Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "The "No Fly List" Just Got Leaked..." video.

That person is a national hero and should be awarded a medal for it.
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Could be worse, at least Switzerland is a lovely country, if a bit on the small side.
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@drizz1744 It's not that easy. I know somebody that shares a name with somebody on the list. It's an incredibly common combination of Irish names that happens to be shared with a known member of the IRA. I don't think that retroactively going back to when he was born and changing the name is a reasonable suggestion. This is literally just a list of names with little other identifying information being provided there are countless people who share names with people on the list. Even if the individuals intended to be on the list are who security thinks they are, there's no oversight to ensure that any of them are actually guilty of anything and I'd be shocked if none of them were on the list for having dumped an intelligence agent with access to the list.
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@DeaDiabola It's sexual assault, and hardly uncommon. The TSA goes way above and beyond what private security can legally do when they do those searches. I used to work security , and I'd have lost my license and been arrested if I tried any of what the TSA is allowed to do.
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@drizz1744 The constitution says otherwise. People have the legal right to travel between the states without having to go through border control. The fact that it's an airplane doesn't change that fact. As far as it being a privilege, I had to pay for a ticket in order to fly in order to go to my uncle's funeral. There's no way I could have driven or taken a train to get there, it had to be plane or no go. You'll notice that there is no restrictions on car travel, walking, trains or bus service between states. So, why would those be rights, but not the airplane? The system we had was working just fine where the airlines decided who was allowed on the planes. It's just because the intelligence services got embarrassed that now we have to take our shoes off at security an go along with them molesting old people with diapers. It wouldn't be so bad if they actually caught terrorists once in a while. I don't think most of the people flying would be flying if they had a viable option to reach their destination in the time that they've got. The train is in general a much more pleasant experience, but it also takes several days to cover the ground that a plane can cover in a few hours of flying.
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The good news is that with names revealed, it means that there will finally be people with standing to file suit over the existence of the list. I know somebody who shares a name with an Irish terrorist, so he has issues flying and they've got the Irish equivalent name of John Smith, as in it's a lot of people sharing that name, most of whom have no involvement with the IRA. The whole thing was completely unconstitutional from the get go, but SCOTUS is so cowardly that they weren't willing to deal with the issue over the last couple decades. With the list's release, they'll have to find a new reason to allow the completely unconstitutional security situation to continue.
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@drizz1744 It's not a handful of collisions and without access to the list we don't know for sure how common it is. But, given that they usually don't tell you why it's happening, it's hard to say how many of these people were on the list and how many were just really, really unlucky with the screenings.
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People have known about that for years. It's just a bunch of security theater to cover for the fact that CIA trained and equipped militants went rogue and attacked the US on 9/11. It's also widely known in security circles that practically none of the security changes made when screening passengers have any impact on safety. The restrictions on liquids do make sense, but even there, they could just handle it the way that the Chinese do and make you open and drink some of it. It is pretty effective as most of the things that they're trying to keep out are going to taste and smell terrible. Either they'll smell the volatile chemicals, or the would be terrorist would make some sort of a face trying to drink it.
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@panachevitz You should have paid more, mine is 1,2,3,4,5 . You know, just a bit more secure.
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@FroggyHopScotch30 Yes, if he's not up to no good, then why is he refusing to walk?
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They say that, but TSA agents are the bottom barrel of security workers as nobody in their right mind wants to work their. The agency's entire existence is unconstitutional and involves a lot of illegal activities. Those searches that they do are completely illegal. Or, they would be if the feds didn't declare airports to be and exemption. I used to have a private security license for a few years, and we were absolutely not allowed to do most of what the TSA regularly does, in large part because it's illegal to perform those kinds of searches without either being law enforcement or having permission. And saying that people at the airport are giving permission is a joke. Most of them don't have time for other forms of travel.
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@lotus_flower2000 I pretty much stopped flying after the reforms were made. I've only been on I think 3 or so trips that required flying out of an American airport in the last 20 years. Previously, I had flown United on 9/10/2001, that next morning was surreal in a very literal sense as I was still waking up when I heard about what happened. Knowing who is on the list would allow for legal challenges to finally get a court hearing.
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@mateushtommason6314 It is possible for the same reason that the no fly list is possible. It would be pretty weak if the listed individuals could just wait 366 days between flights and not be on that list.
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Only cool movie hackers have the mad skills to hack the Gibson after all.
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@VetrDraugr Oh yes, they'll come down and create a minor inconvenience, if that's alright. 😛
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No, in fact one of the reasons why we still have that stupid list is that it's not subject to FOIA requests, so you have people like a family friend that shares a name with an IRA militant that has a great deal of trouble getting on planes, but since you can't just look at the list, there's no standing to file suit over it without having access to the list. And if you don't have standing to file suit, discovery gets shut down pretty quickly and the insanity continues. I'm hoping now that some patriot has liberated the database that this will lead to a bunch of lawsuits that forces change. But, I won't hold my breathe.
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