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Vanity Fair On the TSA and Security Theater

Posted by Soulskill on from the keeping-the-terrists-from-winning dept.

OverTheGeicoE writes "Perhaps it's now officially cool to criticize the TSA. Vanity Fair has a story questioning the true value of TSA security. The story features Bruce Schneier, inventor of the term 'security theater' and contender for the Most Interesting Man in the World title, it would seem. With Schneier's mentoring, the author allegedly doctors a boarding pass to breach security at Reagan National Airport to do an interview with Schneier. 'To walk through an airport with Bruce Schneier is to see how much change a trillion dollars can wreak. So much inconvenience for so little benefit at such a staggering cost.'"

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  1. How to befuddle the TSA: by Entropius · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I see your prohibition is against 'liquids'. Can I carry ice onboard?"

    The agent didn't know. Asked his supervisor; she didn't know.

  2. Re:Oh man.. by hedwards · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, really, I've been badmouthing the TSA since before it was cool.

    I also happen to be really into this band, but you wouldn't have heard of them.

  3. Re:Get a clue Big Sis by RoknrolZombie · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you can't scale "intimidation"?

    We could, but we'd have to import it from the Mexican drug cartels...

  4. Re:Oh man.. by unrtst · · Score: 5, Funny

    I burn my tongue every time I eat pizza... I always eat it before it's cool.

  5. Re:Get a clue Big Sis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    And now that they're unionized

    What does ionization have to do with it?