Bruce Schneier vs. the TSA

An anonymous reader writes "Bruce Schneier has posted a huge recap of the controversy over TSA body scanners, including more information about the lawsuit he joined to ban them. There's too much news to summarize, but it covers everything from Penn Jillette's and Dave Barry's grope stories, to Israeli experts who say this isn't needed and hasn't ever stopped a bomb, to the three-year-old girl who was traumatized by being groped and much, much more." Another reader passed along a related article, which says, "Congressman Ron Paul lashed out at the TSA yesterday and introduced a bill aimed at stopping federal abuse of passengers. Paul’s proposed legislation would pave the way for TSA employees to be sued for feeling up Americans and putting them through unsafe naked body scanners."

Comments

Re:Libertarians are clueless

[MightyMartian]

Really, how did that intervention to increase home ownership and decrease renting work out?

How did Separate But Equal work out?

Re:I'd feel safer...

[misexistentialist]

Pocket knives have been banned in government buildings for a long time. It's only right that we get the same protection when flying. Otherwise you run the risk of getting shanked if you recline your seat.

Re:Thanks Congressman Ron Paul (R)!

[jcr]

I would think your first, reasonable response would be to do a good deal of physical harm to your 'attacker'.

I concur, of course. What this bill does though, is put the TSA goons back in exactly the same set of rules that pertain to everyone else. So, if someone grabs your balls, retaliating physically would be justified, uniform or no uniform.

-jcr