Bruce Schneier has done it again--he's delivered a concise, perfect-pitch summary of national security. See HERE for full article. My favorite part is below:
By not overreacting, by not responding to movie-plot threats, and by not becoming defensive, we demonstrate the resilience of our society, in our laws, our culture, our freedoms. There is a difference between indomitability and arrogant "bring 'em on" rhetoric. There's a difference between accepting the inherent risk that comes with a free and open society, and hyping the threats.
Oh, the genius. In a perfect world, Mr. Schneier would be in charge of the TSA.
"And if an epitaph be my story, I'd have a short one ready for my own: I had a lover's quarrel with the world." -- Robert Frost
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Friday, January 1, 2010
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Government in Action
I don't know how I missed this tragically funny story about American immigration agents spreading the love, Homeland Security-style:
http://www.startribune.com/local/11592171.html
Erkki Maattanen, a filmmaker for Finnish Public Television who accompanied the musicians on the September trip, said his questioners seemed to think the entourage was smuggling drugs or intending to work without a permit. "I kept trying to tell them why we were here, but they'd just yell, 'Shut up!"' he said.
Ladies and gentlemen, your taxpayer dollars are hard at work.
Hat tip to http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/
http://www.startribune.com/local/11592171.html
Erkki Maattanen, a filmmaker for Finnish Public Television who accompanied the musicians on the September trip, said his questioners seemed to think the entourage was smuggling drugs or intending to work without a permit. "I kept trying to tell them why we were here, but they'd just yell, 'Shut up!"' he said.
Ladies and gentlemen, your taxpayer dollars are hard at work.
Hat tip to http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/
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