A UPS driver entered a Sikh man’s name as TERRORIST on its online package-tracking database. The man’s family discovered the epithet when they searched for a package UPS failed to deliver.
Pentagon Looking To Invent "Kill Switch" For Airplanes
By June 13, 2008
It has been nearly 7 years since 9/11 and the government is still pulling ideas out of its ass to help keep us safe. Wired reports that in a request for proposals issued this week, the Pentagon announced that they are looking for ways to “safely divert an aircraft in the air or stop and/or disable an aircraft on the ground,” i.e., a kill switch. More, inside…
The Software Banks Use To Flag Ordinary Customers As Terrorists
By April 24, 2007
The Electronic Payments Network, a private-sector automated clearing house, has an online demo showing how an institution can scan transactions for possible terrorists based on those free, public, and error-ridden text files.
How Banks Flag Ordinary Customers As Terrorists
By April 10, 2007
The Washington Post has an article, “Ordinary Customers Flagged as Terrorists,” describing how the Office of Foreign Asset Control maintains a list of potential terrorist suspects, and how everyday citizens can wind up on it.
United Airlines Says Don't Bring Wine On The Plane If Your Name Sounds Terroristy
By February 15, 2007
hasan: flight is code-shared with United Airlines, CSR at United Airlines hung up on me
How Banks Freeze Terrorist Founds With A Free, Public, .TXT
By January 13, 2007
A text file. That’s what banks use to freeze the assets of terrorists, drug traffickers, and nuclear weapons dealers. A dot txt downloadable from the U.S. Treasury website.
Self-Check Kiosks Pose Airline Safety Threat
By September 28, 2006
Having conquered the imminent threat of self-immolating shampoo, airline safety has returned to “iron-clad” status. Yeah right, all the terrorist need is a credit card with the same as someone flying that day. Using such a card, one can print a boarding pass and get on the aircraft. Creating the card would require access to a credit card writer, which hasn’t proved an obstacle for numerous identity thieves and ATM hackers.
Sierra Mist Ad Develops New Meaning Post 8/10
By August 11, 2006
Jonathan Cowperthwait points us to a Sierra Mist commercial set in an airport security line. Our wild guesstimate is that it won’t be seen on TV anymore, strange prescience aside.
Silver Lining In JuiceyJuice Patdowns And Airport Delays
By August 11, 2006
• But that’s a good thing because with the ban on onboard personal care products and cleansers, “The Great Unwashed” becomes a metaphor made flesh.
Terrorists! Apply Directly to the Forehead!
By August 11, 2006
Sometimes an issue is too big for words, so then if a picture is worth a thousand of ‘em, this image by reader Matt is worth like a million bucks.
Airport X-Rays Don’t Intercept Knives, Bombs, or Guns
By March 23, 2006
Ever wonder why not?
