Grope-a-thon: Today's TSA roundup
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Outrage
- “Adam Savage: TSA saw my junk, missed 12″ razor blades” (Ben Kuchera, Ars Technica with video)
- “DHS & TSA: Making a list, checking it twice” (Doug Hadmann, Canada Free Press) claims that DHS has an internal memo calling those 59% of Americans who oppose pat downs “domestic extremists.” No copies of the memo have emerged as far as I know.
- “How to force a refund when you opt out of groping” (Ed Hasbrouck, Papers Please)
Polls
- Zogby Interactive: 61% Oppose Full Body Scans and TSA Pat Downs; 48% Will Seek Alternative to Flying (Zogby.) USA Today/Gallup found “Most fliers bothered or angered by TSA pat-downs.”
- “TSA wants to hear from you” complaints, suggestions. (Interestingly, there’s nothing between forms 10 & 20 in the URLs. Was the site designed by BASIC programmers?)
Medical:
- “Review of the TSA X-Ray backscatter body scanner safety report” (Jason Bell, molecular biology phd student, UC Davis)
Analysis:
- “The Real Threat to America” (Roger Cohen, New York Times)
- “The TSA is invasive, annoying – and unconstitutional” (Jeffrey Rosen, a law professor at George Washington University, The Washington Post)
- “The Special Assistant for Reality http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703572404575634910388355000.html” (Peggy Noonan, the Wall St. Journal)