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Report: Napolitano considering Hamas-linked CAIR's demands for Muslim women in airports, including t

The Department of Homeland Security needs to clarify its position here without delay. CAIR advised Muslim women in the press release quoted here that:

"Instead of the pat-down, you can always request to pat down your own scarf, including head and neck area"...

Two facts should be self-evident to demonstrate how outrageous this idea is. First, the whole point of being searched by someone else is to find concealed objects. A "self-pat-down" clearly defeats that purpose and is a completely unacceptable lapse in security. Let's remember the stakes here: if something goes wrong in air security in the wrong place at the wrong time, people die. There is enough margin for error in the system already without adding this variable.

Secondly, the fact that Napolitano could even be considering such a measure highlights a double standard for special treatment that would not be considered for any other religious group, but is extended to Muslims without a second thought. What is going on here is a politically correct sort of anti-profiling: by all appearances, the air security apparatus bends over backwards to profile Muslims as not being a threat, in a way that it does not strive to reassure other demographic groups in the traveling public.

We are told time and again that Muslims in America just want to be treated like everyone else. Ergo, if you want equal treatment as a Muslim woman, participate in your social responsibilities equally even when it is awkward or inconvenient, rather than acting like some kind of demigoddess whose head and neck are untouchable by sullied human hands in the screening line. Your head and neck are as human as that of the next non-Muslim lady in line who is no more thrilled to be there than you are.

But let's remember why we're standing there waiting with our shoes in a plastic bin, and why so many security procedures have come into being in the first place: Islamic jihadists keep trying to bring down our planes, more and more with explosives concealed on their bodies.

"Napolitano considering allowing Muslim women to pat themselves down at Airports!" by Jack Minor for the Greeley Gazette, November 17 (thanks to C.):

With the holidays fast approaching, the Transportation Safety Agency has announced new security procedures requiring passengers selected for secondary screening to go through a machine that produces a full body scan producing a nude but grainy, black and white image. Passengers choosing to opt out of the scan will face a full body pat.

The problems these security measures pose should be discussed in the interest of the entire traveling public, pilots, and flight attendants, and not as the problem of one group.

The head of Homeland Security has indicated the government is considering the request of an Islamic organization that has suggested Muslim women be allowed to pat themselves down during a full body search that is part of new enhanced procedures at airports.

Since implementing the procedures, numerous complaints have arisen that the search is not a "pat-down" but rather feeling and grabbing along a person's genitalia and other areas until they meet resistance. Critics have said the pat-downs would be considered sexual assault if performed elsewhere.

The TSA defends the procedures as necessary in light of last years "underwear bomber" and the recent issues involving printer cartridges being used in an attempt to blow up cargo planes.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, has expressed concern with the TSA over the regulations and recommended special procedures for dealing with Muslim women. The organization issued a travel advisory for Muslims over the procedure.

In the advisory CAIR advises all Muslims to contact them and file a complaint with the TSA if they experience any "disturbing incidents" with the new procedures and they feel they have been unfairly singled out for screening.

It goes on to make special recommendations for Muslim women wearing a hijab covering their face. The advisory says women are to inform the officer they are only to pat down the head and neck and says "They should not subject you to a full-body or partial body pat-down." They also recommend that women should be permitted to pat themselves down and "have the officers perform a chemical swipe of your hands."

Barack Obama's Homeland Security Czar, Janet Napolitano, is considering changes to the procedures to address the issues raised by CAIR....

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/11/report-napolitano-considering-hamas-linked-cairs-demands-for-muslim-women-in-airports-including-the.html

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Obama Seeks Arms-Reduction Treaty

from WSJ.com US News


Obama Seeks Arms-Reduction Treaty: "Obama called on Congress to end gridlock over an arms-reduction treaty, saying not passing the legislation this year threatens the country's national security."

NewsBusted — Islamic Group to Women in Hijabs: Refuse TSA Screenings

from American Power by Donald Douglas


NewsBusted — Islamic Group to Women in Hijabs: Refuse TSA Screenings: "Via Theo Spark:

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WND Report: Missile Launch off California Likely from Chinese Sub

from Right Wing News by Jane Jamison


WND Report: Missile Launch off California Likely from Chinese Sub: "America was told that the mysterious “missile” launch videotaped by a television news crew just off the southern coast of California November 10, was most likely just the contrail of a jet. The Defense Department and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) have both opined publicly that as such, it did not pose any [...]"

Bristol Palin Threatened… White Powder Substance Sent in Fan Mail to Studio

from The Gateway Pundit by Jim Hoft


Bristol Palin Threatened… White Powder Substance Sent in Fan Mail to Studio: "

Earlier this week a Wisconsin man shot up his TV and pointed a gun at his wife after watching Bristol compete in the dance competition.

Bristol Palin was threatened today. A letter with white powder was sent to the Dancing With the Stars finalist.

Inside Pulse reported, via Free Republic:

In a breaking story, TMZ is reporting that police officers were dispatched to CBS Television Studios late Friday after a white powder substance was discovered by a member of Dancing With The Stars staff and sources report that Bristol Palin was the intended target with the powder included in a piece of fan mail addressed to Palin.

Information is still coming through on this breaking news story.

TMZ has more on the threat against Palin.

UPDATE #2 8:27 PM PT — A rep for ABC tells TMZ the substance was determined to be talcum powder by the LAFD and adds, “Measures were taken to secure the area and ensure the safety of personnel.”

UPDATE #1 8:20 PM PT — A rep for the FBI tells TMZ … “The L.A.P.D., L.A. City and FBI Hazardous Materials officials responded to a report of a threatening letter containing white powder received at CBS Studios in Los Angeles.”

The rep continues, “Initial field screening was negative for hazardous substances but will be transported to a regional lab for further testing. A joint investigation is continuing.”

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This Was Weird… Obama Congratulates OFA Members For Outstanding Midterm Elections(?)

from The Gateway Pundit by Jim Hoft


This Was Weird… Obama Congratulates OFA Members For Outstanding Midterm Elections(?): "

Barack Obama congratulated his Organizing for America supporters today for the outstanding 2010 Midterm Elections.



FOX Nation reported:

Even ABC News is perplexed. He’s described the midterms rout as a “shellacking” and now he’s talking like it’s the 2008 elections all over again. Back on the wacky tobacky?…

(ABC News)- Members of Organizing for America – the president’s former campaign committee – received a text message today asking them to call 888-206-1431 “to hear a special message from President Obama.”

In the recorded message, the president says, “Thank you for the tireless work, you guys organized the single largest midterm election effort in this history of our party…You turned ‘Yes We Can’ into ‘Yes We Did.’”

For the record… Democrats lost at least 62 House seats in the historic loss.

Real Clear Video has the video.

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