Terrorists what????

Bluedharma

http://carlosmiller.com/2010/09/07/tsa-publishes-new-posters-depicting-photographers-as-terrorists/

Real nice TSA...

Bluedharma

Let me amend what I said earlier.

It is sad that the TSA has done this...

However, I heard from another respected person here on airport-data.com... who pointed out that this Carlos guy is not Mr. Nice.

http://carlosmiller.com/about/

He get happy by mocking police. Not cool.

Everything is about balance. Photographers are not Terrorists, but we need to be respectful to our local police.

It is always better to work with our local police than against them. Perhaps I should have read Carlos "about" page before I posted his link.

Regards,

Ztex

Paul is not totally off base with his first post.....

On one hand the photo IS from a TSA video about GA airport safety....on the other hand the "poster" seems to be a viral thing from the Gizmoto web site.

Here is the TSA link..watch the video and be mad, along with me, because of their portrayal of the hooded creepy photog..grrr. : It's about halfway through the video.

http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/tsnm/general_aviation/programs_sp.shtm#general_aviation

Discussion n FC about this "ad"

http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index.php/topic,21380.0.html

BUT...

It looks like this rabble-rouser is the one that started the poster thing..

http://carlosmiller.com/2010/09/07/tsa-publishes-new-posters-depicting-photographers-as-terrorists/

He has many many valid points but he is a jerk that gets his jollies mocking the cop on the street that is just trying to do a job.

Gee whiz...how did we come to this point?

Nine years later...is the "we are not going to let the terrorist change us" statement even close to valid?

Be careful out there with your evil Camera!

(respected huh? hehe...thanks Paul! Right back at ya! :) )

Ztex

http://blog.tsa.gov/2010/09/tsa-general-aviation-poster-encourages.html

Maybe the poster IS real? Read this Official TSA blog. It does not deny the poster's existence....

Reading the comments is interesting... We are not alone out there folks.

Be careful and Be nice. But don't get stepped on by Big Brother...

Gee Whiz.

: :

CKennedy92

Personally, I think people are overreacting to this. The AOPA has had signs posted at airports for years with a phone number to call about "suspicious activity." Of course, they don't have a picture of a photographer on them, but I don't think they have caused any major headaches for people legitimately taking pictures.

It's interesting that the posters available on the TSA website for download do not include this one, although as Zane said, the blog seems to sort of confirm its existence.

To a certain extent, I think the whole campaign is more about a government agency trying to justify its budget by saying "look at what we're doing to increase security" than it is a serious effort to actually do anything about it. The supposedly spent $13 million on this program, which is probably less than their office supplies budget for a month. (That seems like a lot of money for a video and a few posters doesn't it? Typical government agency, always paying more than what it would cost anybody else.)

Most people working at the airports, or flying in and out of them, probably won't pay much attention to this anyway. If they are concerned about security, they will already be looking out for suspicious situations. If they're not, then this isn't going to change their minds. Who is supposed to see the video anyway?