Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Paul Ferguson
-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

Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
I just LOVE this part of the story: Officers are trained to identify fraudulent documents, which can potentially deter and detect individuals attempting to circumvent this layer of security, TSA spokesman Ross Feinstein said in a statement to USA Today Network... Oh really? They're

Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
Sorry, this guy is supposedly a trained professional he's not most people he should have known that DC issues their own license... At the very least, this trained professional did question a license he didn't recognize, so at least he was following protocol... I'll give him credit for

Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Jeffrey Walton
Aren't TSA workers supposed to have a fucking clue? Maybe it was wishful thinking DC started as a swamp on the Potomac. Maybe he was hoping it swallowed all the assholes in Washington and reverted back to the swamp ;) Jeff On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)

Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
Sorry Bill, but if you're living in a country, ANY country, you better damn well know what that country's capitol is... Aren't TSA workers supposed to have at least a High School education? Aren't TSA workers supposed to be citizens of the US? ARen't TSA workers supposed to receive training

Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:29:16 -0400, Jeffrey Walton said: Potomac. Maybe he was hoping it swallowed all the assholes in Washington and reverted back to the swamp ;) And you thought the marshes near Chernobyl were a toxic waste site. pgpY1NTTq24H0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Bill Terwilliger
The average TSA worker earns $12-$17/hour. In Florida, where this guy was from, he was probably closer to the $12 end of the scale. This agent is probably in his early 20s and is only making slightly more than someone working at a fast food restaurant. That is about as “most people” as you

Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 The average TSA worker earns $12-$17/hour. And you get what you pay for. - - ferg On 7/18/2014 9:28 AM, Bill Terwilliger wrote: The average TSA worker earns $12-$17/hour. In Florida, where this guy was from, he was probably closer to the

Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
Regardless of how much or how little this TSA Agent makes... I could care less if he works for $1 an hour or if he makes $100k a year it has zero bearing to this conversation... he is still airport police and should at the very least know that the District of Columbia is the capitol of

Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah
OK, so is *this* guy genuinely fake, or do they just not want to admit how often their agents are drunk? http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Fake-screener-probes- passengers-at-SFO-5626732.php == (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rsl...@vcn.bc.ca

Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Ned Fleming
On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:16:00 +, Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec) michael.blanch...@emc.com wrote: Regardless of how much or how little this TSA Agent makes... I could care less if he works for $1 an hour or if he makes $100k a year it has zero bearing to this conversation... he is still

Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

2014-07-18 Thread Steve Pirk
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah rmsl...@shaw.ca wrote: OK, so is *this* guy genuinely fake, or do they just not want to admit how often their agents are drunk?