According to An Airport Screening Program Is Killed, the government is scrapping the airport “puffers” that were supposed to suck in air from your body and analyze for minute traces of Bad Things.
Seems they cost too much, don't really work, and break down all the time.
Obama has been President more than 100 days. Why do I still have to take my shoes off at the airport?
Cf. This interview with Bruce Shneier, Safe But Also Sorry from which I learn that the War on Shampoo will be over soon
Now that Navy forces have rescued Richard Phillips and killed three Somali pirates, President Obama's military accomplishments exceed those of Ronald Reagan.
RISKS Digest, Wikileaks cracks key NATO document on Afghan war
Wikileaks has cracked the encryption a key NATO document relating to the war in Afghanistan. The document, titled “NATO in Afghanistan: Master Narrative”, details the key facts and themes NATO representatives are to give—and to avoid giving—to the world press.
Among the revelations … is Jordan's presence as secret member of the US lead occupation force.
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The password is “progress”, which perhaps reflects the Pentagon's desire to stay on-message, even to itself.
Wikileaks identified four other documents on the Pentagon web site with the same password.
Remember: strong crypto isn't much use if you have a weak passphrase.
Chris Soghoian's Obama's BlackBerry brings personal safety risks is a fine example of the inspired paranoia of the true security professional.
And, you know…
Via rc3.org, a pointer to Slate's The Letter of Last Resort, an interesting and somewhat spooky meditation on the British approach to nuclear mutual assured destruction.
Bonus: Stephen I. Schwartz, editor of the Nonproliferation Review at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and Deepti Choubey, deputy director of the nonproliferation program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Nuclear Security Spending: Assessing Costs, Examining Priorities. (Via Kos)
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