GWOT REAL ID Update

Newspeople Avoid Questions Again

In recent years, the press tends to support government agencies, departments and policies rather than question them.

Out At The Airport, Real Newspeople May Ask:

If REAL ID is critical to the safety of America, have travelers out at the airport been less safe since 911?

Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.

Love to see newspeople schedule an interview with the US Dept. of Homeland Security & ask:

Are passports/enhanced/Real IDs effective in keeping cartel-sourced drugs out of the US?

If special ID works to keep bad guys out- how are cartels moving product into US communities in 2025?

A real War On Terror would prompt newspeople to ask:

What keeps the terrorists of the GWOT from creating a disruption at the back end of the airport screening line?

Guaranteed: No TV newsperson anywhere will ever ask this question. Americans do not live in a free and honest society.

Imagine the TV newsperson, on camera, escorting the TSA official all the way to the back of the “be sure to arrive early line” and asking what keeps the bad guys from creating a disruption at that point.

“If You See Something, Say Something®” – Just a slogan?

Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.

If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?

Airport Security Screening – Zero questions from newspeople:

Oct 5, 2024 KIRO 7 News

TSA upgrades identity verification process with facial recognition at Spokane Airport

Would any newsperson ever ask:

What keeps the bad guys from creating a disruption at the back end of the screening line?

The mainstream media functions like paid actors reading a script.

Over and again- Newspeople play the role of federal public affairs staff instead of asking questions.

Every year is the same. Similar cheerful video, no mater where you are in the USA.

No voices of dissent. No passengers with questions about security theater will ever make it on air.

TV newspeople interviewing each other:

Travelers who ask no questions make it on air:

Fred Reed

December 4, 2015

Security Theater: Customary Federal Pointlessness

“…the intelligence agencies have proved useless. NSA did not prevent the first attack on the Twin Towers in 1993, nor the successful one.”

“What goes on at airports is not security. It is Security Theater. When the government’s own agents try to smuggle “weapons” aboard airliners to test the system, they succeed ninety-five percent of the time.”

“Further, a terrorist doesn’t need to get aboard an airliner to blow up spectacularly. At many airports, hundreds of people line up at ticket counters during peak hours. A carry-on bag of explosive would easily create enough slaughter to shut down air travel and to make international headlines for weeks.”

“Warnings at airports that unattended vehicles will be ticketed, towed, and perhaps destroyed are also Security Theater. By the time the vehicle was noticed, and somebody sent to check it out, an easy five minutes would have passed and the driver would be somewhere else. Boom.”

Border crossings and ports of entry

The Associated Press Feb 3, 2025

Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US

“Cartels make the synthetic opioid in labs and then smuggle it into the U.S., largely at official land crossings in California and Arizona.”

Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009. What got better?

“…combating the fentanyl trade will likely require more than just collaboration between the U.S. and its neighbors.”

$51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security Vote of Confidence:

“Even if Mexico, Canada and these other countries snap their fingers and did away with the drug trade, as long as we have that demand, there will be another country that will satisfy that demand.”

70,000 overdose deaths annually

“President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually.”

Welcome Home Troops

Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.

Cartels move product into all 50 states:

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”

Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:

Zero Questions From Newspeople

Were US drug overdose death numbers higher before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established (2002) or are the numbers higher with a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security in place?

Were US drug overdose death numbers higher before passports/enhanced/Real IDs were required at border crossings and ports of entry, beginning in 2009, or are they higher now?

Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.

US Dept. of Homeland Security

This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US. More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?

Would the DEA be out of work if a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security was able to keep cartel product from showing up in all 50 states?

Look for newspeople to ask zero questions in this area.

Background – Port Angeles CBP

Unlike many cities of its size, Port Angeles maintains a significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence.

Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Port Angeles Homeland Security funding and performance?

Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.

New Port Angeles USBP Station opened more than a decade ago. Has the new station been able to prevent cartel drugs from entering the Olympic Peninsula?

Newspeople remain silent.

After a Port Angeles CBP buildup that took place more than a decade ago, is there any follow up made by the press to inform the public on whatever results have been achieved?

If you run a government operation-these are the reporters you want to see on interview day: