The so-called “hands-on pat-downs” that the TSA are introducing (much ado about this, as usual) are old news. Very old news, in fact. Most countries use a standardized version of this technique, though extensive testing has revealed that the hand first, wand following is ineffective, and should be flipped around – wand first, hand after, [...]
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This is mildly interesting, although there seem to be more than a few pitfalls in the theory. Government agencies want to be able to identify skeletons (those in living humans, that is) from a distance of 50 meters (a meter is about the same as a yard, by the way), but that is proving to [...]
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The US Marshals Service has released some information regarding the storing of “body scanner” images at a courthouse location in the US. The machine is storing images of all individuals entering the building, while court house officers are only able to access the 3 last scans. While the USMS is being very upfront about the [...]
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…and it’s a blueprint of the old one. Missing references and all. Those who come here again and again may have noticed that we’ve written a bit about the company calling themselves “iKey Solutions Ltd” lately. There’s a reason for that, and it’s not malicious. The reason is that any company that offers security services [...]
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National Security Inc. – Washington Post Special
July 20, 2010
This article / “project” by the Washington Post is well worth a read. A small excerpt: The Post investigation uncovered what amounts to an alternative geography of the United States, a Top Secret America created since 9/11 that is hidden from public view, lacking in thorough oversight and so unwieldy that its effectiveness is impossible to [...]
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