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Talk About Tulsa => Other Tulsa Discussion => Topic started by: Ed W on January 02, 2012, 08:17:31 AM

Title: House GOP STRIP Act
Post by: Ed W on January 02, 2012, 08:17:31 AM
No, it's not what you think, though the idea of Michelle Bachman doing a bump-and-grind has the same twisted appeal as watching a train wreck in slo-mo.  This is from Politico a few weeks back, but I just came across it:

The Stop TSA's Reach In Policy, or STRIP, Act introduced Thursday, would prohibit TSA employees "who have not received federal law enforcement training" from using the title of "officer," as well as bar them from wearing uniforms and badges resembling those of law enforcement officers.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70185.html#ixzz1iJIC9BTq (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70185.html#ixzz1iJIC9BTq)

So what are TSA employees?  If they're not sworn law enforcement officers how can they lawfully detain and search American citizens?


Title: Re: House GOP STRIP Act
Post by: Townsend on January 02, 2012, 09:10:34 AM
So STRIP is saying TSA employees are Walmart greeters who should be giving me candy every time they touch?

There's been a time or two that the honesty's too much.