Aviation Security

WATCH: Ex-TSA Chief Offers Airport Security Fixes

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Video, Tsa, Permanent Emergency, Airport Security, Aviation Security, Kip Hawley, Tsa Administrator, Nathan Means, Travel News

With a new book about his time at the TSA out today, former TSA Administrator Kip Hawley is making the talk show rounds to offer solutions for the "un...

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TSA Reportedly Tells Passenger To 'Go To Hell'

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Tsa Go to Hell, Tsa, Airport Security, Video, Tsa Note, Aviation Security, Tsa Go to Hell Note, Travel News

UPDATE, 4/24, 12:16 p.m.: After being contacted by HuffPost Travel, Berenson's tweet, along with a photo of the note, disappeared from his timeline. T...

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A Flight Attendant's Tips For Seamless Travel

Tracy Christoph | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Flight Attendants, Security, Aviation Security, Airport Security, Flight Attendant Tips, Airlines, Air Travel Tips, Travel Blogs, Jetblue, Air Travel, Tsa, Travel News

No matter how often you travel, even if you are a professional like me, it's important to cover your bases before heading to the airport.

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10 Years On, 10 Tales Of TSA Tomfoolery

George Hobica | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: John Pistole, TSA 10-Year Anniversary, Airport Security, Aviation Security, TSA Anniversary, Tsa, Travel News, Travel News

When it comes to the TSA, one thing's for sure: They have no idea how to get the traveling public to like them. Since their creation in 2001, barely a week goes by that we don't hear yet another tale of agency dysfunction.

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Maureen Dowd Understands the Problem . . . Here's the Solution.

Justin P. Oberman | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Tsa Screenings, Maureen Dowd, Airport Security, Pat-Downs, Aviation Security, Secure Flight, Tsa, Travel News

If road warriors are going to return to lace-up shoes, if little kids are going to leave their Velcro in place, and if our grandmothers are going to be able to pack one fewer pair of pumps, we need an airport screening system that identifies potential threats.

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Airport Security Checks Revamped For Travel To U.S.

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airport Security, Air Travel, Tsa, Travel, Airport Screening, No Fly List, Watch List, Terrorism, Aviation Security, World News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is refining its terror-screening policy to focus on specific terror threats and not travelers' nationalities. T...

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Northwest Flight 253: A Catalyst for a New Approach to Aviation Security?

Rani Singh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Passengers, Prince Nayef, Aviation Security, Profiling, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Yemen, Tsa, Detroit, Sceening, World News

We are now at a critical crossroads for aviation security. The choices are simple: we can carry on as we are or we can face up to the difficult challenge of rethinking our approach.

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Major Airport Vulnerabilities Revealed In Sept 2009 Security Review

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Security Breaches, Transportion Security, Aviotion Refrom, Gao Report, Terrorist Threats, Aviation Security, Tsa Report, Tsa Threats, Politics News

In the wake of what President Barack Obama deemed a "systemic failure" to prevent a botched Christmas terrorist attack, he ordered on Tuesday an immed...

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How the Media Gets Terrorists All Wrong

Malcolm Nance | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Beinart, Politics, Counterterrorism, Af-Pak, Terrorism, Aviation Security, Counterinsurgency, Al Qaeda, Media News

The media often argues that al Qaeda's viability as terrorists requires them to successfully execute attacks greater than or equal to 9/11; but that is an arbitrary news driven metric of success, not bin Laden's.

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