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Gun-shy TSA gets critic booted from Congressional panel

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Bruce Schneier, the security expert who coined the term “security theater” to describe the Transportation Security Agency’s airport screening procedures, was uninvited from speaking on a Monday Congressional panel at the insistence of the TSA. In a blog post , Schneier reports that he had been officially scheduled to appear at a hearing sponsored by the House Committee on Oversight and Government… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Ars Technica Discovery Date : 26/03/2012 20:42 Number of articles : 2

Gun-shy TSA gets critic booted from Congressional panel

‘Draw Mohammed Day’ cartoonist goes into hiding / changes identity

You may have noticed that Molly Norris' comic is not in the paper this week. That's because there is no more Molly. The gifted artist is alive and well, thankfully. But on the insistence of top security specialists at the FBI, she is, as they put it, “going ghost”: moving, changing her name, and essentially wiping away her identity. She will no longer be publishing cartoons in our paper or in City Arts magazine, where she has been a regular contributor. She is, in effect, being put into a witness-protection program—except, as she notes, without the government picking up the tab. It's all because of the appalling fatwa issued against her this summer, following her infamous “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” cartoon. Norris views the situation with her customary sense of the world's complexity, and absurdity. When FBI agents, on a recent visit, instructed her to always keep watch for anyone following her, she responded, “Well, at least it'll keep me from being so self-involved!” It was, she says, the first time the agents managed a smile. She likens the situation to cancer—it might basically be nothing, it might be urgent and serious, it might go away and never return, or it might pop up again when she least expects it. We're hoping the religious bigots go into full and immediate remission, and we wish her the best. added by: Stoneyroad

Bret Michaels Hospitalized For Emergency Surgery

Poison frontman underwent an emergency appendectomy early Monday morning and remains in the hospital. By Kelley L. Carter Bret Michaels Photo: George Napolitano/ Getty Images Bret Michaels didn’t get a chance to rock out on Sunday night. Instead of being on a stage in San Antonio, Texas, the former Poison frontman and current “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant headed to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy, People reported. Michaels, at the insistence of doctors, skipped the show and discovered that the stomachaches he’d been suffering from all day were due to acute appendicitis and not the flu. The 47-year-old was rushed into emergency surgery at 1 a.m. Monday morning (April 12), and according to Us Weekly, his rep said “according to doctors, Michaels, who remains in the hospital, is doing well and beginning the recovery process.” The rep also added, “Michaels, who has been known to perform under extreme conditions that would make most performers cancel, will unfortunately have no choice but to reschedule some of his April tour dates.” The singer’s health trials and tribulations have most recently been documented on “The Celebrity Apprentice.” The NBC show is his latest bout with reality TV, his first being his “Rock of Love” series for VH1. Michaels, a diabetic, is taking part in the Donald Trump reality competition for a juvenile diabetes charity, an ailment he was diagnosed with as a child. He often has talked about being frequently hospitalized, and on the show, he gives himself daily insulin shots. The makeup concert dates will be posted on his Web site in the next several days. Leave your well-wishes for the rocker and reality star in the comments below. Related Artists Bret Michaels

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