Congress Capitulates To TSA; Refuses To Let Bruce Schneier Testify

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.'"

Comments

Watch Out, Bruce

[Culture20]

Right now they're silencing you officially and nicely, but they might step over the line at some point.

Kill 'em all and let Allah sort them out

[murder_face]

Bitch, Bitch, Bitch, whine, whine, whine. Shut the fuck up or do something about it you whiny fucks!!

Re:What kind of congress is that?

[lgw]

Here we see that saying "I support the liberal side of this recent political issue" is +5 insightful, while saying "I support the conservative side of this recent political issue" is -1 Troll. Slashdot: some things never change.

Re:What kind of congress is that?

[__aaltlg1547]

And what right, specifically, do you believe is being violated? The airports are clearly federal jurisdiction because their business is inter-state commerce. The states have no power to regulate them. Who does? Nobody?