Comments on: TSA Violates Your Privacy, Ties themselves in Little Knot of Lies

By: albatross

albatross — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:01:59 +0000

You’re assuming that Kip and his PR droids actually understand anything about how this system works. PR people mostly use technical terms (for them, “transmission” is a technical term) the way the writers of Star Trek use them; they sound good, so they’re in. Our remote-image-viewing system doesn’t transmit images. Our warp field is distorted by a spacial anomaly.
These guys don’t bother getting their facts straight for the same reason that politicians and salesmen and journalists don’t–being caught lying or talking through your hat has no consequences. So long as this continues, so will the lying.

By: Dissent

Dissent — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:08:11 +0000

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is holding an oversight hearing on TSA on Tuesday morning to examine TSA's progress (or lack thereof?) in complying with H.R.1. If your Senator is on that committee, this might actually be a good time to call. Neither of my Senators are on that committee. They're too busy doing nothing on other committees....

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:21:26 +0000

Elementary logic.
IF it isn’t transmitted, and IF it is viewed at a great distance, THEN it must be on a huge screen (or viewed with a telescope).
I, for one, welcome our new baggage-screening drive-in movie operating overlors, and remind them that I can be useful in identifying passengers to toil in their popcorn mines.

By: beri

beri — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:26:02 +0000

A new form of pornography for the viewers at the remote locations. Since when did anyone care about the face of the naked person in the porno magazines?

By: Andy ITGuy

Andy ITGuy — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:07:54 +0000

Hey, I know that girl.