Schneier, Journalist Poke Holes In TSA Policies

Fallen Andy points out an article in The Atlantic written by Jeffrey Goldberg. He and Bruce Schneier teamed up to put the TSA's policies to the test at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. They found plenty of evidence for security theater, and rather less for actual security. Quoting: "'The whole system is designed to catch stupid terrorists,' Schneier told me. ... As I stood in the bathroom, ripping up boarding passes, waiting for the social network of male bathroom users to report my suspicious behavior, I decided to make myself as nervous as possible. I would try to pass through security with no ID, a fake boarding pass, and an Osama bin Laden T-shirt under my coat. I splashed water on my face to mimic sweat, put on a coat (it was a summer day), hid my driver's license, and approached security with a bogus boarding pass that Schneier had made for me. ... 'All right, you can go,' [an airport security supervisor] said, pointing me to the X-ray line. 'But let this be a lesson for you.'"

Comments

Re:Well...

[Anonymous Coward]

Troll? =(

Re:lol

[murdocj]

Right, and that's why, despite the security measures, planes are just raining out of the sky as every lunatic, fruitcake, and religious extremist puts bombs, machines guns and poison gas on planes.

Re:Schneier bothers me

[hemp]

Obviously, you actually never fly first class. Steak knives have been replaced by plastic knives.

To whoever moderated the parent Offtopic...

[denzacar]

Read the TFA. At least the first sentence.