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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Patrick, I can't quite top the butter knife story, but did hear a good line about why TSA officials believe such rules are necessary.
A friend of mine is also a pilot for a major airline. A few years ago, he went through security checkpoint at a US airport. They stopped him because he was carrying a wine bottle opener. Told him it wasn't allowed. When he asked why, they said it was because he could use it to seize control of the plane. He responded "that's going to be a problem, because I am going to be in control of the plane". In the end, he had to give up the bottle opener.
Okay, he's a first officer, but you get the idea. According to the TSA, Pilots need to be searched because they could take command of airplanes.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
