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Border Crossing & Hidden Cameras & Podcast 08 Oct 2008 11:12 pm

Bagcam 004: Bad batteries, Bad pies, and TSA gone bad

Show #004 is now available through the feeds or from iTunes.

New bagcam, Shmoocon, Laptop searches at the border, The Pie Lady, and this week’s edition of TSA gone bad: nine ERJs destroyed at ORD. No we can’t make this stuff up!

Direct links: AAC (9.5mb) | MP3 (20mb)

Airport Screening & Border Crossing & Luggage Search 09 Sep 2008 07:50 pm

Liquids on planes, Visa swapping, & fingerprints

In case you thought security snafus were a U.S.-only phenom, here’s a story out of the U.K., also being reported by the New Zealand. Beyond the final conviction for conspiracy to murder which started us all measuring liquids and buying stock in Ziploc(tm), there is now concern about international passengers swapping tickets with a domestic flying accomplice. Should passengers in mixed-use terminals be photographed and/or fingerprinted?

Border Crossing & Luggage Search 01 Aug 2008 09:15 pm

Border Laptop Searches

Here’s one for those entering the US.

Homeland Security extends border laptop seizure rules.