[!CrackMonkey!] Canadia issues travel advisory; don't go to the US

[Not Erik]

On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 04:01:36PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Casually suspending the writ of habeas corpus and holding people for
> indefinite terms in secret without charges is not "leeway to do a couple
> of not-very-cool things".  And there's not even been any showing of
> _benefit_ from that.

My knowledge of the law is very little.  I assume foreign nationals in
a state of war or whatever are entitled to hear what they're being
held on.

But in the scale of shitty things governments can do, I'll say it's on
the small side.

> Meanwhile, the Feds completely _ignore_ qualified experts on relevant
> fields such as computer security, while pursuing clueless pork-barrel
> projects like facial-recognition programs in airports.  Look up what
> Bruce Schneier has to say on the complete failure of the Feds to apply
> common sense to such questions.

Computer security: you're right.
Facial recognition: you're right.
Bruce Schneier: he's generally right.

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