If you’re flying into the United States and you have shoes, it’s going to be a really inconvenient time to travel.
That’s the message out of Washington tonight, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims to have “very recent intelligence” about a shoe-bomb threat related to some flight from somewhere coming into the United States.
The indications are that the intelligence is extremely vague, urging screeners initially to swab the shoes of everyone coming into the country. All they would say is that the “plot” is unrelated to the Olympics.
Swabbing seems to be just the beginning, however, as DHS officials were quoted as saying that passengers with shoes will experience “increased scrutiny in pat downs and full-body screening” in addition to all that shoe swabbing.
One official said the threat was “moderate” and that it was “a reminder that we are under constant threat.”
This again? Laughable. So X-raying shoes is not enough anymore? How about those exceedingly expensive Chertoff porno scanners? Don't those detect something? Can we now wear shoes while being porno scanned? Guess not. Like everything else related to "security" it's just about screwing with the American people and redistribution of wealth- from the pockets of middle class Americans to the "security" mafia.
This again? Laughable. So X-raying shoes is not enough anymore? How about those exceedingly expensive Chertoff porno scanners? Don't those detect something? Can we now wear shoes while being porno scanned? Guess not. Like everything else related to "security" it's just about screwing with the American people and redistribution of wealth- from the pockets of middle class Americans to the "security" mafia.
And passengers without shoes will automatically be added to the no-fly list as leftist hippies.
TSA will be sniffing shoes? That used to be called a fetish, now it's called "national security."
Everybody knows those green clogs are nothing more than a thinly-disguised two-part plastic explosive. Get through the line with no problem, get on the plane and start smashing your shoes together to mix the chemicals and bob's your uncle. Devilishly clever.