by Ned S. Levi | Mar 8, 2010
When critics like me call the Transporation Security Administration (TSA) procedures at airports good theater, our definition is a bit different than TSA’s. TSA’s approach at airport security checkpoints, and gates, is to consider them military theaters, and consider...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 21, 2010
Erroll Southers withdraws his name from consideration for head of TSA The embattled nominee for Director of the Transportation Security Administration has withdrawn his name from consideration for that post. He has been roundly opposed because of an incident of lying...
by Janice Hough | May 19, 2009
I hesitated before writing this post, since it was only an isolated incident, as far as I know. But it was nonetheless disturbing. While checking email on the weekend I heard from a client in Washington who had arranged a meeting. One participant was ill and had to...
by Ned S. Levi | Oct 15, 2008
You’ve probably heard about the Travelers’ Privacy Protection Act of 2008, a proposed new law that would prevent customs agents from confiscating your laptop computer at the border. But what does the law actually say? In a post earlier this month, my colleague...
