Saturday, May 18, 2013

5-11 Campaign wraps operations


TWIC port card pilot program on the ropes

c/o HSToday.us

"Data collected by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) during a pilot for readers of transportation worker identification cards is so bad that Congress should ignore it and order a new security assessment of the project, congressional investigators have reported." 
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Creative Ways to Beat the Developing Global Surveillance State

"Surveillance takes far more from the people than it gives."

Louisiana Senate plies Real ID license language in Public Safety bill HB 395

c/o WLOX (AP reports)

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana driver's licenses would be used to comply with federal law requiring each state to create a national identification card for air travel, including domestic flights, under a proposal inserted Wednesday into a House bill by the Senate Transportation Committee
Senators added that language into a separate measure by Rep. Johnny Guinn, R-Jennings. If approved by lawmakers, the provision would reverse a state stance since 2008 rejecting the added security requirement as too intrusive.