Homeland Security

Marc Randazza lives an interesting life: They open the bag, and see that I'm traveling with exactly one t-shirt, one toothbrush, one pair of socks, a pair of underwear, and 50 porn movies, which they lay out on the table one by one. Whole story here. … [Read more...] about Randazza Meets the TSA

My first thought when I read about the suspicious objects found in public areas around Boston was that they were geocaches. Geocaching is the pastime of hiding small containers in public places and posting their latitude and longitude on web sites for other people to find. A GPS receiver will get them within a few feet but then they have to hunt around a bit. There are log … [Read more...] about It Could Have Been Geocaching

Tired of all the tedium of going through airport security? Then set your laptop up so that when they ask you to open it, it shows this. (Created by Michael Solomon, referred by Philipp Lenssen.) P.S. For God's sake, don't really do this. You will be charged with a crime. … [Read more...] about Fun With the TSA

Military intelligence analysts have this saying: "Once is an accident, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action." Even so, this is probably nothing... October 2 at the University of Oklahoma: Joel Hinrichs III dies in an explosion he set off about 100 yards from a stadium filled with 80,000 people. Police call it a suicide, not a suicide bombing, but you have to … [Read more...] about Is Something Going On?

Ever wonder what happens to all those nail clippers they confiscate at the airport? Click here to find out. (Via Stupid Security.) … [Read more...] about TSA Garage Sale