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  • Bush protects the wrong people, and TSA doesn't protect anybody

    Two (mostly) unrelated stories caught my eye today; both have to do with protecting the wrong interests. First, President Bush has refused to sign a defense spending bill; his reasons were curious: And then Friday, with no warning, a vacationing Bush announced he will veto a sweeping military policy bill because of an obscure provision that ...
    Posted to Russ McBee (Weblog) by RussMcBee on December 29, 2007
  • Today's episode of "Security Theater"

    As a consequence of post-9/11 fear mongering, we ended up with a new law that requires Americans traveling to Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean to present a passport when re-entering the country. Lawmakers insisted that the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), part of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, would ...
    Posted to Russ McBee (Weblog) by RussMcBee on June 8, 2007
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