-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 "And it's not the first time. USA Today reports that, according to the Washington Post, a woman flying out of Phoenix in February that her D.C. driver's license was not acceptable, and asked her to show a passport. She was also allowed to board after asking to speak to a supervisor."
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=fc479042-6939-47a7-b4d9-9624ad70daf2 'Murica! *sigh* - - ferg On 7/17/2014 8:47 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 23:23:37 -0400, Bill Terwilliger said: > >> The comment about smart people being involved is a bit >> presumptive. Geography knowledge may or may not be an indicator >> of intelligence but I somehow doubt that lack of it is an >> indicator of stupidity. > > OK. I admit *I* don't know what a DC driver's license looks like > either. > > But give me a *break*: > > When Gray handed the man his driver's license the agent demanded to > see Gray's passport. Gray told the agent he wasn't carrying his > passport and asked why he needed it. The agent said he didn't > recognize the license. Gray said he asked the agent if he knew what > the District of Columbia is, and after a brief conversation Gray > realized the man did not know. > > OK? The TSA guy *did not understand that DC is part of the US*. > > Which means the TSA's vetting process for employees is so weak that > they'll hire *people who don't know where the fuck the capital of > their own country is*. > > Now think *real* hard - would *you* hire a security guard who > didn't even understand that Washington DC is our nation's capital? > > > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc > security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec > is a public and open mailing list. > - -- Paul Ferguson VP Threat Intelligence, IID PGP Public Key ID: 0x54DC85B2 Key fingerprint: 19EC 2945 FEE8 D6C8 58A1 CE53 2896 AC75 54DC 85B2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlPJH2QACgkQKJasdVTchbJ7SgEAzNtwSFRn853bbCNwAwdGm9PH B7bR1ybx1Spgdbtp3tgBANNJ/2NeX6P4h8nkf+ruCxD8Sd0Hc6s0ningxlZxdpZQ =n6TW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
