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Congress Capitulates To TSA; Refuses To Let Bruce Schneier Testify

Posted by Unknown on from the security-threatre-drama-troupe dept.

McGruber writes "Following up on an earlier Slashdot story, earlier today, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing titled 'TSA Oversight Part III: Effective Security or Security Theater?' ... In a blog update, Bruce Schneier says that 'at the request of the TSA' he was removed from the witness list. Bruce also said 'it's pretty clear that the TSA is afraid of public testimony on the topic, and especially of being challenged in front of Congress. They want to control the story, and it's easier for them to do that if I'm not sitting next to them pointing out all the holes in their position. Unfortunately, the committee went along with them.'"

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  1. "Perv scanners?" by cpu6502 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That seems a little over-the-top. Sure it strips your clothes off your body, to display a naked gray image of your breasts and penis. Sure the guards have been caught asking particular gorgeous women to step through the machine multiple times. Sure some TSA agents have posted personal notes like "Get your freak on" in lady's luggage. Sure some of those images have been leaked by those same guards to the internet......

    Never mind. I guess the description was apart afterall.

     

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    1. Re:"Perv scanners?" by nfras · · Score: 5, Funny

      That seems a little over-the-top. Sure it strips your clothes off your body, to display a naked gray image of your breasts and penis.

      I was going to correct you and say you can't have breasts and a penis. And then I remembered where I was. Carry on.

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  2. Bruce is a Superhero by bigredradio · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://www.schneierfacts.com

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  3. Re:What kind of congress is that? by englishknnigits · · Score: 5, Funny

    We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

  4. Re:What kind of congress is that? by gmhowell · · Score: 5, Funny

    We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

    You conservatives and your bridges to nowhere...

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  5. No surprise.. by jcr · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a related story, the congress is holding hearings on the magnificence of the emperor's clothing, and are excluding outspoken children from testifying.

    -jcr

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  6. Re:What kind of congress is that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or, as Ted Kennedy used to say, "We'll drive off that bridge when we come to it."

  7. Re:What kind of congress is that? by sociocapitalist · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...evil panel of old men trying to put a baby in every woman's uterus."

    Where do I sign up?

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