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> For someone that was about to blow themselves up, that’s not much of a deterrent There are plenty of people who don't fear death, but I think there are far f
by hamandcheese 2y ago
> For someone that was about to blow themselves up, that’s not much of a deterrent
There are plenty of people who don't fear death, but I think there are far fewer who don't fear getting disappeared by the CIA.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoThe TSA operates on American soil and the CIA can't disappear you from there. Worst that happens is an FBI guy arresting you.
- edm0nd 2y ago>The TSA operates on American soil and the CIA can't disappear you from there In theory...
- TechDebtDevin 2y agoYou're woefully mistaken if you don't think the CIA doesn't operate on US soil. Bad faith to even argue it when the we all know the word CIA is generally used colloquialy as a catch all for "feds" or "intelligence". We all know what they meant by CIA. Also, the FBI is just as scary as the CIA and its not like they won't make you disappear literally, or via a dark 10x10 cell in the Colorado desert.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoI didn't see the CIA doesn't operate at all in the US, just that they don't disappear people from US soil, and we all know that GP was specifically referring to the CIA's rendition practices, which are a CIA thing, not a general fed thing. What would happen is that the TSA tells local law enforcement who tells the FBI and all sorts of very normal "law enforcement" happen to you. In comparison to the CIA, the FBI is pretty impotent and generally has to deal with the bill of rights. There is no 10x10 cell in the Colorado desert. Nobody "disappears" from the TSA. Nobody is "disappearing" at all in the US. The worst thing that happens to you is what the DoJ has been doing to the Jan 6 arrests - you get kept in solitary for a year before your trial or until you complain that your rights are being violated.
- Teever 2y agoSo they blow themselves up at the terminal instead of on the airplane.