In the news:
May 5, 2024 KIRO 7 News
REAL ID will be required starting in 2025
“The extension on implementation of the REAL ID Act will be coming to an end in May 2025. The extension was granted in 2022 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“The EDL and EID will be the required form of identification to board domestic flights or enter federal facilities, according to the Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL).”
Newspeople have a long tradition of playing along by not asking questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance and the GWOT.
Real newspeople and some Americans may ask:
If REAL ID is critical to the safety of America, have travelers out at the airport been less safe since 911?
The new REAL ID requirement for domestic air travel has been extended now to 2025
Ground Travel between WA and Canada
2009 – We were able to go to Canada for lunch and return with just a standard driver’s license. This practice ended for our GWOT safety.
Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
More than two decades of US Dept. of Homeland Security spending to keep bad people from coming here to try another 911, etc.
Today- Cartels move product into Hometown, USA.
How does Enhanced/Real ID benefit national security while cartel product moves past screening, scanning, pat downs, special IDs, inspection of personal items and then on into the US?
If special ID works to keep bad guys out- how are cartels moving product into US communities in 2024?
Seems like strict post-911 security protocols & the War on Terror would be a drug cartel’s worst nightmare. What does our $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security have to say about all this?
Any shortage of opioids in the Puget Sound area?
If sending US troops to Afghanistan and creating a $51.6 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security was meant to keep bad people from coming here to do bad things, why are drug cartels able to move product into all 50 states?
Source: DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program
“There are currently 33 HIDTAs, and HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states, as well as in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia.”
Look for newspeople to ask zero questions in this area.
What got better?
Any questions from newspeople?
Welcome Home Troops.
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society:
Airport Security Screening & ID Checks
Show up early to wait in line and squeeze the toothpaste out of the tube at the airport?
Would any newsperson ever ask:
What keeps the terrorists of the GWOT from creating a disruption at the back end of the screening line?
Has anyone ever seen any member of the press ask questions on this?
Have these technologies been used to keep cartel product from showing up all over the US?
Related:
WA Fentanyl Scam – What Got Better?
Port Angeles CBP – Cartel Product and Seattle Overdose Trends
REAL ID And The Fake War on Terror
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
Possibly of interest:
Would any newsperson ever ask:
On occasion, the press will do a story about a ferry security drill.
If the Oklahoma City bomber rolls onto the ferry-how does the SWAT team help out an hour later?
Has anyone ever seen any member of the press asking questions related to WSF security?
Any Security Present At Washington State Ferry Terminals?
Newspeople Avoid Questions – WSF Security
Any Security at Washington State Ferry Terminals?