more on Rude TSA personnel; uneven liquids policies
David Farber <[email protected]>
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Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <[email protected]> Date: October 16, 2006 12:59:31 PM EDT To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IP] more on Rude TSA personnel; uneven liquids policies Dave, If I didn't think it was beyond the strategic capabilities of these folks, I'd start to suspect that this was all an elaborate experiment to see just how much pushing around U.S. citizens will accept: -- forced to take off shoes and other embarrassing acts: OK -- no toothpaste: NOT OK -- only 3oz of toothpaste: OK -- nonsensical rules enforced with random and rude variations: largely OK -- brain-damaged no-fly list procedures: OK unless your name is David Nelson, etc. -- little or no demonstrable evidence that these procedures actually protect us from terrorists -- OK Perhaps leading us to some open questions coming up: -- willingness to have their naked images revealed by "scatter" x-ray systems that see through clothing? -- willingness to have their body invasively x-rayed if terrorists begin hiding bombs within bodies? -- willingness to accept demands for identity papers and biometric identification at increasing numbers of venues? -- willingness to force some members of society to accept implanted ID chip transponders (starting with prisoners, child abusers, immigrants, etc., then perhaps expanding from there) And so on. Contrary to some opinions, I do not believe that we are *currently* living in a police state in the U.S. But police states aren't built in a day, either. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein [email protected] or [email protected] Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, IOIC - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net Co-Founder, CIFIP - California Initiative For Internet Privacy - http://www.cifip.org Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com