We can't keep weapons out of prisons; we can't possibly expect to keep them out of airports.

Given the credible estimate that we've spent $1 trillion on anti-terrorism security

The more we expect technology to protect us from people in the same way it protects us from nature, the more we will sacrifice the very values of our society in futile attempts to achieve this security.

Surveillance of power is one of the most important ways to ensure that power does not abuse its status. But, of course, power does not like to be watched.

Why is it that we all - myself included - believe these stories? Why are we so quick to assume that the TSA is a bunch of jack-booted thugs, officious and arbitrary and drunk with power? It's because everything seems so arbitrary, because there's no accountability or transparency in the DHS.

I tell people: if it's in the news, don't worry about it, because by definition, news is something that almost never happens.

Choosing providers is not a choice between surveillance/not; it's just choosing which feudal lord gets to spy on you.