Multiply this by about 1,000 to get an idea of the problem with our entire approach to security post-9/11. Sorry—I meant 1,000 times the wasted money, although I imagine that 1,000 drunken jet skiers could wreak a lot of havoc…
Well, this is pretty goddamn appalling: Mark Worsfold, 54, a former soldier and martial arts instructor, was arrested on 28 July for a breach of the peace shortly before the cyclists arrived in Redhouse Park, Leatherhead, where he had sat down…
Yes, we're well down the path to a police state, but let us stop and smell the roses along the way. Thus shall we make the process of enslavement at least mildly entertaining. Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, members…
If your work is secret, why does it have to be good?
She just assumed that “religious” meant “Christian,” because … is there another kind?
As we saw in April, John Brennan was charged with indecent exposure after he took all his clothes off to protest being hassled by the TSA in Portland. See "TSA: Wants to See You Naked, Complains When You Get That…
Every time you think the TSA has hit rock-bottom, it manages to find yet another dung-filled sub-basement to wallow in. From the Orlando Sentinel: John Gross remembers frantically trying to scoop up his grandfather's ashes and wondering why the Orlando…
Dear Senator Wyden and Senator Udall: Thank you for your 4 May 2012 letter requesting that my office and the National Security Agency Inspector General determine the feasibility of estimating "how many people inside the United States have had their…
A number of sources (including the Wall Street Journal) report that someone has used the White House's "We the People" website to start a petition asking it to create a "Do Not Kill" list similar to the "Do Not Call" list…
Is it still news that the TSA's pointless policies hassle Americans from cradle to grave? It is as far as I'm concerned. See, e.g., "TSA Says Baby-Frisking Justified" (May 12, 2011); "TSA: Terrorizing Seniors in America" (Apr. 24, 2012). And will…