Government warns travelers of laptop threat in secret document
Turns out the Department of Homeland Security isn’t the only agency confiscating traveler’s laptops. Foreign governments are targeting the PCs of US corporate and government personnel traveling abroad, according to a secret document released last week. And it’s about to get worse.
Border control departing the USA — do we need it?
A debate is raging over whether exit controls are necessary for foreigners visiting the USA and even more importantly, who will will pay for establishing these exit control mechanisms — the airlines or the government.
Uh-oh! Big Brother just got bigger
Last summer I warned America should be concerned with new homeland security regulations because they were creating a secret watch list of passenger information. Now, with these new regulations vetted and barely protested, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is starting to do what it promised: share the data with other governments.
All states pay allegiance to Real ID
Maine is the last state to be granted a waiver for the implementation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Real ID program. Maine’s drivers licenses currently require no proof of residency or a check on immigration status.
If nothing changes, drivers from ME, MT, NH & SC can’t fly
The Department and Homeland Security (DHS) and these states are playing a game of bureaucratic chicken. DHS laid down the law. Most states have complied or applied for legal waivers. These four have not. Come May 11, there may be a big problem.
Real ID will strike 4 states soon
If four states — Maine, Montana, New Hampshire and South Carolina — don’t have a Real ID system mandated by our Senators and Congressmen, in place in three months, their citizens will not be able to board airplanes.