Glenn Hutchinson, Imagine 2050. November 30, 2011.
The students were going to a Conference called “Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Leaders,” but one passenger worried that they could be terrorists and alerted the flight crew.
Patricia J. Williams, The Nation. November 28, 2011.
If the government wants to track us, it has never been easier. The ubiquitous and relatively invisible private collection of data serves as a sort of outsourcing of surveillance.
G.W. Schulz, Center for Investigative Reporting. November 29, 2010.
Colorful comments on the TSA website reveal how many people are unnerved by the seemingly endless tightening of security at airports in the United States.
Conservatives exploited the TSA backlash to promote right-wing ideas. While it's important to highlight their role in the debate, we must keep fighting intrusive security measures.
Michael Collins, Smirking Chimp. November 18, 2010.
How we got to the point of full body scans, the massive personal intrusion that represents, and the tens of millions spent for machines that irradiate us.
What should we expect in a society that requires adults to wear bicycle helmets while pedaling in the park or prints warnings on fast-food coffee cups?
There is no evidence that racial or ethnic profiling decreases terrorism. Instead, it alienates the very constituencies that are needed to prevail against terrorist plots.
Nearly 100,000 passengers were pulled aside by TSA behavior watchers last year, and it remains to be proven whether you can spot terrorists by the looks on their faces.