Sometimes, it’s nice to be proven wrong, if only in part. Last week, I spent a lot of time writing about the TSA and other organizations like Homeland Security. I argued that we are seeing more and more security-state policies everyday, and that we risk slipping from security-state to police-state.

One point I made is that people are not making nearly enough of a stink over the policies the TSA, Homeland, and other departments (including the presidency) have implemented over the last several years. While I still think it’s true that people are becoming far too complacent with all of this, it makes me a little happier to see that some state legislatures are taking action.| MORE ›

Rey Guerra, the former sheriff of Starr County, Texas, pleaded guilty May 1 to a narcotics conspiracy charge in federal district court in McAllen, Texas. Guerra admitted to using information obtained in his official capacity to help a friend (a Mexican drug trafficker allegedly associated with Los Zetas) evade U.S. counternarcotics efforts.| MORE ›