Re: US capitol not in US, according to TSA

["Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)" <michael.blanchard () emc com>]

I just LOVE this part of the story:

".... "Officers are trained to identify fraudulent documents, which can potentially deter and detect individuals 
attempting to circumvent this layer of security," TSA spokesman Ross Feinstein said in a statement to USA Today 
Network..."

Oh really?  They're trained to find fraudulent documents, yet the friggin morons don't know that DC is part of the US?  
Let alone our Capitol????

 I would laugh if I wasn't crying so hard.....

Michael P. Blanchard
Principal Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Cyber Security Services
EMC ² Corporation
32 Coslin Drive
Southboro, MA 01772


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From: funsec [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 9:22 AM
To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org; rmslade () shaw ca
Subject: Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA

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"And it's not the first time. USA Today reports that, according to the
Washington Post, a woman flying out of Phoenix in February that her
D.C. driver's license was not acceptable, and asked her to show a
passport. She was also allowed to board after asking to speak to a
supervisor."

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=fc479042-6939-47a7-b4d9-9624ad70daf2

'Murica!

*sigh*

- - ferg


On 7/17/2014 8:47 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 23:23:37 -0400, Bill Terwilliger said:
>
> > The comment about smart people being involved is a bit
> > presumptive. Geography knowledge may or may not be an indicator
> > of intelligence but I somehow doubt that lack of it is an
> > indicator of stupidity.
>
> OK. I admit *I* don't know what a DC driver's license looks like
> either.
>
> But give me a *break*:
>
> When Gray handed the man his driver's license the agent demanded to
> see Gray's passport. Gray told the agent he wasn't carrying his
> passport and asked why he needed it. The agent said he didn't
> recognize the license. Gray said he asked the agent if he knew what
> the District of Columbia is, and after a brief conversation Gray
> realized the man did not know.
>
> OK?  The TSA guy *did not understand that DC is part of the US*.
>
> Which means the TSA's vetting process for employees is so weak that
> they'll hire *people who don't know where the fuck the capital of
> their own country is*.
>
> Now think *real* hard - would *you* hire a security guard who
> didn't even understand that Washington DC is our nation's capital?
>
>
>
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