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The Tsa’s Wholesale Violation of Our Civil Rights, Including Economic Liberty

9 Comments / Economics, Liberty, Transportation / By Lynne Kiesling

Lynne Kiesling I have been a too-silent opponent of the Patriot Act’s authorization of invasive surveillance in the name of national security. One of the consequences of that authorization has been the growth of the Department of Homeland Security and, under it, the formation and growth of the TSA. Those of us who travel frequently …

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So Are You Fed Up Yet? I Am

9 Comments / Economics, Liberty, Politics / By Lynne Kiesling

Lynne Kiesling Another reason I’ve been staying away from the computer over the holidays is that between the Senate health care bill process, the futilely constructivist quest for government policy to stimulate the economy, proposals for financial regulation, and the craven stupidity of TSA policy proposals after the Christmas day bomb failure, I am fed …

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Fixing Airport Security

1 Comment / Liberty, Travel / By Lynne Kiesling

Lynne Kiesling Having just returned from a 1.5-week, three-conference trip, I am having my now-usual visceral reaction to the thought of another airport experience — nausea, which I hope diminishes by the time of my next trip in early August. Thus I’m in violent (irony intended) agreement with a post on Bruce Schneier’s blog today …

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Airport Kabuki: Bruce Schneier on “Security Theater”

4 Comments / Economics, Regulation, Travel / By Lynne Kiesling

Lynne Kiesling Bruce Schneier is one of the most thoughtful, knowledgeable security experts in the world, and he’s been constructively critical of the TSA’s airport policies and procedures for quite some time (so have I, but I have nothing like his expertise or his street cred). You may have seen Jeffrey Goldberg’s November 2008 Atlantic …

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