KH:

We do not publicize how often the no-fly system stops people you would not want on your flight. Several times a week would low-ball it.

Almost 20,000 False Positives:

The Justice Department's proposed budget for 2008 reveals for the first time how often names match against the database, reporting that there were 19,967 "positive matches" in 2006.

19,967 / 52 = 383.9
What that really translates to approximately 350 people per week inconvenienced. If they were arrested, deported, or their plot foiled we would of heard about it in the news.

But remeber what KH said about why they use the no-fly list:

Because it works.

Schneier on Security: Conversation with Kip Hawley, TSA Administrator (Part 3)

U.S. Customs needs a 24/7 process where their agents can escallate a disagreement to someone who is not a complete fucking moron.

Policies like this are only hurting the digilantis' out there and other security professionals like Halvar.

Digilanti
n. Combining digerati expertise with vigilante initiative, the digilanti anonymously police the Internet, exposing scams and fighting spam in the interest of making the Web safe without government intervention.

Hopefully some better policies come out of the EU discussion on cyber-crime.

Because what Germany is doing would be comparable to a U.S. State banning guns. "Guns don't kill people; people kill people"

I say "Hacker tools don't hack systems; hackers hack systems."

Halvar Flake tossed by U.S. Customs on way to BlackHat

We've all been whining about the "corruption" of government forever. We all should be whining about the corruption of professions too. But rather than whining, I want to work on this problem that I've come to believe is the most important problem in making government work.

How does Finland do it?

It is interesting that the name of the Berlin agency that ranks perceived corruption of countries is called "Transparency International".

I also think it is interesting that the trend of transparency in professional organizations seems to be leading to a decrease in perceived corruption.

From Wired 15.04 cover story:

Smart companies are sharing secrets with rivals, blogging about products in their pipeline, even admitting to their failures. The name of this new game is RADICAL TRANSPARENCY, and it's sweeping boardrooms across the nation.

See... even Michael Scott gets it.

Is the key to eliminating corruption being transparent?