It’s Been a Weird Day in a Good Way: Two Court Rulings Represent Hope for Privacy

by Eileen | 7:06 pm, March 15, 2013

In one day, two major court decisions have put Executive overreach on the defensive and given civil liberty advocates momentum. In California, a federal judge held that National Security Letters, with their built-in gag orders, are unconstitutional. (Decision, here.) Meanwhile, federal courts also reinstated an ACLU lawsuit challenging the CIA’s ‘Glomar’ response of targeted drone [...]

Security Theater Sets a Dangerous New Norm in Air Travel

by Eileen | 10:59 pm, March 8, 2013

Recently, is a rare, nay, unprecedented, display of good sense, the TSA announced that, as of April 25, 2013, small knives will again be allowed in carry-on baggage. To date, 9,300 people have signed a petition, sponsored by airline workers unions, to overturn that.  In part, the petition language reads: Our nation’s aviation system is [...]

TSA Monkeys Will Go Back to Paying for Their Porn

by Eileen | 10:30 pm, January 18, 2013

…and, presumably, watching it on their own time.  I don’t know for certain; it’s anyone’s guess what goes on the those break rooms.  At any rate, our blue-gloved faux-security force is now able to devote more of its time to robbing passengers, having lost their x-ray scanners. The line from on high is that Rapiscan, [...]

Policy from a Politically Manipulative Fantasyland: the TSA’s Latest Bid for All Your Data

by Eileen | 5:06 am, January 12, 2013

The TSA is trying to resurrect a terrible program that been deservedly thwarted since its post-9/11 conception.  It was CAPPS, then CAPPS II, then Secure Flight.  Under all those guises, the goal was the aggregate any and all commercially available datasets into a behemoth database and then generate unique ‘aviation risk profiles’ for any airline [...]

We’re the TSA and You Can Count on Us!

by wesley | 5:29 pm, January 8, 2010

I sure am glad we have the TSA to take care of us and to keep us safe. No threat is too big for them too ignore and no threat is too small for them to harass you over. Check out ReasonTV’s newest video: And for any of you naysayers who think TSA is an [...]

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