BRUCE SCHNEIER: The TSA Got My Congressional Testimony Shut Down: “I was supposed to testify today about the TSA in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. I was informally invited a couple of weeks ago, and formally invited last Tuesday. . . . On Friday, at the request of the TSA, I was removed from the witness list. The excuse was that I am involved in a lawsuit against the TSA, trying to get them to suspend their full-body scanner program. But it’s pretty clear that the TSA is afraid of public testimony on the topic, and especially of being challenged in front of Congress. They want to control the story, and it’s easier for them to do that if I’m not sitting next to them pointing out all the holes in their position.”

Related: Schneier debates Kip Hawley.

UPDATE: A reader emails: “My husband is an attorney and recently was in Aruba on business. He was pulled aside for an in depth search by TSA, who proceeded to grill him on what sort of legal work he was doing in Aruba. My husband was really taken aback by this line of questioning. He is considering writing a letter to the state bar. Do you have any other suggestions on who he should alert/contact about this incident?” I think he should write directly to Janet Napolitano, with a copy to his state’s Congressional delegation. And file a FOIA request for rules about questioning attorneys. This may not produce any useful results, but it might, and it will at least put someone at TSA to some inconvenience. . . .