Tag Archives: Security Theater

Welcome to Police-State America, Weary Traveler

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“If Homeland Security were genuinely concerned about public safety, they’d transfer those armed INS agents to serve as security guards in the baggage claim area, and leave intelligent, trained and — what the hell — polite and welcoming passport checkers to handle the paperwork end.”

Read more: https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/06/05/welcome-to-police-state-america-weary-traveler/

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A Year Later, A Veteran Still Sits In Jail, Denied Bail For Leaking Now-Public Docs

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“The first leak case of the Trump era, the first head on a pike.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2018/06/03/reality-winner-nsa-paul-manafort/

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TSA Still Awful After 17 Years

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“The mob scene generated by the bureaucracy creates a major security problem in itself with respect to possible lunatic bombers.”

Read more: https://www.cato.org/blog/tsa-still-awful-after-17-years

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The TSA is keeping a secret watchlist of customers who assert their rights

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“The watchlist would seem less perilous if the TSA were not one of the most incompetent agencies on Earth.”

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-bovard-tsa-watchlist-20180528-story.html

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John Whitehead: Is the Constitution Even Welcome Here Anymore?

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“This is still our country.  Don’t just sit there.  Do something.”

Read more: https://rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/whose_country_is_this_is_the_constitution_even_welcome_here_anymore

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Jeffrey Tucker: Exit Scans Are Here

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“This final exit scan had a different feel. It was not about the airline. It was not about stopping terrorism and other mischief. It is purely about the possibility that the right of a person to exit could be denied for any reason the government happens to dream up.”

Read more: https://www.aier.org/blog/exit-scans-are-here

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Why Trust in Government is at All Time Lows, and Why That’s a Good Thing

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“Concerned about public confidence in the agency, the FBI didn’t want the FISA memo released. They didn’t want people to know their investigations are politically motivated.  Now it’s come out that the Department of Homeland Security pressured CNN into delaying the release of a report until after the Superbowl. DHS was concerned public confidence in Superbowl security would be lost if people found out about an exercise they ran last summer.”

Read more: http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/why-trust-in-government-is-at-all-time-lows-and-why-thats-a-good-thing/

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German police sue American woman for slander for calling them ‘Nazis’

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“An angry American traveler found herself plunged into German legal waters this month after allegedly calling federal police officers ‘Nazis’ during a dispute at Frankfurt International Airport.  Police say the woman, a 49-year-old professor, became ‘unreasonable and irritated’ when they told her she had too many liquids in her carry-on during a screening for explosives.  The issue of too many liquids morphed quickly — by her own account – into a tail-chasing argument over her deodorant:  They insisted it must go; she claimed that made no sense since it was a solid.”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/01/26/german-police-sue-american-woman-slander-calling-them-nazis/1068397001/

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Thousands of Americans’ Electronics Illegally Searched at Border

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“Over 30,000 people had their electronic devices searched without probable cause or a warrant by Customs and Border Protection in 2017. This is a 50% increase from 2016.  Most of the searches took place at airports when travelers were leaving the country.  Imagine the helplessness of having your phone taken by an Agent, and searched without your consent. No suspicion of any crime. No probable cause. Just some thug using brute force to violate your privacy.  In these settings, travelers are powerless. You just want to get home or continue to your destination, but the American police state shakes you down.  Hundreds of traveler complaints about such oppression have now surfaced thanks to a Freedom of Information Request.”

Read more: http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/police-state-thousands-of-americans-electronics-illegally-searched-at-border/

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Privacy Complaints Mount Over Phone Searches at U.S. Border Since 2011

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“Smartphones and other personal electronics contain vastly more private information than suitcases.  The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have filed a lawsuit in Boston arguing that a warrant should be required to search such devices at the border. Last week, the Trump administration asked a judge to dismiss the case. The lawsuit comes amid a surge in agents looking through — and sometimes copying data from — cellphones and laptops. Midway through fiscal year 2017, Customs and Border Protection was on pace to search 30,000 travelers’ electronics — more than tripling the annual number by that agency since 2015.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/us/politics/us-border-privacy-phone-searches.html?_r=0

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