I catch one head and shoulders deep in my vehicle I will not be polite with him/her.
I’m completely flabbergasted that this sort of thing is happening here in America. We’re did it all go wrong? Start to hide your guns and get ready for a revolution because it certainly looks like where heading in that direction with all this bs in Washington. Liberals and democrats…please pack your bags and get back into that hole you climbed out of. AND FUCKING STAY THERE.
got rope?
The US Constitution is our over all law of the land. Our leaders need to follow it or be replaced by new leaders who will obey the freedoms afforded by our Constitution.
The thing in the W/H has said that the CONSTITUTION is no longer in effect so he is having a new one written up, problem is it is a dictators constitution.
I think this goes against our constitutional right and something needs to be done. In Tampa, Fl. there was a man who had his vehicle searched and partially destroyed for what the police say was a legal search. The truck was parked in a public parking lot, nobody was in or near the vehicle as the owner was at a nearby concert. The police walked by, said that a canine “hit” on the truck for marijuana and then they broke in and ransacked his vehicle. Nothing was found by the police and they left a note to notify the owner of what happened. That my friends is an abuse of power and what this country has come to. This is just absurd that things like this can happen here in America, yet they are. Our forefathers are probably rolling in their graves wondering how we let this happen after they fought so hard against this sort of thing. I am disgusted by our government!!
Thanks for the info. I knew there was a good reason to be dropped off at the curb. This is crazy. The constitution is worth fighting for! Thanks again. Xo