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kansas Birtherism for everyone: Kansas woman told birth certificate can't be used for passport renewal Cory Doctorow

corruption CBP officer refuses to allow American journalist into the country until he admits he writes "propaganda" Cory Doctorow
uk UK visitors wait 2.5 hours to get through immigration at Heathrow Cory Doctorow
News TSA to require some electronics out of bags at 10 U.S. airports starting Memorial Day weekend Xeni Jardin
politics Kim Jong-Un's half-brother assassinated in Malaysia Rob Beschizza
law Federal judge orders emergency injunction and restraining order ending Trump's #muslimban Cory Doctorow
racism Leslie Jones hack investigated by federal agents Xeni Jardin
privacy TSA threatens to stop accepting driver's licenses from nine states as of Jan 10 Cory Doctorow
crime US Passport Agency contractors harvested Americans' data for identity theft Cory Doctorow
uk NSA facial recognition: combining national ID cards, Internet intercepts, and commercial facial databases for millions of people Cory Doctorow
surveillance Edward Snowden's open letter to the people of Brazil, offering help in rooting out NSA spying in exchange for asylum Cory Doctorow
nsa Obama to pressure Putin to give up Snowden; White House says he's "not a dissident" Xeni Jardin
nsa Snowden accepts Venezuela's offer of asylum, tweets (then deletes) senior Russian politician Xeni Jardin
nsa NSA leaker Edward Snowden asks Russia for asylum, issues statement via Wikileaks Xeni Jardin
science fiction Surfaces – a short story for a thesis on border security Madeline Ashby
travel Air Space – a trip through an airport detention center Jacob Appelbaum
Gadgets FareBot: an Android transit-card sniffer Cory Doctorow
Civlib TSA adds 16,500 people to terror watchlist for forgetting ID, then reconsiders Cory Doctorow
"Fakeproof" e-passport is cloned in minutes Mark Frauenfelder
Civlib State Department makes bank by outsourcing passport production to dodgy overseas contractors Cory Doctorow