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TSA Got Everything It Wanted For Christmas
- ORioN63 15y agoWhile we're at it, don't forget the new NDAA, that allows any American to be arrested for as long as the authorities please... http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detention_bill/singleton/ http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detent...
- Irfaan 15y ago$7.8 billion is the total budget. The increase was a more modest $153 million. I'm all for hating on the TSA. I'm just a stickler for accurate hating. :P
- redthrowaway 15y agoWho needs 40,000 teachers? We've got 250 pinch-to-zoom'd microwaves...
- gcb 15y agosorry about that, got the numbers from /.'s summary. should have know better.
- drivebyacct2 15y agoI hate the TSA, I hate NDAA. They're a sick stain on America, they're a mockery of pre-9/11 America, and they're an insult to the tragedy and victims. That having been said, I'm kinda tired of seeing them on HN, much as I'm shocked that GoDaddy keeps hitting the frontpage one or more times a day for, what, a week now? Really? Really? I understand disagreeing, but I'm so out of line for saying that NDAA/TSA has nothing to do with Hacker News that I'm actually downvoted for it?
- redthrowaway 15y agoHN's gotten big. As bizarre as it seems, proggit is now probably a better place for hacker stuff, with a higher quality of discussion, as well.
- mml 15y agoAh, a fine, growing, young security apparatus. The worst is yet to come. Some day, they'll be in charge of the Internet for no apparent reason.
- gcb 15y agowould using something like socialflights.com avoid all this hassle?
- gcb 15y agoironically, when i choose between a job in Europe or one in the USA, i considered a lot the fleeing freedoms here and in particular the hassle of international flights (since my family would be in another country and all). ended up convincing myself that the way the TSA was couldn't get any worse :( that was before the body scanners
- wkdown 15y agoTime to start taking Amtrak