Tag: Travel
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Schneier on the TSA: “This is a stupid game, and we should stop playing it.”
Security expert Bruce Schneier concisely describes our broken approach to airport security: It’s not even a fair game. It’s not that the terrorist picks an attack and we pick a defense, and we see who wins. It’s that we pick a defense, and then the terrorists look at our defense and pick an attack designed…
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Let’s take back our rights and our flights from the TSA.
The TSA has outdone itself this time with its invasive new searches: if selected, travelers must choose between having pictures of them naked taken via x-ray, having their genitals very aggressively handled, or not flying. Republican Congressman Ron Paul has introduced the American Traveler Dignity Act to the House of Representatives. (Read his announcement of…
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Kicking Travel Into High Gear
Tonight I head out for six days in Morocco! While I haven’t done a ton of homework on the country before heading out, I know I’m in for a lot of firsts: First time in Africa First time in a (currently) Arab nation First time in a country whose primary and secondary languages are completely…
Zeke Weeks 