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TSA Lied About Protecting Passenger Data
wk633 writes "A report by Homeland Security Department Acting Inspector General Richard Skinner, said the agency misinformed individuals, the press and Congress in 2003 and 2004. It stopped short of saying TSA lied.
Bruce Schneier does say 'the TSA lied' on his blog." Scary stuff, and yet it's even scarier how little the general public has caught on.
What's "evem" more scarier is the Slashdot spell checker.
No fucking way... I can't believe it.. the government would never lie...
And really...if someone lies, is this really newsworthy?
It is if it's not posted in the Politics section.
Imagine, the TSA lied. Who would have guessed?
OK. Cue the apologists. I can't wait to hear why it wasn't "really" a lie or, better yet, why we are better off because they lied. This aught to be nauseating.
Titty Shakin' Asses, of course.
"Quoting famous computer scientists out of context is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming." - K
we don't care.
So why didn't you use one to point out that you meant HyperText Markup Lanugage, you insensitive clod!?
You mean to tell me there's government agencies that actually lie to us? Weird.
Wishing I was a millionaire since 1969.
Yes, you are absolutely right. I thought they were referring to the Tourette Syndrome Association, which made me say damn those lying, cursing bastards!
I am even more annoyed at this comment in which the author suggests we should be following the links to find out what the acronyms are ... In fact, I didn't find out what it meant until I scrolled down to your comment - which was much quicker than loading another page, especially a PDF.
You didn't explain what a PDF was.
We are doing something, we're /.ing the TSA.
Just out of curiousity, what are you doing? Protesting? Sending this in from the barricades? Stockpiling fertilizer? Organizing get-out-the-vote drives?
Are you saying we'll be invaded by those wicked barbarians from the north, the Canadians?
"All great wisdom is contained in .signature files"
Can't you just picture it? He's there shovelling chips into the fryers in Burger King, or sitting behind the refunds desk in PC World, with his beard and his "Hello My Name Is Osama" badge, and everyone says "Hahaha, you look *just like* Osama bin Laden, too" and he laughs and pretends like he's never heard that joke before, and gobs in their coffee or charges them a double restocking fee.
If that doesn't make Pakistan our enemy, what *does* it take?
Large amounts of oil, from the looks of things.
Rome was sacked by the Goths, so watch out for any Canadians wearing white face paint. I mean it. The "clowns" are just in disguise.
Well, so are a lot of single gay people denied "what's theirs." But as a straight person, you have the potential to get your share of the pie. So really it's about equal opportunities.
Who are you kidding? A typical Slashdot reader has less potential to get marriage benifits than a gay person. Gay men are far more appealing to women.
they could give us some chocolate or movie tickets in exchange for our personal information. Then it wouldn't seem so evil...
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton