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[Yaeger]

This just came through from Campaign for Liberty. Yet another attack, based on a number of false flag operations, against our privacy and basic civil liberties.



January 15, 2010


Dear C4L Member,

After a lone Nigerian would-be terrorist tried to detonate explosives in his underclothes Christmas Day on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, TSA immediately grabbed for even more invasive power over American citizens.

Most disturbingly, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wants to implement full-body scans at the nation's airports—allowing unelected bureaucrats to virtually strip-search and gawk at kids, moms, grandmothers, grandfathers -- you and all other American passengers -- through your clothes.

Predictably, misinformation on the graphic nature of the images and ability of TSA personnel to copy, photo, and save the images poured forth from TSA flaks.

I have included direct contact information for the TSA at the end of this email. Call them today and let them know how disgusted you are with their latest plan to invade our privacy.

It's a peeping tom's dream, and a nightmare for those of us who believe in the great American principles of liberty, restrained government, and privacy.

Unless we stop this outrage, TSA agents will be snooping at the undergarments of such "threats" as American kids, grandmothers, and grandfathers. And if you or they refuse? You will be physically searched by TSA employees just like a criminal after being arrested.

The TSA's dirty little secret is the agency has been pushing for full-body imaging since 2002 and even introduced the technology at a handful of airports in 2007—without ensuring that passengers knew they were being watched in this manner.

As Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said, "Nobody needs to see my wife and kids naked to secure an airplane."

Despite self-serving assurances from the TSA, these full-body scans are an unconstitutional, unacceptable intrusion into the privacy of American passengers nationwide.

Last year, Campaign for Liberty Director of Development Steve Bierfeldt sued the TSA for detaining him for carrying cash. Because Steve so strongly stood up to them, the TSA backed down from its unconstitutional searches of passengers' non-terrorism-related property.

But such victories for liberty are rare in today's America and must be fought for by a vigilant public jealous of its liberty.

We now risk losing the gains we have made against the surveillance state, all because of the "systemic failure" of the federal government—as Obama himself called it. Now the TSA wants to know far more about us than just the amount of cash we're carrying.

Use the numbers below to contact them today as we show the TSA that the freedom movement will not sit idly by in this fight.

Just as Big Brother advocates jumped on the intelligence failure of 9/11 to nationalize airport security, they once again want to use their own failure as an excuse for more power.

But we know that this latest move will not keep us safe. So far, it has been passengers and flight crew who have stopped such incidents as this and the attempted "shoebombing" of December 2001.

They can keep stripping away our privacy and liberty, all to foil the last attack, but the terrorists will continue to circumvent any of their freedom-crushing "security" measures.

As Judge Andrew Napolitano has explained, "Airline travel is safer today because pilots have guns, cockpit doors are like bank vaults, and the passengers have become courageous. All this was done by individuals in the private sector, not by the government. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if the feds had not stripped us of our natural rights to keep ourselves safe—by keeping and bearing arms—9/11 would never have happened."

If we want to diminish the threat of terrorism and fly more safely, we can restore the Second Amendment, hand airline security back to the private sector, and end our government's policy of foreign interventionism.

Contact the TSA's "Office of Civil Rights" by phone toll free at 1-877-EEO-4-TSA (1-877-336-4872) or (800) 877-8339 (TTY) and by email at TSA-ContactCenter@dhs.gov.

Benjamin Franklin said, "Those who give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Let us do our part to show Washington and the TSA that Americans not only deserve and want both, but that we will not stop until our privacy and all our other freedoms are secure.


In Liberty,



John Tate

President


P.S. Pull down the shades on Big Brother and stand up for your privacy. Call the TSA today!

[simple simon]

I've seen the picture - there is an image doing the rounds on this very topic showing people who have stripped off with piles of clothing on the floor next to them.

I'm not posting it here, as it leaves nothing unseen.

Of course as humans we are all virtually the same anyway, and as we know, we are Gods' creations and as his/her handiwork is 'perfect so there should be no shame in seeing it in its full glory. Nevertheless, I'll pass on stripping off.

Simon

Edited by simple simon, 15 January 2010 - 11:22 PM.

[skylark]

Yaeger, on Jan 15 2010, 09:45 PM, said:

This just came through from Campaign for Liberty. Yet another attack, based on a number of false flag operations, against our privacy and basic civil liberties.



January 15, 2010


Dear C4L Member,

After a lone Nigerian would-be terrorist tried to detonate explosives in his underclothes Christmas Day on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, TSA immediately grabbed for even more invasive power over American citizens.

Most disturbingly, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wants to implement full-body scans at the nation's airports—allowing unelected bureaucrats to virtually strip-search and gawk at kids, moms, grandmothers, grandfathers -- you and all other American passengers -- through your clothes.

Predictably, misinformation on the graphic nature of the images and ability of TSA personnel to copy, photo, and save the images poured forth from TSA flaks.

I have included direct contact information for the TSA at the end of this email. Call them today and let them know how disgusted you are with their latest plan to invade our privacy.

It's a peeping tom's dream, and a nightmare for those of us who believe in the great American principles of liberty, restrained government, and privacy.

Unless we stop this outrage, TSA agents will be snooping at the undergarments of such "threats" as American kids, grandmothers, and grandfathers. And if you or they refuse? You will be physically searched by TSA employees just like a criminal after being arrested.

