By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In the latest embarrassment for the embattled Secret Service, a 4-year-old managed to breach the White House fence in broad daylight Sunday, forcing a lockdown. The Weekly Standard reports that an unidentified child climbed under the fence. “4 year old child climbed under temporary bike rack along PA Ave. Child was…
By Jason Edward Harrington The Week My pained relationship with government security started in 2007. I needed a job to help pay my way through college in Chicago, and the Transportation Security Administration’s callback, for a job as a security officer at O’Hare International Airport, was the first one I received. It was just a temporary…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Airport and airline employees will soon face tougher security measures being implemented by the TSA, CBS New York reports. Homeland Security made the announcement just weeks after a gun-smuggling operation in which a bag handler and ramp agent were involved. Among the potential security measures could be airline-employee screenings, additional TSA…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents investigating the cyberattack on Sony Pictures were brief Monday on an alternative theory that points the finger at disgruntled, laid-off staff – not North Korea – as the culprits of the devastating hack, Politico reports. Security firm Norse provided the information and said the U.S. jumped the gun by blaming…
USA Today By Editorial Board Holiday air travel seems to get more unpleasant with each passing year, especially if you’re flying coach. Planes are packed. Seats are cramped. Overhead bins are overloaded. Free meals are non-existent. But one part of the airport experience has been improving, and — believe it or not — it’s the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of guns seized at airport security checkpoints has increased for the third straight year, Skift reports. Security already discovered more guns this year than it found all of last year. The number of guns reached more than 1,813, which is how many guns were discovered in 2013. In 2012,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Travelers flying to the U.S. on Western passports will face increased screenings as Homeland Security officials express concern about European Islamic militants trying to launch attacks, the Los Angeles Times reports. The idea is to “to learn more about travelers from countries from whom we do not require a visa,” Homeland…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is considering using futuristic dog collars to improve security at the border, Nextgov.com reports. “The U.S. government is exploring the possibility of outfitting its border-protecting canines with futuristic collars that can, for example, translate a dog’s stress level through its bark and relay that data in real-time to a…
