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Related: About this forumTSA, DHS to gropinate the Super Bowl, Mardis Gras
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/01/30/new-orleans-challenge-policing-the-super-gras/Fans can expect to be watched, sniffed and pawed as they enter the Superdome.
Fans can expect to pass through metal detectors and a pat-down search. After the pat-down search, fans will be asked to unzip any coats. All bags will be x-rayed, Miller said.
Gamma ray scanners can see through six inches of steal, monitored from a command center.
TSA of course is working on making sure the airspace around the stadium is closed during the game. Also working providing K-9 teams and screeners and all the rest, said Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary.
(More at the link. And don't worry; once everyone is in the stadium there will be an announcement to begin having fun...NOW.)
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TSA, DHS to gropinate the Super Bowl, Mardis Gras (Original Post)
Fire Walk With Me
Jan 2013
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bluedigger
(17,163 posts)1. Except for the x-rays, you can get all that on Bourbon Street.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,674 posts)5. TSA should at least hand out Mardi Gras beads after they grope you!
Berlum
(7,044 posts)2. "Far out." - The Clarence (R - Groper)
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)3. So we strangle the fourth amendment until it is dead
but number two is the third rail.
this country has got it so backwards.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)4. We live in a country of fear ........ the terrorists have won
because we treat everyone as a terrorist except the ones that think they are protecting us
A Police State in your neighborhood