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

2014-07-27 Thread Randal T. Rioux
On 7/17/2014 2:45 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah wrote: http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/orlando-tsa-agents-getting-geography- refresher/ngfmH/ Those of us who live outside the US know that a fairly high proportion of Murricans don't know anything about TROW (the rest of

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)
Coslin Drive Southboro, MA 01772 -Original Message- From: funsec [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 9:22 AM To: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu Cc: funsec@linuxbox.org; rmsl...@shaw.ca Subject: Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

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

2014-07-18 Thread Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
18, 2014 12:57 AM To: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu Cc: funsec@linuxbox.org; rmsl...@shaw.ca Subject: Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA The guy reporting this is the same guy trying to make a big deal about it. He has a vested interest in making the guy sound as dumb as possible

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)
] On Behalf Of Bill Terwilliger Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 11:24 PM To: rmsl...@shaw.ca Cc: funsec@linuxbox.org Subject: Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA Am I the only person who thinks that this news anchor is making a mountain out of a molehill? It seems reasonable that a low level

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)
(InfoSec) Cc: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu; funsec@linuxbox.org; rmsl...@shaw.ca Subject: Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA 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

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?

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

2014-07-17 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/orlando-tsa-agents-getting-geography- refresher/ngfmH/ Those of us who live outside the US know that a fairly high proportion of Murricans don't know anything about TROW (the rest of the world), but we did sort of assume that they did know about Washington,

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

2014-07-17 Thread Bill Terwilliger
Am I the only person who thinks that this news anchor is making a mountain out of a molehill? It seems reasonable that a low level TSA person (or possibly a new TSA employee) might not know that DC issues their own licenses. And then when the agent wasn’t sure about the situation, he first

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

2014-07-17 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
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

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

2014-07-17 Thread Bill Terwilliger
The guy reporting this is the same guy trying to make a big deal about it. He has a vested interest in making the guy sound as dumb as possible otherwise he has no story. The reporter is the only “source in the report and there is no direct evidence that the TSA agent didn’t know the capital