"They missed a whole bomb in my bag," says woman as she's patted down by TSA

"Whole time they missed a whole bomb in my bag," said Dorion Young Davis, 26, as TSA agents patted her down at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Tuesday.

Apparently, Davis was "joking," she didn't really have a bomb, but TSA weren't laughing. — Read the rest

Pentagon employees ignore security protocols to download all kinds of dodgy apps on their government-issued phones

A new Department of Defense investigation revealed that Pentagon employees are ignoring security protocols to download a variety of verboten apps for dating, Chinese drones, cryptocurrency, multi-level marketing schemes, and (gulp) potentially-dodgy VPNs. The audit of government-issued devices showed all kinds of cybersecurity risks, not to mention "potentially inappropriate content." — Read the rest

A comic book history of the Pinkerton Agency

Over at The Nib, Sam Wallman has created an illustrated history of the Pinkerton Agency — the original "private eyes," a nearly 200-year-old American corporation that essentially pioneered the privatization of domestic military intelligent services, most often weaponized against the working class. — Read the rest