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Re: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested
From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:44:14 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:25:14 +0100 (BST) From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> To: Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> Subject: Re: [funsec] Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Cc: funsec () linuxbox org On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Fergie wrote:This is... priceless. Via 27B Stroke 6. [snip] Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wants the federal government to arrest security researcher Christopher Soghoian for creating the Northwest Airline Boarding Pass Generator, a site which lets anyone create a facsimile of a Northwest Airlines boarding pass. Soghoian hoped to spur Congress to look closely at the nation's aviation security policies, which he calls "security theater." Instead, Markey, a member of the House Homeland Security committee, wants the site shut down and Soghoian arrested. "The Bush Administration must immediately act to investigate, apprehend those responsible, shut down the website, and warn airlines and aviation security officials to be on the look-out for fraudsters or terrorists trying to use fake boarding passes in an attempt to cheat their way through security and onto a plane," Markey said in a statement. "There are enough loopholes at the backdoor of our passenger airplanes from not scanning cargo for bombs;Oh? I didnt know that. Wouldn't it be a good idea to start doing that? By the way, was it wise of the House Homeland Security committee to reveal this information?
Of *COURSE* it was wise to reveal this info! They need to be seen DOING *SOMETHING*. I mean, it *IS* Theatre, is it not? (Theatre being defined as "the willing suspension of disbelief") ------------------------------------------------------------------- I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." - Benjamin Franklin "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Fergie (Oct 27)
- Re: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Drsolly (Oct 27)
- Re: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Nick FitzGerald (Oct 27)
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- Re: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Gregory Hicks (Oct 27)
- Re: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Drsolly (Oct 27)
- RE: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Larry Seltzer (Oct 27)
- RE: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Nick FitzGerald (Oct 27)
- RE: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Larry Seltzer (Oct 28)
- Re: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Kevin Johnson (Oct 28)
- Re: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Dude VanWinkle (Oct 28)
- RE: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Larry Seltzer (Oct 28)
- Re: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Dude VanWinkle (Oct 28)
- Re: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Drsolly (Oct 27)
- Re: Congressman Ed Markey Wants Security Researcher Arrested Dude VanWinkle (Oct 27)