Category Archives: security theater

the danger of secrecy

Posted on Thursday, 2004 June 03 by Anton

Feel safe yet?

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if it works for Mugabe

Posted on Friday, 2003 December 26 by Anton

Good grief: U.S. immigration authorities are detaining foreign correspondents on grounds they have not obtained special visas . . . True, there is a law stipulating a special visa for journalists, but few have ever heard of it and it is seldom … Continue reading →

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DIY policing

Posted on Monday, 2003 December 15 by Anton

Riverbend posted in August on the Iraqi populace’s response to chaos: For a while, the men in certain areas began arranging ‘lookouts’. They would gather, every 6 or 7 guys, in a street, armed with Klashnikovs, and watch out for … Continue reading →

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the swarthy Canadian menace, II

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 08 by Anton

A year ago Maher Arar, a citizen of Canada, was arrested at a New York airport on his way home, and deported to Syria. I suspected he’d never be seen again, but he is now back in Canada, much the … Continue reading →

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thoughtcrime

Posted on Saturday, 2003 August 16 by Anton

In Oklahoma, a teenager has been charged with the felony of “planning to cause serious bodily harm or death to another” because he wrote a presumably fictional script for a terrorist strike at a school. He did not show his … Continue reading →

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and he’s an expert

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 July 15 by Anton

Unsurprisingly, Bruce Schneier (who travels much more than I do) is also fed up at having drones demand his documents at every turn in the name of “security”.

Category Archives: security theater

the danger of secrecy

if it works for Mugabe

DIY policing

the swarthy Canadian menace, II

thoughtcrime

and he’s an expert

justice is a luxury?

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