An untrusted traveler going commando drops trou and flashes airport
security when he becomes frustrated with the anti-terrorist screening
process. And a movement is born: The Freedom Flash!
[Daryl] Miller then said, "There, how do you like your job," thus
ending the screening, according to the police report. He was charged
with indecent exposure and released on $300 bail. "We've never had
anybody do that before," said airport police Lt. Matt Christenson.
"But it's not abnormal for people to become frustrated with the
screening process."
Miller also became belligerent during the screening, Transportation
Security Administration officers told police. One TSA employee also
told police that Miller had a note inside a magazine in his bag with
an expletive, and told a TSA employee "Oh yeah, it's for you" when
asked who the note was directed at. "This person exposed themself in a
public area, a clear violation of the law, and we needed to take some
action on that, otherwise everybody would be dropping their pants,"
Christenson said.
WASHINGTON — Starting Monday, the government will intensify
airport screening...
More discretion. TSA screeners will be given
greater authority to refer passengers for extra scrutiny if clothing
looks bulky, misshapen or otherwise suspicious. Some passengers also
will receive expanded pat-downs when screeners consider it warranted.
Currently, they concentrate mostly on arms and legs. Now, they'll be
able to pat other areas if they look suspicious. TSA spokeswoman
Yolanda Clark would not elaborate, citing security.
...Critics say additional pat-downs could make some people,
especially young women, feel uncomfortable.
Scarlet Begonias.
In the heat of the evening when the music got rough.....
The wind in the Willows play two for two. The sky was
yellow and the sun was blue. Strangers stopping strangers, just
to shake their hands. Everybody's playing in "the heart of gold"
band.
AMD Flashes Back to PCs
AMD Flashes Back to PCs04/14/2005 03:32 PM Ugly Q1 results trigger a spinoff of the flash memory business. Can it
work?
Vivendi Flashes V for Victory
Vivendi Flashes V for Victory09/14/2004 04:41 PM After months on the Wall Street diet, Vivendi shows off its slimmer
self.
Neither snow, nor rain, nor camera flashes...
Neither snow, nor rain, nor camera flashes...01/06/2005 02:45 PM
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these
couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, but they
will stop and take a picture if you ask nicely. Cameram
ail shows that the USPS has a sense of humour and are good sports.
Even though Apple is claiming on their website that the new
Airport Express can only act as a network range extender (signal
repeater) with other Airport devices (look at the bottom of this page),
WiFi Networking News's Glenn Fleishman explains why the Airport
Express may just work with some non-Apple devices after all:
AirPort Prices Drop Before Airport Express Release (05-Jul-2004; 1.5K)
Youth 'Hijacks' Airport Bus to the Airport (Reuters)
Youth 'Hijacks' Airport Bus to the Airport (Reuters)03/22/2005 04:51 PM Reuters - A Japanese youth who wanted to go to
Tokyo's Haneda airport boarded a bus heading there before
threatening to hijack it unless it took him to ... the airport.
"The TSA Chief at Dulles Airport was nabbed for drunk driving yesterday at 1 o'clock AM, at which time he was supposed to be on duty supervising Orange Level security at our capital's airport."
To do in LA tonight: RES screening02/01/2005 08:37 PM Xeni Jardin:
For those of you in LA: The year's first RES screening of digital
shorts and music videos takes place at the Egyptian theater tonight.
Among the works scheduled to kick off at 8pm:
Interpol's "Evil," a troubling puppet-driven work that is the music
video debut of acclaimed photographer Charlie White. Also on tap: 2
Many DJs side project Soulwax's video for "E Talking," an alphabetical
lesson in pharmacological jargon directed by Evan Bernard; a pair of
Fatboy Slim videos involving song, dance and frisky felines, directed
by Jon Watts; and "Dream," Dougal Wilson's latest for Dizzee Rascal
featuring the rapper as a pint-sized MC spitting his rhymes at bizarre
ghetto puppets.
To do Tuesday night in LA: RES screening07/12/2004 05:49 PM OK, look -- even if this description of tomorrow night's monthly RES screening in Hollywood doesn't get
you worked up, consider this: it's followed by an afterparty featuring
an as-yet-unannounced secret
Silverlake-based DJ duo who CONVERTED AN ICE CREAM TRUCK INTO A
MOBILE DUB REGGAE SOUNDSYSTEM. That is the wickedest most baddassed
thing I've ever heard of in my life at least the last three
hours. Seriously, the program looks great too, and features:
special guest Geoff McFetridge who will share a
retrospective of his video work including his music videos for the
Avalanches, Simian, Plaid and his quirky spots for Jinro, X-Games,
Burton and HP. The program will also include new short films from Suk
& Koch, Brett Simon and Cheryl Dunn who will present the world
premiere of Come Mute. Also screening: breaking new music videos for
Placebo, Mr. Lif, Armand Van Helden, Supergrass, Los Amigos
Invisibles, Colder and Floria Sigismondi's latest for the
Cure.
Link to screening info, and listen to an archived live
set from the ice-cream rockaz who shall not be named right here.
