Jan 8

 

President Obama announces plans for tightening airport security.

President Obama announces plans for tightening airport security.



Much is being made of President Obama’s recent announcements about tightening up security, and we applaud those. Yet while intelligence and security agencies can and should do a better job of offering protection to the public, they still cannot do everything.

Just as the “twelfth man” can help a football team achieve a victorious season, so too can the public help with security. And these days, it’s more and more important that we are watchful as travelers, particularly when we fly.
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Nov 4

 

When should government employees be able to see naked images of your family?

When should government employees be able to see naked images of your family?

 

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from television shows such as
Law & Order and CSI, it’s that once something exists on a hard drive, it can never really be erased.

This is the first thought I have whenever the topic of full-body X-ray scan comes up. It’s the new-new thing in airport security, designed to thwart the latest danger to air travelers, which is, among other threats, your 16-year-old daughter.

To protect the traveling public, airport security is going to take pictures of her, naked, to make sure she has no weapons.

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