The TSA's dirty little secret is the agency has been pushing for full-body imaging since 2002 and even introduced the technology at a handful of airports in 2007—without ensuring that passengers knew they were being watched in this manner.

As Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said, "Nobody needs to see my wife and kids naked to secure an airplane."

Despite self-serving assurances from the TSA, these full-body scans are an unconstitutional, unacceptable intrusion into the privacy of American passengers nationwide.

Last year, Campaign for Liberty Director of Development Steve Bierfeldt sued the TSA for detaining him for carrying cash. Because Steve so strongly stood up to them, the TSA backed down from its unconstitutional searches of passengers' non-terrorism-related property.

But such victories for liberty are rare in today's America and must be fought for by a vigilant public jealous of its liberty.

We now risk losing the gains we have made against the surveillance state, all because of the "systemic failure" of the federal government—as Obama himself called it. Now the TSA wants to know far more about us than just the amount of cash we're carrying.

Use the numbers below to contact them today as we show the TSA that the freedom movement will not sit idly by in this fight.

Just as Big Brother advocates jumped on the intelligence failure of 9/11 to nationalize airport security, they once again want to use their own failure as an excuse for more power.

But we know that this latest move will not keep us safe. So far, it has been passengers and flight crew who have stopped such incidents as this and the attempted "shoebombing" of December 2001.

They can keep stripping away our privacy and liberty, all to foil the last attack, but the terrorists will continue to circumvent any of their freedom-crushing "security" measures.

As Judge Andrew Napolitano has explained, "Airline travel is safer today because pilots have guns, cockpit doors are like bank vaults, and the passengers have become courageous. All this was done by individuals in the private sector, not by the government. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if the feds had not stripped us of our natural rights to keep ourselves safe—by keeping and bearing arms—9/11 would never have happened."

If we want to diminish the threat of terrorism and fly more safely, we can restore the Second Amendment, hand airline security back to the private sector, and end our government's policy of foreign interventionism.

Contact the TSA's "Office of Civil Rights" by phone toll free at 1-877-EEO-4-TSA (1-877-336-4872) or (800) 877-8339 (TTY) and by email at TSA-ContactCenter@dhs.gov.

Benjamin Franklin said, "Those who give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Let us do our part to show Washington and the TSA that Americans not only deserve and want both, but that we will not stop until our privacy and all our other freedoms are secure.


In Liberty,



John Tate

President


P.S. Pull down the shades on Big Brother and stand up for your privacy. Call the TSA today!

*'Sweeps' NOTE:
…So, what's in our 'being able to Travel' Future? Check out the Video below…and bring us your comments/opinions. Tah/'S'

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[skylark]

skylark, on Jan 18 2010, 12:15 PM, said:

*'Sweeps' NOTE:
…So, what's in our 'being able to Travel' Future? Check out the Video below…and bring us your comments/opinions. Tah/'S'

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*'Sweeps' NOTE:
…Talking about world Travel, as we are, though this would 'wake people up'.
Canadian Customs Wants Your Laptop…Too. Also check out the LINK below. Thanks/'S'

U.S. customs authorities have assigned themselves the authority to copy all data on your laptop or other electronic device when you cross a U.S. border. I wrote about this policy last year.

Now, customs authorities in Canada (and other countries, especially the U.K.) are getting into the act. I've received reports from several sources among them from J. J. Luna, author of the classic How to be Invisible) describing intimidating encounters at the Canadian border. Luna reports that after being routed into a secondary inspection queue, customs officials forced him to reveal the passwords to his two laptops and USB flash drives. Then, they disappeared with these devices in hand for nearly an hour, presumably to copy and inspect them.

Your smart phone may be subject to the same type of inspection, and all your photos, text messages, online searches, and calling records copied onto a customs database.

To avoid a border inquisition, the best precaution is not to carry any electronic device across an international border. For most people, this isn't practical, so the next-best strategy is to carry only "sanitized" devices.

For instance, I have a laptop I use only for international travel. There's nothing on it except for the operating system and program files. I also have an "unlocked" cell phone I use only for international travel. When I arrive in a new country I purchase a domestic SIM card from a local phone dealer. This not only protects your privacy at the border, but also insures your domestic carrier has no record of your international calls. And, it eliminates roaming charges.

If you do carry your cell phone across the border, delete any photos or text messages you feel to be even remotely controversial, and then reset it to factory settings. You can find instructions for doing so at http://www.master-reset.com.

What if you need access to confidential data while traveling internationally? One option is to upload a zip file containing your data to a commercial backup service, such as Carbonite (http://www.carbonite.com). Be sure to encrypt the data before uploading it, using a product such as PGP Whole Disk Encryption (http://www.pgp.com) or True-Crypt (http://www.truecrypt.org).

Another option is to send an encrypted USB flash drive to your destination via courier, and send it back via courier when you're ready to return home. I've done this several times without any problems.

If you must travel with confidential data across a border, you should encrypt all the data on your laptop or USB flash drive, including the hard disk itself, again using a program like PGP Whole Disk Encryption or True-Crypt. However, customs officials may demand that you decrypt any encrypted files before they allow you to proceed. If you refuse, you might be detained until you agree to decrypt the laptop for inspection. You could even be placed on a blacklist and denied re-entry to that country.

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[simple simon]

Many cameras use flash drives which are so small that they might even be hideable in a belt, or inside the jacket lining.

Although thought of as being for cameras, these are computer devices which easily store data too.

Or, if you have a camcorder which has a hard drive, try to use that instead!

Simon