Tag Archives for homeland security

Deploying Our Own Screeners

Its an idea I’ve been throwing around since ’04. Deploying our own security screeners using assets already in place – RSO’s. Instead of concentrating on embassies, get these guys to apply those same stringent methodologies to the air transportation system. … Continue reading

26. December 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Idea: TSA Focused Flashmob

So, because you can’t stand up and have to have your lap clear for the last hour of flights, you need something to do. May as well generate a flashmob. Option One. Coordinate with a wide variety of people traveling … Continue reading

26. December 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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TSA = Laughable Security

When a group of senior executives and myself saw the coverage of the recent flaming-pants-terror-attack on TV, their first response was “Ugh. They’re going to take away our carry ons.” On further discussion, they predicted what the TSA would do, almost … Continue reading

26. December 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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NYPD Should Absorb DHS

Take Sullivan from LA Sheriff’s, the senior ex-CIA types from NYPD, and throw them around as Undersecretaries at DHS. Full firing/hiring authority, sit back, and watch the fireworks. Of course, gutting the Soviet-esque structure and throwing the fat to communities … Continue reading

14. December 2008 by Shlok Vaidya
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