Because otherwise, it won't have a clue as to how you got a stun gun through all its ultra-clever security-checkpoint procedures. A cleaning crew reportedly found the stun gun in a seatback pocket while tidying up a plane that had…
A few days ago, as you may have heard, a college football player was arrested at San Francisco International Airport for wearing sagging pants. This was already well within my zone of interest because it involves (1) the continuing and stupid…
My concern is that if they've decided this rule doesn't apply to them, where will it end? Before you know it, they'll be failing to fully respect the Fourth Amendment. I don't have a source for this picture (please let…
I'll never understand airport security. The same people who insist on seeing you naked then get all upset if you take your clothes off. Make up your minds! For once, alcohol apparently played no part in an incident of this…
I'm glad to see these people finally having to pay someone, but $2,350 is not enough for this. The 24-year-old plaintiff alleged that at the Corpus Christi airport in May 2008, she was selected for an enhanced pat-down, sufficiently enhanced…
There is no evidence that the cupcakes were used in a terror operation.
"TSA defends frisking of baby at KC airport," reads the headline of this item, and really they had me at "TSA" but I'm glad I kept reading. I don't know how I missed this picture, since it has apparently been…
On a lighter TSA-related note — — the Washington Post is also running a Peeps diorama contest. Notice the Peeps being peeped at by security Peeps on the naked-Peep scanner (top right). Update: The contest is over, it seems. Although…
Two videos, both worth watching. This one is frankly a little hard to watch: This one is easier and should be watched over and over again: Different context, obviously, but I think the basic sentiment applies: When are…
According to the New Hampshire Union Leader (via Slashdot), police in the town of Weare charged a man with unlawful "interception of oral communications" – a felony – because he used his phone during a traffic stop. According to police, the call…