Big Bucks for Biometric Screening06/02/2004 05:37 AM The Department of Homeland Security awards a $10 billion contract to a
group of companies, led by Accenture, to build a system to screen and
track foreign visitors to the United States.
GAO Finds Passenger Screening Incomplete (AP)
GAO Finds Passenger Screening Incomplete (AP)03/29/2005 02:04 AM AP - The government's latest computerized airline passenger screening
program doesn't adequately protect travelers' privacy, according to a
congressional report that could further delay a project considered a
priority after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Airline Screening System Delayed
Airline Screening System Delayed07/14/2004 05:20 AM Bowing to privacy concerns, the Transportation Security Administration
says the airline passenger-screening system it had in mind will be
restructured, meaning it may not be deployed any time soon. By Ryan
Singel.
Foes Assault Passenger Screening
Foes Assault Passenger Screening02/12/2004 06:16 AM Several groups and members of Congress launch a campaign to make the
federal government reconsider a program that would screen airline
passengers against massive commercial databases. By Ryan Singel.
4,000 to go through genetic screening in cancer study
Screening: False Positives in Mammograms05/31/2004 05:31 PM Obese women who have mammograms are much more likely to receive
abnormal readings from the tests than are women of ordinary weight.
Breast screening challenge issued
Breast screening challenge issued03/23/2005 05:24 PM Breast cancer patients have challenged the next government to end long
waits and extend screening services.
Screening of detainees key issue (USATODAY.com)
Screening of detainees key issue (USATODAY.com)04/21/2004 08:48 AM USATODAY.com - Beneath the fierce rhetoric Tuesday during the Supreme
Court's first review of a Bush administration anti-terrorism policy
were the quieter voices of the two justices at the court's pragmatic
center - those who are likely to control the outcome of the case.
Listen to the authorities and die
Listen to the authorities and die06/05/2005 11:42 PM Cory Doctorow:
The people in the Twin Towers who ignored the instructions from the
cops to stay put survived. The ones who paid attention to them died.
Gary Wolf's tantalizing piece in this month's Wired concludes that the
future of American security lies in ignoring the Department of
Homeland Security, with its "rainbow of doom," its magic airport
involuntary nudity machines, and its suspension of the Constitution
and relying instead on common sense and democratic fundamentals.
After both buildings were burning, many calls to 911 resulted in
advice to stay put and wait for rescue. Also, occupants of the towers
had been trained to use the stairs, not the elevators, in case of
evacuation.
Fortunately, this advice was mostly ignored. According to the
engineers, use of elevators in the early phase of the evacuation,
along with the decision to not stay put, saved roughly 2,500 lives.
This disobedience had nothing to do with panic. The report documents
how evacuees stopped to help the injured and assist the
mobility-impaired, even to give emotional comfort. Not panic but what
disaster experts call reasoned flight ruled the day.
In fact, the people inside the towers were better informed and far
more knowledgeable than emergency operators far from the scene. While
walking down the stairs, they answered their cell phones and glanced
at their BlackBerries, learning from friends that there had been a
terrorist attack and that the Pentagon had also been hit. News of what
was happening passed by word of mouth, and fellow workers pressed
hesitating colleagues to continue their exit.
NY Times: Goverment
is 'Reshaping' Airport Screening System. On Wednesday the
secretary of homeland security, Tom Ridge, was quoted in USA Today as
saying that Capps 2 was dead. But a spokesman for his agency, Brian
Roehrkasse, said Thursday that "the administration continues to move
forward on an automated aviation passenger prescreening system to
replace the existing antiquated airline system, to better manage risk
and be more efficient."
In other words, almost
nothing has changed.
Civil libertarians and people who care about privacy shout when
intrusive spying on citizens is proposed. Officialdom pretends to pull
the plug on the system, but just puts it into effect in other ways
that draw less unwelcome attention.
What does this really have to do with airline security? Very little,
really. After all, some of the airport systems now in place are for
show, not for real security.
It has everything to do with giving government a way to easily know
everything we're doing, in close to real time, by tracking our
purchases and travels. This is how the surveillance state evolves.
India outsourcing firms eye employee screening
India outsourcing firms eye employee screening04/11/2005 07:38 PM The National Association of Software and Service Companies in Delhi
plans to launch an employee registry program to screen tech workers
for India's growing offshore industry.
As in Russia, U.S. jet screening vulnerable to bombs (USATODAY.com)
As in Russia, U.S. jet screening vulnerable to bombs (USATODAY.com)08/30/2004 06:20 AM USATODAY.com - The bombings that apparently brought down two Russian
jets last week could happen in this country because few passengers and
their carry-on bags are checked for explosives, security consultants
say.
WASHINGTON — Starting Monday, the government will intensify
airport screening...
More discretion. TSA screeners will be given
greater authority to refer passengers for extra scrutiny if clothing
looks bulky, misshapen or otherwise suspicious. Some passengers also
will receive expanded pat-downs when screeners consider it warranted.
Currently, they concentrate mostly on arms and legs. Now, they'll be
able to pat other areas if they look suspicious. TSA spokeswoman
Yolanda Clark would not elaborate, citing security.
...Critics say additional pat-downs could make some people,
especially young women, feel uncomfortable.
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