http://www.gothamist.com/2004/01/05/if_hot_can_break_the_law.php All comments for If Hot, Can Break The Law en-us 2007 nyc_daveh Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:32:49 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/01/05/if_hot_can_break_the_law.php#comment-14224 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/01/05/if_hot_can_break_the_law.php#comment-14224 Comments Mon, 05 Jan 2004 15:50:52 -0500 <p>Ahh, terrorism prevention. Here in DC we did even better, though. How about the head of TSA security at Dulles International getting pulled over for drunk driving on New Year's Eve when he's supposed to be on duty? I feel safe now. http://dcsob.smorgasblog.com/archives/000238.html</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2004/01/05/if_hot_can_break_the_law.php#comment-14223 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/01/05/if_hot_can_break_the_law.php#comment-14223 Comments Mon, 05 Jan 2004 14:54:42 -0500 <p>The screening is wasteful, and a blatant erosion of the concept of freedom that should be what America symbolizes. Terrorists aren't idiots; they would pass through the system undetected, making the system pointless. The reason why the system is a waste is because there is too much raw data for any system to process. A terrorist would simply have to have a "clean" record and he's basically scot-free after being printed. The fingerprinting is also pissing off other countries (Brazil, anyone?) Monitoring innocent people is lazy intelligence. The Dept of Homeland Security's money should be spent on gathering *real* intelligence, because terrorists are not going to use obvious methods for attack.</p>