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Comment: Background checks... (Score 1) 1135

by Burning Plastic (#34258242) Attached to: TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old

If this policy is to continue, I would hope that all TSA screeners would have to undergo the same level and detail of background checks as are required for any other person who works with young children (ie. teachers and so on). I doubt their current checks cover this, and it would at least set one baseline. It would also help if the TSA agents were required to be screened via pat-down by an independent security agency (maybe local law enforcement) before starting a shift - the extra costs for the local agency could come from the TSA budget.

I'm also wondering what their response would be if you requested that a sworn law enforcement official conduct any invasive searches of your person. They seem to have the option of pressing civil charges if you decline to be searched in any way, but opting to have the search conducted by someone who is more likely to be professional about it and actually be trained properly would seem to be a viable option and they shouldn't be able to decline you access to the facility for this request.

Comment: Re:US abuse (Score 2, Informative) 966

by Burning Plastic (#33026338) Attached to: WikiLeaks Publishes Afghan War Secrets

The ammunition mentioned in this article was listed on the ship's manifest and has been known about since the ship sailed. This isn't a surprise and has been (as usual) been taken without the proper context and sensationalized by the Daily Mail (which specializes in doing this kind of article).

If non-small arms materiel had been found then it would have been interesting - various other cargo items do appear to potentially be war materiel but those have not yet been located.

Businesses

EA Shuts Down Pandemic Studios, Cuts 200 Jobs 161

Posted by Soulskill
from the say-goodnight-folks dept.
lbalbalba writes "Electronic Arts is shutting down its Westwood-based game developer Pandemic Studios just two years after acquiring it, putting nearly 200 people out of work. 'The struggling video game publisher informed employees Tuesday morning that it was closing the studio as part of a recently announced plan to eliminate 1,500 jobs, or 16% of its global workforce. Pandemic has about 220 employees, but an EA spokesman said that a core team, estimated by two people close to the studio to be about 25, will be integrated into the publisher's other Los Angeles studio, in Playa Vista.' An ex-developer for Pandemic attributed the studio's struggles to poor decisions from the management."

Surprise due today. Also the rent.