If They Feel "threatened" it is Because They are Unqualified to do Their Job in the First Place

Pushy fliers may show up on TSA's radar

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WASHINGTON — Airline passengers who get frustrated and kick a wall, throw a suitcase or make a pithy comment to a screener could find themselves in a little-known Homeland Security database.

The Transportation Security Administration says it is keeping records of people who make its screeners feel threatened as part of an effort to prevent workplace violence.

Privacy advocates fear the database could feed government watch lists and subject innocent people to extra airport screening.

and this:

A TSA report says the database can include names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, home addresses and phone numbers of people involved in airport incidents, including aggressors, victims and witnesses.

Since government agencies have had security breaches in the past with their databases, who is to say that this information will not end up in the wrong hands?

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