Covered at Reason 24/7: TSA Caves to Swiss Army Lobby; Small Knives Allowed Back on Planes
Along with some sports equipment
Security
TSA Will Soon Allow Small Knives Back on Flights
Maybe soon we'll be able to bring on liquids again
Napolitano Blames Long Airport Security Lines on Sequester
What was the excuse before the sequester?
Removed TSA Scanners May End Up in Gov't Office Buildings
Security theater refuses to die
TSA Has Three Main Ways To Punish Passengers Who Opt-Out of Scanners
They make it as unpleasant as possible
Will Newtown Lead to Lockdown High?
The drive toward regimented, Panopticon-style schools won't make students any more secure.
Japan Security Firm to Start Using Surveillance Drones
Will record intrusions or crimes against their clients
A '9/11 For Schools?' Let's Hope Not
A decade of frantic overreaction and wasteful, destructive policies based on the false promise of perfect safety
Hazmat Crew Brought In to Florida High School Over Mercury Thermometer
A student brought in a mercury thermometer for an assignment about the periodic table and the school panicked as if he brought in plutonium
"Everyone in U.S. Under Virtual Surveillance" Says NSA Whistleblower
But it's for our safety, right?
U.K. Plan for Secret Courts Savaged in House of Lords
Inbred aristocrats serve a good purpose after all
Annoying Airport Security Pushes Americans to More-Dangerous Road Trips
The intrusive TSA response is completely out of proportion to the risk
Ore. Senator Blocks Anti-Leak Bill over Free Speech Issues
Fears it would lead to retaliation against whistle-blowers
Jill Kelley Has Requested "Diplomatic Security"
Apparently the socialite must be a diplomat, or her house must be a diplomatic residence, which is news to most of the media
Lady T's Motherly Side Revealed
Thatcher would tidy the rooms of body guards, claims former protection officer
Indian Man Given Life Sentence For Hijack Scare
Jitender Kumar Mohla claimed he had infected needles and a gun onboard a flight in 2009
Former TSA Agent to Be Sentenced in Bribery Case
Took money to allow illegal drugs to pass through security
Man Who Flew to LAX with Weapons in Bag Ordered Held
Had knives, body bags and smoke grenades in checked luggage
Man Carrying Weapons and Bulletproof Vest Arrested at LAX
Was booked on a flight to Boston
TSA Employees Fired for Not Actually Inspecting Bags
Wait ... are we supposed to be upset it happened or upset that it's going to stop?
British Homeowners Can Now Use "Disproportionate Force" Against Intruders
Change in law that previously only allowed "reasonable force"
Sensitive Documents Left in Ruins of Benghazi Mission
These itineraries and personnel documents aren't important or anything, are they?
TSA Hired Priest Defrocked for Allegedly Molesting Girls
Job originally included pat-downs but does not any longer
TSA Under Fire for Neglecting Security in Favor of Law Enforcement
The agency's busts rarely have anything to do with terrorism
TSA Keeps Woman Off Plane Because She Ticks Them Off
She drank her water instead of letting the clowns test it
TSA Letters Detail Hundreds of Groping Complaints
Not that the TSA changed any procedures in response
Plane Called Back to Terminal over Explosives Warning
Flight from Philadelphia to Dallas surrounded by authorities over tip about liquid explosives
TSA Wants To Know What's in Your Cup
Beverage-screening is the final frontier of anti-terrorism
Parents Claim Airline Refused to Allow Down Syndrome Child to Board
They were told the boy was a "security risk" but put him on a later flight
Airport Security Measures May Be Counterproductive, Says RAND
The TSA isn't really on the ball? You don't say ...
Ron Paul's Plane Briefly Detained by TSA
And certainly it has nothing to do with his outspoken criticism of security theater
