Tag: tsa
BBC News – US airports still vulnerable to attacks, says lawmaker
The TSA is so effective it’s ineffective.
LATimes – Implanted bombs: TSA warns of possible terrorist threat of bombs implanted in people
The threats will continue to magically appear until we all fear everything and give up every sense of privacy and self-respect to the TSA to implement rules and procedures that do nothing to solve the real problem.
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth – TSA Source: Armed Agent Slips Past DFW Body Scanner
Another nail in the proverbial coffin of these scanners being worth anything.
Schneier on Security – UK Immigration Officer Puts Wife on the No-Fly List
Imagine being the wife here, go visit your family, try to return, on a list that you can’t even find out why you are on and no way of being able to appeal your inclusion on the list.
Schneier on Security – Domodedovo Airport Bombing
It sounds silly but it’s an key idea, the TSA can’t be everywhere.
Schneier on Security – Full Body Scanners: What’s Next?
Simply and beautifully put.
The Washington Post – One tip enough to put name on watch list
Another in a long list of stupid over-reactions that does really nothing but close the door after the horse is out.
Journal of Transportation Security – An evaluation of airport x-ray backscatter units based on image characteristics
Yet another reason for why the backscatter machines need to be independently tested.
German TV on the Failure of Full-Body Scanners – Schneier on Security
The argument couldn’t be more summed up in a single sentence.