I just want my Mr. Fusion...

I have a sanitation droid to do it for me...

If this policy is to continue, I would hope that all TSA screeners would have to undergo the same level and detail of background checks as are required for any other person who works with young children (ie. teachers and so on). I doubt their current checks cover this, and it would at least set one baseline. It would also help if the TSA agents were required to be screened via pat-down by an independent security agency (maybe local law enforcement) before starting a shift - the extra costs for the local agency could come from the TSA budget.

I'm also wondering what their response would be if you requested that a sworn law enforcement official conduct any invasive searches of your person. They seem to have the option of pressing civil charges if you decline to be searched in any way, but opting to have the search conducted by someone who is more likely to be professional about it and actually be trained properly would seem to be a viable option and they shouldn't be able to decline you access to the facility for this request.

The Route of Ages?

The ammunition mentioned in this article was listed on the ship's manifest and has been known about since the ship sailed. This isn't a surprise and has been (as usual) been taken without the proper context and sensationalized by the Daily Mail (which specializes in doing this kind of article).

If non-small arms materiel had been found then it would have been interesting - various other cargo items do appear to potentially be war materiel but those have not yet been located.

Splitter!

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...

Nobody will take my organs or blood even if I offered - living in the UK and various parts of Africa for extended periods means I've been exposed to enough things that none of the donor agencies will even consider it...

It's not a perfect analogy, but it does fit a little better ie.

Email - most employees won't have direct access to it, but the ISP can shut down your access...

Safe deposit box - user's key is required, but you still need to get into the bank vault or some similar room...

What's really funny is that you can just take an empty bottle through and fill it at any of the drinking fountains etc. that are past security. BUT - if you have a couple of drops left in the bottom of that empty bottle, then apparently it becomes a security risk and you will be required to "voluntarily surrender" it...

Another article now says that he dropped it down the stairs...

And that he refused to send the unit to Apple for examination unless they sent someone to his house to collect it.

Does immediate control mean attached, reachable from my desk or simply available to me for use if I get up and look?

2 drives attached, upwards of 10 from where I'm sitting and 20-30 easily if I include all of the thumb drives and old ipods (in a box for parts as they have dead screens/batteries but still work as drives) around my desk/office.

sorry - SomeBODY else's problem field.