Tuesday, May 23, 2006

El Al Doesn't Trust the TSA. They want to do security themselves at Newark Airport, as they already do at four other U.S. airports. No other airline has such an arrangement with U.S. officials, authorities acknowledged. At the four other airports, El Al has installed its own security software at bomb-detection machines, which authorities said is more sensitive than that used by American carriers. [Schneier on Security] I don't trust the Terrorist Safety Administration either, in part because they don't allow me to do security myself. 2:57:34 PM    comment () trackback () Some Good News. Although it should never have gotten this far in the first place. Erie pain specialist Dr. Paul Heberle has been acquitted on 26 chages related to the prescribing of opioids. This case happened to showcase some particularly nasty behavior by the prosecution, including seizing the medical records of patients and not returning them until they made statements against Dr. Heberle. After Heberle's arrest, five desperate pain patients apparently attempted suicide, and one succeeded. Press release from the Pain Relief Network after the break. Continued reading Some Good News... TrackBack (0) | [The Agitator] While that is good news, I'm quite certain that the Feds will ban Dr. Heberle from writing prescriptions, thus ending his career and guaranteeing the suffering of his patients. Thus, even though they didn't put him in jail the Gestapo still wins in the end. 10:03:24 AM    comment () trackback ()

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