Daily Links: 07/15/17 – Report shows TSA is 94% useless

David Slater

Homeland Security plans to make Minority Report-style ubiquitous face scanners a reality.
Meanwhile, a DHS report concludes: The TSA lets 94% of contraband slip through.
PETA’s latest victory: Bankrupting a wildlife photographer^[pictured] after years of dragging him through the courts over terminally stupid “monkey selfie” copyright battle. Go animal rights!
Hateful group of haters that wants to criminalize everything LGBTQ-related hates being called a hate group.
And finally, Trump White House applauds itself for belatedly letting in Afghan girls robotics team that his travel ban blocked from entering the US in the first place.
(via @BadAstronomer)

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