Taking pictures from a train? You're a terrorist!

A Japanese tourist was told to stop taking pictures on a train near New Haven, CT in the interest of "national security." He didn't understand the conductor's English, and was summarily apprehended and interrogated by local police. Nice. (Link)

Eating falafel? You're a terrorist!

Apparently the FBI thought that it could track down terrorists by watching falafel sales (collected from grocer data) in the Bay Area. If you ate too many, you would be put on a terrorist watch list.

Our tax dollars are going to _this_? Check out the Boing Boing comments for some well-deserved ridicule.