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 TSA Makes “House Calls” Within The Airport 

Today’s papers report a new process that puts TSA screeners in the middle of the airport, swabbing people at “random” for traces of chemicals that suggest foul play.  I see three problems here. The first problem is “randomness.” We all know from years of experience with this agency that their PC notion of “randomness” suggests a severe

“Go Along, and Get Along”

What is Security?

Though it may seem obvious, it’s actually rare that politicians and those responsible for national and social policy ask the big questions that should precede legislation as expensive and all encompassing as The Aviation and Transportation Security Act. That may be partly because they’re too painful to ask, as well as impossible to get any clear concensus on the answers from a five hundred member

Secrecy - A “Balance of Power”

The federal government spends billions each year on the classification (and less frequently) the de-classification of documents. Many of these are questionable recipients of such care and fastidiousness. In fact a chronic school of thought maintains that while classification is intended to keep information from the eyes of those who might hurt us, a more frequent unintended consequence is that other government