Isn't there an international human rights commission? It seems I've heard reference to this but know know if it's a UN agency or something separate. If so it might be a good alternative complaint venue for those who have been victims of TSA's hostilities.
I think International mockery over the travesty the DHS and Patriot Act have made of our public policies is healthy. Americans should be humiliated by world-wide scorn and ridicule. Maybe the embarrassment will help to get us back on track.
AMEN! America needs to put on it's collective Big Boy/Big Girl panties and admit that we f**ked up with the Patriot Act. Is there a politician out there (besides Ron Paul) who will help us do this? </rhetorical question>
You know, I remember Dennis Miller's routine about "The Death of Common Sense" wherein he notes that "Americans have gone from practical, can-do Johnny Get-Your-Guns and Rosie the Riveters to a bunch of whining, sniveling crybabies who can't take it on the chin without running to our lawyers." Sad that that very same transition was reflected in the nation as a whole with America's response to 9/11. The former leader of the free world went completely off the deep end and practically turns itself inside-out as it twists and contorts to look for terrorists in every corner. Also sad that Miller himself went from liberal neo-hippie to far-right conservative, practically overnight, just as a result of 9/11. Not saying there's anything inherently wrong with being on one end or the other of the political spectrum, but when you let a single external influence shape your perception of the world so easily, so quickly and so completely, you're switching for the wrong reasons.