AltWeeklies Wire
To Serve, to Protect and...to Stealnew

If TSA workers steal from the people they are supposed to be protecting, how can they be trusted to keep the nation safe from terrorism?
New York Press |
Spencer Wilking |
05-13-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Medical Marijuana Critic vs. U.S. Customsnew

As it turns out, German shepherds have a pretty fucking good sense of smell.
The New Battle Cry: Don't Touch My Junk!

Will "Don't touch my junk!" be the battle cry of the next American Revolution? You can walk through one of the new "backscatter" body-image X-ray scanners, suck up 2.4 microrems of radiation, or you can choose the pat-down. But think twice. By all accounts, the pat-down procedure is thorough. Extremely thorough.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
11-22-2010 |
Transportation
Everything We Know About Security Is Wrongnew

So says counterterrorism contrarian Bruce Schneier -- and the Transportation Security Administration is listening.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
08-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice