Big Brother Tees, sporting a variety of slogans relevant to airport security: "Nobody is safer when you take my water," "Cast Member of Airport Security Theater," "You can only detect and respond," "Technology can't solve security problems," ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/07/2010 - 22:31 - 0 comments

Four Glock 9mm pistols belonging to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's bodyguards are missing after American Airlines sent their suitcase to NY LA instead of DC. The luggage has been recovered, but the guns are missing and presumed stolen. Good thing ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/07/2010 - 08:17 - 0 comments

The Pomona College student who was detained by airport security after they found Arabic flashcards in his carry-on luggage was originally pulled aside for questioning because of Screening Passengers by Observation Technique (SPOT), a ...

feed item - whytewolf - 05/28/2010 - 14:53 - 0 comments

Security expert and sharp TSA critic Bruce Schneier clears security at an airport: TSA Officer: A beloved name from the blogosphere. Me: And I always thought that I slipped through these lines anonymously. TSA Officer: Don't worry. No one will ...

feed item - whytewolf - 05/24/2010 - 16:34 - 0 comments

Wayne sez, "Miami airport screeners made fun of one of their own after seeing his small penis on their imaging scan. It ended up with small penis beating someone else with a steel baton." Screener Rolando Negrin's private body parts were observed ...

feed item - whytewolf - 05/06/2010 - 22:15 - 0 comments

You know those airport scanners that render you essentially naked? The ones that don't catch bomb-making materials ? The ones that are supposed to be staffed by infallible and absolutely trustworthy airport workers who'll never, ever abuse your privacy ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/24/2010 - 08:19 - 0 comments

There's been a big push over the last couple months to get those full body scanners installed in more airports. These scanners, if you don't recall, basically create a "naked" image of the person in them. This has resulted in all sorts of (mostly ...

feed item - whytewolf - 02/10/2010 - 15:09 - 0 comments

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan claims that when he went through Heathrow, security staff printed out the naked image of his body from the full-body scanners (scanners that the authorities have claimed won't ever be used to generate printouts) and circulated ...

feed item - whytewolf - 02/09/2010 - 23:28 - 0 comments

Check out this German TV clip highlighting the failure of the new, privacy-violating full-nude scanners going in at an airport near you. As Bruce Schneier notes, "The scanner caught a subject's cell phone and Swiss Army knife -- ...

feed item - whytewolf - 01/22/2010 - 07:16 - 0 comments

A TSA agent at the Philadelphia International Airport slipped a baggie full of white powder into an unsuspecting passenger's baggage, then terrorized her when he "found" it, before announcing that he was just kidding. When she complained to airport ...

feed item - whytewolf - 01/21/2010 - 13:35 - 0 comments