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:Thanks Congressman Ron Paul (R)!

[TheRaven64]

Ron Paul stood for nomination as Republican presidential candidate. This got a lot of attention on Slashdot. If there's anyone here who doesn't know that he's a Republican, they must have been asleep for the past few years. No one puts a (D) after Obama or Pelosi - it's assumed that everyone already knows their affiliation.

Re:Thanks Congressman Ron Paul (R)!

[wolfsdaughter]

Is it just me, or do libertarians seem to believe that it's better to be abused by a corporation than by the government. Maybe they thing they'll be the one in the corporation that gets to do the abusing... I dunno