Actually, I have no fear of flying. I’ve always enjoyed flying. (Or did before they shrank the seats to about half a normal adult’s size.) My problem these days is fear of airports. Or more specifically, fear of TSA security… Read More ›
TSA
And yet we keep funding it
(In fairness it should be noted that in recent tests the TSA did detect 5% — five percent! — of the explosives and weapons sent through their checkpoints … )
Judge comes down hard on NSA phone tactics
“I cannot imagine a more ‘indiscriminate’ and ‘arbitrary’ invasion than this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen for purposes of querying and analyzing it without prior judicial approval.” Those are the words of… Read More ›
Aren’t knives worse than box cutters?
Still scratching my head over the TSA’s decision to allow small knives on planes again. Where’s the logic? The knives they are going to allow (blades up to 2.36″ long and .5″ wide) have longer blades than the box cutters… Read More ›
Stay tuned for new TSA search techniques
CNN anchors are currently discussing the possibility that a woman arrested this morning on a flight diverted to Bangor, Maine, had an explosive device surgically implanted in her body. Reportedly an inspection by several doctors on board confirmed that she’d… Read More ›
TSA searches lack probable cause
I’ve already ranted about the TSA’s invasive groping and scanning in the name of national security, so I won’t launch into that again. However, I do want to lift my glass to the New Hampshire legislature for proposing a law… Read More ›
Questioning the constitutionality of TSA searches
In today’s Washington Post, Jeffrey Rosen presents a compelling case against the TSA’s new airport security measures. What many of us felt in our bones, he spells out in detail. If you’re still on the fence about the TSA’s revealing… Read More ›
Back off, TSA
In the wake of public outrage over its security measures at US airports, the Transportation Security Administration has come out with all sorts of defensive statements about how thoroughly its screeners are vetted and trained. As if that were the… Read More ›
