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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Counterpunch, March 23, 2016 TSA’s Punitive Gitmo-style Groin Grinding The Transportation Security Administration finally obeyed a 2011 federal court order March 3 and issued a 157 page Federal Register notice justifying its controversial full-body scanners and other checkpoint procedures. TSA’s notice ignored the fact that the “nudie” scanners are utterly unreliable; TSA failed to detect […]
