Archive for November 5th, 2007

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Looking for Bombs, Not Bombers

I have an article in Pajamas Media about the newest, joint DHS-FBI leaked Intelligence Office memo on shoe bomber threats, "Shoe Bomber Alert: Catch and Release." Conclusion: DHS is looking for shoe bombs, not shoe bombers. 
Fed up with having to take your shoes off when passing through airport security? Annie Jacobsen says there […]

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Monday, November 5th, 2007

Correction: AP, not NYT, Caught TSA Cheating

John Bicknell, Editor of Congressional Quarterly Homeland Security, wrote in to point out my error from Friday. It was Eileen Sullivan, reporting for the Associated Press, who broke the important story, "TSA Exposed Its Own People" which details how TSA was caught cheating on tests designed specifically to see if TSA was doing its job. […]

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