Security Theater

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By March 30, 2013

The latest news from the DHS and TSA is that they’re “relaxing” their restrictions on certain items, namely such things as small blades. Surprisingly, the TSA has taken some flak about this, and Pistole, amongst others, have been seen defending the position in the media and “on the hill”, as they saying goes. So what do we think about it? TSA plays catch-up. Again. The TSA likes to take credit for stuff. It’s just the way their hive mind works. As usual, they make sure that we understand that this is something that has been carefully considered and analyzed by ...

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Thumbnail image for State of the TSA: Dialogue Breakdown Imminent
By March 4, 2013

If you’re in the unfortunate position of following the TSA blog, you may have noticed what we’re about to talk about already – the near-complete lack of anything even remotely useful what so ever. We may have said that before, but the problem is even more prominent now. So what happened to the “dialogue”? “Blogger Bob”? The TSA blog started out pretty ambitiously in 2008, when the TSA announced that it was going to be an ongoing attempt at information sharing, dialogue and conversation about screening, technology and security. Or, as the TSA puts it; This blog is sponsored by ...

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Thumbnail image for Explosives Detection and “Alarm Resolution”? Decoding TSA-speak
By February 23, 2013

The TSA doesn’t really want you to read what’s in here. They’ve said so many times, and their SOPs even say so. Here’s what’s strange, though: all the information we’ve got here is available to anyone who’ve worked some kind of advanced security, read a couple of books on the subject and searched through some patent archives. And that’s why we’re going to tell you how the TSA’s mystical “Explosives Trace Detection” works, what it does and what they really mean when they talk about “alarm resolution”. It’s simpler than you think… TSA and SSI, K-I-S-S-I-N-G… If you’ve been unlucky ...

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Thumbnail image for TSA and their “Layers of Security” – Hype and Secrecy?
By February 17, 2013

For years we’ve been hearing about the TSA and their “Layers of Security”. However, the TSA doesn’t really go into much detail about this concept, except for a 146-word article on their website. So we thought we’d give you the baseline on what it actually is. Here’s the most substantial thing the TSA has to say about it; Each one of these layers alone is capable of stopping a terrorist attack. In combination their security value is multiplied, creating a much stronger, formidable system.  A terrorist who has to overcome multiple security layers in order to carry out an attack ...

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Thumbnail image for Decoding and Decloaking the TSA – layer by layer
By February 16, 2013

The TSA is known for its veiled ways – they’re a secretive bunch, in other words. Whenever there are questions about their methods, and their “layered” approach to security, they’re quick with the “national security” card, and anyone poking into they’re ways of doing things is usually stone-walled. So. Here we are. We’ve got a bit of a different view on security than the TSA – we believe that secrecy isn’t a viable route to go if you want real security, and that’s why we usually tell things like they are – if you’ve seen our articles on How to Read ...

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