Category: National Security

Bad When Nixon did it, Good Now?

In the futile, yet immortal, words of Nancy Reagan, just say no.  You say, “I’m not important.” My response, “Then why do they collect? “ You say, “I’m not interesting?” My response, “Thinks you.”  You say, “I’m not a threat.”  My response, “Define threat.”  You say, “This isn’t true.”  My response, “Cannot help you there.  Stupid…

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Snake Oil, Half Truths, the TSA, Gullible Citizens and 2 Million People Who Didn’t Try to Kill You Today

Remember when one used to be able to see their friends and family off to the airport, up to and including the departure gate?  I do.  Countless times we’d drive up as a family to see dad off on TDY.  We used to hang around to verify the flight actually left because on at least…

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NSA + Obama (Bush) + Apologists = Privacy Rape

62% of Americans do not mind rape of their privacy.  http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-06-11/news/39899528_1_pew-research-centre-terrorist-attacks-cent-americans One of the smartest IT security professionals on the planet, Bruce Schneirer, writes what I’ve thought since day 1 of this infosec breach.  Snowden will ultimately get the Julian Assange/Bradley Manning treatment.  Not so much because of the laws purportedly broken, but because the…

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