Tag: security
House Moves to Boost Security, Keep Out Guns
“The House took an unprecedented step Tuesday night, voting to levy hefty fines against colleagues who bypass the recently installed metal detectors that surround the chamber. The reason is simple but speaks to the new reality: lawmakers are afraid of being injured, or worse, by colleagues trying to sneak weapons on to the House floor.”
— Politico
The Insecure Six
Maybe it’s because they frequent seedy discotheques,
Or maybe it’s because they prefer kinky sex.
Maybe it’s the weekend blow,
But chances are, we’ll never know
Why six White House staffers failed background checks.
Six White House Staffers Fail Background Checks
6
Number of White House staffers who “were dismissed Thursday morning after failing FBI background checks, according to sources familiar with the matter,” Politico reports.
Trump’s Business Could Present an Array of Security Challenges, Conflicts of Interest
A close examination by Newsweek of the Trump Organization, including confidential interviews with business executives and some of its international partners, reveals an enterprise with deep ties to global financiers, foreign politicians and even criminals, although there is no evidence the Trump Organization has engaged in any illegal activities. It also reveals a web of contractual entanglements that could not be just canceled. If Trump moves into the White House and his family continues to receive any benefit from the company, during or even after his presidency, almost every foreign policy decision he makes will raise serious conflicts of interest and ethical quagmires.
I See I Saw
Electric scanners are TSA’s great hope
For detecting guns, bombs and dope.
While screeners insist
They’ve no prurient interests,
Why do they call it a nude-o-scope?
The TSA Tickle
Nine years ago, who woulda thunk
That airport security would be such bunk.
Well, let me give you the low-down,
When it comes to the pat-down —
Hey man, don’t touch my junk!