from the Future of Freedom Foundation – PRESIDENTIAL FEAR-MONGERING vs. FREEDOM by James Bovard After the San Bernardino massacre late last year, Barrack Obama made a rare speech from the Oval Office. His most memorable line was his declaration that “freedom is more powerful than fear.” That epigram might have made John F. Kennedy’s speechwriters […]
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TSA PreCheck Ridiculed in New Yorker
People should not be obliged to pay an $85 federal fee to not be molested. The Transportation Security Administration expected its PreCheck program to be a silver bullet to boost revenue and speed passenger flow. Vast numbers of travelers were supposed to shell out $85 and submit all sorts of personal information, go to a […]
Reason: Our $4 Trillion Security Theater Farce
from the June issue of Reason magazine – The High Price of Security Theater The $4 trillion war on terror: Where did the money go? James Bovard Since 2001, the U.S. government has spent mind-boggling sums to purportedly keep the homeland safe. There was the $30 billion raise for the FBI that didn’t see 9/11 […]
TSA #iHateTheWait Video from Washington Post
Frustrated travelers caught in endless TSA lines are lashing the TSA with an #iHateToWait Twitter tag. The Washington Post created this excellent video on the backlash. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says his agency is “asking the public to have appropriate expectations when they arrive at the airport.” Ya, expect to miss your flight, Chump! […]
MP3 Thumping TSA with Michael Graham on Atlanta’s 106.7
Michael Graham, the “Goyim Gangsta” host on Atlanta’s 106.7 FM, and I had fun whupping up on TSA this morning. I think he enjoyed my line about how a TSA screener in Portland “tried to turn my family jewels into a pancake” during an “enhanced patdown.” TSA’s catastrophic delays at airports are causing thousands of […]
Podcast on TSA Portland Poking & Other Outrages
Adam Camac and Daniel Laguros kindly invited me onto their Wake Up Call podcast. We had fun making it hot for the TSA. I told the story of my TSA Thanksgiving Portland Poking and we bantered about why federal security theater will always be a farce. The interview is 34 minutes long, posted here in […]
TSA Oped Spurs Excellent Comments from USA Today readers
The USA Today piece on TSA’s abusive searches spurred lots of lively comments (and some denunciations). Here are some of the best comments from the web page with the article: Sommer Gentry · Associate professor at United States Naval Academy This article is spot-on. TSA searches are violent, traumatizing, and conducted with heartless disregard for […]
