Security researcher Chris Soghoian, in the tradition of may before him, has demonstrated the insecurity of the system by creating an web-based boarding pass generator (which is currently down). And in the tradition of may government ‘lets stick our heads in the sand’ goons before him Congressman Markey has called for his arrest.

Something that they do not understand is that the terrorists that we are fighting are not stupid. If a security researcher can figure out how to do this, so can they. How about this for a change — instead of tossing him in jail and censoring his research they ask him for some advice on how to fix their problem riddled system.

Let us not forget that one of the hallmarks of the old Soviet system was hiding its failings from public view. This did not make them any less fallible, just stupid.

Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin