Category Archives: TSA

…has a website. He’s right about the security theater aspects of TSA, but his proposed solution is just as unworkable as the current TSA system. We need to think of the airport as a “clean room” where everything is sterile. … Continue reading →

Like all bureaucracies, the TSA is pleased with their success and looking to expand. The United States is stepping up security at “soft targets” like hotels and shopping malls, as well as trains and ports, as it counters the evolving … Continue reading →

Because if a group of well-planned and well-funded terrorist plotters makes it to the airport, the chance is pretty low that those blue-shirted crotch-groping water-bottle-confiscating TSA agents are going to catch them. —Bruce Schneier The TSA has yet to catch … Continue reading →

Via SayUncle: Pens are illegal now? From the TSA Blog (Baghdad Blog?) When is a pen not just a pen? The answer is when it doubles as a potential weapon. A TSO at Palm Beach International (Fla.) was working the … Continue reading →

Old excuse: “Must have caught it from a toilet seat” New excuse: “Must have caught it from TSA”

Via Laurel: They’re actually proud of themselves. The guards at Treblinka and Auschwitz were proud of their work too. Until they were hung for crimes against humanity.

Via SayUncle: TSA Secret Memo: The terminology contained within the reported memo is indeed troubling. It labels any person who “interferes” with TSA airport security screening procedure protocol and operations by actively objecting to the established screening process, “including but … Continue reading →