tsa

In most areas of life we usually accept some amount of risk, even the risk of death, in the name of convenience or not compromising our lifestyle. We do what we can within reason to minimize the risk but if the risk cannot be entirely eliminated with reasonable means we accept it. Flying on an...

New rules proposed by the TSA will allow passengers to carry small knives (blade less than 2 3/8" long, 1/2" wide) along with golf clubs, small baseball bats, hockey sticks and other sports equipment 911 family members and the Flight attendents union are objecting to the new rules...

I came across an article in the Guardian just now about the how the US government imposes sexual humiliation as a tool of control- from arbitrary strip searches to TSA pat downs and body scans. Is this benevolent policy that keeps us safe or is this designed to make us more dehumanized and thus...

YEAH LETS FIGHT AL QAEDA THIS IS HOW WE DO IT!!! skkCpnCm7iM

Security theater once again gone too far: http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1289237893803.shtm

The new TSA scanners are able to effectively photograph people naked. Our friends in UK were so offended by the proposition of photographing their children naked that they forced legislation making anyone under the age of 18 exempt from these new "nude scanners". In the USA, those who opt-out...

Every time I see the TSA in the news, they are implementing some offensive new security measure and angrying up my blood. So, in the interest of balancing out my own anti-TSA bias, can anyone share any stories wherein the TSA has saved the day? Has the TSA ever caught a mad bomber red-handed...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20009642-10391695.html " The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is blocking certain websites from the federal agency's computers, including halting access by staffers to any Internet pages that contain a "controversial opinion," according to an...

For those who don't want to read the whole article below the jist is that certain muslim religious leaders have issued a fatwa against the use of airport scanners as it violates their modesty (the muslims not the scanners.)...

How much control do they have over foreign airport security anyway??? Everyone keeps forgeting that the undie-bomber didnt get on a domestic flight. If this was a NYC to Detriort flight, I doubt he wouldve made it on to the plane. It is definately a lesson learned situation. We should...