Category Archives: TSA
TSA Bans Toner Cartridges
No, it’s not an Onion piece. The TSA has banned toner cartridges from passenger flights. Toner and ink cartridges over 16 ounces will be prohibited on passenger aircraft in both carry-on bags and checked bags on domestic and international flights … Continue reading
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TSA = Fail
Just remember, for all the waiting in lines, pat downs, naked body scans, no liquids, no pocket knives, no nail clippers, take your shoes off, remove your laptop, place the contents of your pockets in the trays bullshit every single … Continue reading
More terrorists the TSA didn’t stop!
Bombs from Yemen designed to blow up planes, maybe. There sure is a lot of “we don’t know” with this one. One thing I do know. The TSA didn’t stop it. TSA: Failing to stop terrorists for nine years!
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How to fail at security
Keeping the focus: safety The previous system failed catastrophically. But the attacks didn’t succeed because it was a private system. The attacks succeeded because — quite simply — we lived in a pre-9/11 world, one in which knives and box … Continue reading
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Barn Door => Horse
Or why the TSA will always be made of fail. The TSA is using the French security model which like all things French is made of fail. After the disaster that was The Great War, the French decided they never … Continue reading
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From the still not getting it department.
via Joe Huffman Representatives Peter T. King (R – New York), Charles Dent (R – Pennsylvania) and Gus Bilirakis (R – Florida) can kiss my ass. Three Republican lawmakers have asked the Department of Homeland Security what can be done … Continue reading
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What is this thing?
While it hasn’t gotten me the full on TSA grope that Breda experienced, my podcast microphone always attracts special TSA attention. I understand that it’s odd looking, but it’s also clearly a microphone. Yet every time I fly with it, … Continue reading
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Cover your ass security
Bruce Schneier: “It’s stupid to spend money so terrorists can change plans,” he said by phone from Poland, where he was speaking at a conference. If terrorists are swayed from going through airports, they’ll just target other locations, such as … Continue reading
Why I Hate To Fly – #213
Because having a “bathroom emergency” could get you arrested on felony charges. Joao Correa, 43, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he had a bathroom emergency 30 minutes into a March 28 Delta Air Lines flight from Honduras to Atlanta, but found … Continue reading
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