Federal agents went to the homes of two bloggers Tuesday to issue subpoenas in an effort to find out who leaked them a memo on the Transportation Security Administration’s enhanced security procedures in the wake of the failed Christmas Day terror attack.
The agents looked through the computer, Blackberry, and iPhone of one of the bloggers, and told him they’d sit outside his house until he gave them the information they wanted, he says.
On Sunday, Chris Elliott, a well-regarded travel journalist who writes for National Geographic, MSNBC, and the Washington Post, published on his blog a TSA security directive, issued in the hours after the failed bombing incident. The directive, which went to airline, airport, and government personnel, outlined enhanced screening procedures, including performing a “thorough pat-down of all passengers at boarding gate prior to boarding, concentrating on upper legs and torso.”
Around the same time, Steven Frischling, who writes a blog for KLM Dutch Royal airlines, posted the same directive.
Two days later, agents for the TSA, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, visited both men at home, and issued them subpoenas.
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F the government.
Frisking ALL passengers at the gate? Is that for real? I'll know on Monday when I resume my business travels following the holidays. It sure seems that such a search would not be constitutional considering cops aren't able to stop and search every person at a DUI checkpoint . . .
BIG BROTHER obama and czars doing what they do best "screw Americans and America"!!!
THE STUPID SAFETY ISN'T FOR AMERICANS BUT ALL THE TERRORIST WHO GO IN AND OUT OF OUR COUNTRY. NO ONE IS LOOKING OUT FOR LEGAL USA CITIZENS-THANKS TO IDIOT OBAMMIE. BIG BROTHER IS WELL PAID TO KNOW ALL USA LEGAL CITIZENS MOVEMENTS. SUCK-SUCK-IDIOTS.
OBAMMIE TOLD THEM 'DON'T DO ANYTHING TO MY BRO'S. AND SIS'S.PROTECT THEM SO THEY CAN BE IN MY OFFICE AS CZAR'S.
OBAMA IS,WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A SOCIALIST WHO SEEKS TO UNDERMINE OUR CONSTITUTION AND COMMIT AMERICA TO THE WHIMS OF THE UNITED NATIONS.I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE 2010 MID TERM ELECTIONS WILL SEE THE LEFTIST DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS "GO WITH THE FLOW,DON'T ROCK THE BOAT" REPUBLICANS SHOWN THE DOOR.IF OBAMA DOES NOT GET THROWN OUT OF OFFICE BEFORE 2012 HE WILL ALSO FEEL THE VOTERS WRATH WHEN HE BECOMES ANOTHER ONE TERM PRESIDENT.AMERICANS CAN WITHSTAND A LOT OF THINGS,BUT WILL NOT PUT UP WITH AN ATTACK ON OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR CORE VALUES THAT MAKE AMERICA THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH.
and this makes sense WHY? How are we going to get rid of Obama while we still have some capability left???