Sorry, this guy is supposedly a trained professional.... he's not "most people" he should have known that DC issues their own license...
At the very least, this "trained professional" did question a license he didn't recognize, so at least he was following protocol... I'll give him credit for that at least... Michael P. Blanchard Principal Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Cyber Security Services EMC ² Corporation 32 Coslin Drive Southboro, MA 01772 -----Original Message----- From: funsec [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Bill Terwilliger Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 12:57 AM To: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu Cc: funsec@linuxbox.org; rmsl...@shaw.ca Subject: Re: [funsec] US capitol not in US, according to TSA The guy reporting this is the same guy trying to make a big deal about it. He has a vested interest in making the guy sound as dumb as possible otherwise he has no story. The reporter is the only "source" in the report and there is no direct evidence that the TSA agent didn't know the capital of the united states. All that is clear is that he didn't recognize the District of Columbia's drivers license as being valid. I just typed "is washing" into google and the top auto complete options are: - is washington dc a state - is washington dc a city - is washington dc in maryland - is washington dc in virgina - is washington a state Clearly the TSA guard isn't the only one confused by the confusing status of DC. It seems reasonable to me for someone to think that DC might not have its own license. Admittedly, I knew that they did but that is only because I heard about DC's crazy voting status and did research. Otherwise I probably wouldn't have known either and I bet that most Americans don't know for certain that DC has their own drivers license. -bill On Jul 17, 2014, at 11:47 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 23:23:37 -0400, Bill Terwilliger said: > >> The comment about smart people being involved is a bit presumptive. >> Geography knowledge may or may not be an indicator of intelligence but I >> somehow doubt that lack of it is an indicator of stupidity. > > OK. I admit *I* don't know what a DC driver's license looks like either. > > But give me a *break*: > > When Gray handed the man his driver's license the agent demanded to see > Gray's > passport. > Gray told the agent he wasn't carrying his passport and asked why he needed > it. > The agent said he didn't recognize the license. > Gray said he asked the agent if he knew what the District of Columbia is, and > after a brief conversation Gray realized the man did not know. > > OK? The TSA guy *did not understand that DC is part of the US*. > > Which means the TSA's vetting process for employees is so weak that they'll > hire *people who don't know where the fuck the capital of their own country > is*. > > Now think *real* hard - would *you* hire a security guard who didn't even > understand that Washington DC is our nation's capital? > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
