I still don’t like RealID nor the TSA
RealID is being shoved down our throats by the DHS who still feel that they can determine who a “terrorist” is by whether or not the yet to be produced “tamper-proof” ID is valid or if they’re in a nationally query’able database. Has history shown most of the attackers of 9/11 to have any criminal history? Isn’t this why the de-facto way of screening is now by skin color? Or am I totally off base here? Why is our government so paranoid? Is the DHS even necessary? Have people forgotten about that P.A.T.R.I.O.T. act?
In other news, the TSA (which I still feel has no positive effect on making me safer when flying) still sucks at keeping our personal information safe. Persons who were seeking redress and trying to have their names taken off “terrorist lists” had their data exposed for over four months before any action was taken.
And what is up with all these damn no-bid government contracts? More mercenary groups like Blackwater? Maybe this was before my days of listening to NPR, but I just found out their right to operate in Iraq was revoked by the national government there.
kris said,
February 20, 2008 @ 2:31pm
I read this a few weeks ago.
http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2008/02/more-on-liquid-rules-why-we-do-things.html
One reader’s comment that made me laugh:
Apparently, Secretary Hawley believes that terrorists are smart enough to build an entire chemistry laboratory past the security checkpoint but too dumb or too lazy to add together multiple 100 ml containers of already-prepared explosives. It makes absolutely no sense.
editor-in-chief said,
February 20, 2008 @ 2:53pm
good catch. i so think these agencies are just a waste of tax payer money.