Hint for people at airports: Use that cell phone boarding pass

Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing was at Newark Airport on Monday May 27, and found that the TSA screeners wouldn't give the extra "Dreaded 4S security screening" if you put your boarding pass on your cell phone

How cool is that!

WHAT, you think you can do drone strikes in the US?!

From Eric "Good Prosecutorial Discretion" Holder, US Atty General,  March 2013:

“It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,” Holder replied in a letter yesterday to Paul’s question about whether Obama “has the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and without trial.”

 From Wikipedia:

Posse Comitatus Act

"...Any use of the Armed Forces under either Title 10/Active Duty or Title 10/Reserves at the direction of the President will offend the Constitutional Law also known as Public Law prohibiting such action unless declared by the President of the United States and approved by Congress."

Umm Holder?  HOLDER!  BUELLER?!?!   

Even our president can't authorize drone strikes on US soil against Americans.

(I hope!) 
 

Update:  "It has come to my attention," the letter states "That you have now asked an additional question: 'Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?' The answer to that question is no." - Love, Atty General Eric Holder.

Well, maybe TSA is listening to *someone*...

Is it the White House's "ban the TSA" petition (oops sorry, pulled right before it got to the required number of signatures)?  Is it the pending election?  Is it the people opting out (maybe the screener who opts out)?  Who knows? but they're moving x-ray scanners from large to small airports , likely this means that the millimeter-wave (good) systems at say, MHT, might be replaced by backscatter (bad), from BOS, but I've been going to BOS a lot more often lately.

At least the TSA Agents are totally trustworthy

Perry

OK TSA, How about it?

SO...  On the same day that we get this:  TSA inspector accused of stealing iPads

we also get this:  Why Airport Security Is Broken— And How To Fix It

This begs the question - is TSA more dedicated to prolonging their bureaucracy and making US travelers miserable, or are THEY GENUINELY TRYING TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY?!

TSA bans box cutters, scissors, Ski poles?  Really ?  They just can't understand the threat.  We've got to stop giving them our money.

How about it?

#sheesh

Perry

Remy: Grandma Got Indefinitely Detained (A Very TSA Christmas)

This is hilarious



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek1uqrwLmQk