John Pistole

Ex-TSA Chief Opposes Privatizing Airport Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Tsa, Video, Terrorism, Private Security Contractors, Privatization, John Mica, John Pistole, Airport Security, TSA Security, Transportation Security Administration, Kip Hawley, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Former Transportation Security Administration chief Kip Hawley said Wednesday that privatizing screening at airports -- a pet cause of a...

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TSA Begins Test Of New Passenger Security Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Tsa Airport Security, Tsa, Video, Homeland Security, John Pistole, Airport Security, TSA Security, Dulles Airport, Fake IDs, Airport Security Scanners, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Time to ditch that fake ID you used in high school: The Transportation Security Administration has started testing new scanners designed...

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TSA Expands Pre-Check Program To Military Personnel At Reagan National Airport

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Video, Tsa, Military, Homeland Security, John Pistole, Customs and Border Protection, Airport Security, TSA Security, TSA Pre-Check, Pre-Check Program, Transportation Security Administration, Reagan National Airport, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. military personnel traveling out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will now be able to skip long security lines as part ...

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Are We Better Off Without The TSA?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Propaganda, Full-Body Scanners, Cute Animals, John Pistole, Tsa, TSA Checkpoints, Airport Security, Travel News

Where would we be without the TSA?

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TSA's 'Pre-Check' Program Expands

AP | By EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 02.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airport...

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No-Fly List More Than Doubled In Past Year

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Aclu, Martin Reardon, American Civil Liberties Union, Tsa, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nusrat Choudhury, Homeland Security Department, Terrorism, No-Fly List, John Pistole, Transportation Security Administration, Caryn Wagner, Soufan Group, Ted Kennedy, Travel News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has more than doubled, to about 21,000 names, its secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from ...

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PHOTOS: TSA Declares Its 'Top 10 Good Catches' List

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Year-in-Review, Tsa, Video, TSA Security Checkpoint, John Pistole, Airports, Airport Security, TSA Security, Slidepollajax, Bob Burns, Travel News

It may 2012, but the TSA is still waxing nostalgic for 2011, releasing Tuesday afternoon its list of "top 10 good catches of 2011" on The TSA Blog. ...

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TSA Blues During Holidays

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Transportation Services Administration, James Fallows, John Pistole, Tsa, Travel News

(photo credit: TSA)James Fallows is one of the least rufflable people I know -- and yet, this cryptic criticism of TSA people-handling made it into on...

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TSA Launches Helpline For Disabled Flyers

Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Video, Tsa, TSA Policies, TSA Helpline, John Pistole, Airports, Airport Security, TSA Screening, TSA Hotline, Travel News

Just ahead of the Christmas travel rush, the Transportation Security Administration launched Thursday a hotline intended to assist disabled and other ...

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Union Blasts TSA Officials As 'Arrogant,' 'Autocratic'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Video, Labor, Tsa, Workers, John Pistole, TSA Security, Tsa Patdowns, Transportation Security Administration, Dhs, Air Travel, Labor Unions, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The labor union representing workers for the Transportation Security Administration blasted the agency's top leaders Tuesday, describing...

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TSA Tries To Soothe Holiday Travelers

Christopher Elliott | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Airport Security, Tsa, Holiday Travel, Guns, Travel Blogs, John Pistole, Airline Security, Travel News

TSA Administrator John Pistole was busy making the rounds during Thanksgiving week, trying to assure holiday air travelers that their screening experience would be better than last year. Which it was, thankfully.

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Hey TSA, That Was Some Birthday Party! Now What?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Airlines, Homeland Security, Tsa, Roy Egan, Airport Security, John Pistole, William Touzani, Travel News

On its 10th birthday, the TSA is an agency in complete disarray, by most accounts. It needs a little sunlight, and the mainstream media is doing a ridiculously bad job of covering it.

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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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John Mica Has No Legal Power Over TSA, But Pushes The Jurisdictional Boundaries

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The powerful chairman of a key congressional committee is expected to release another scathing report on the federal agency that protect...

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PHOTOS: Are You An 'Enhanced', 'Normal' Or 'Known Traveler'?

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Checkpoint of the Future, Video, Tsa, TSA Security Checkpoint, Body Scanners, Global Pulse, John Pistole, Security Checkpoint, Airports, Airport Security, Security, Travel News

A mock-up "checkpoint of the future" could spare air travelers the hassle of TSA liquid checks, shoe removal and pat-downs, while speeding up security...

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Talk To Me: TSA Wants To Know Where You Have Been, Where You Are Going

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.04.2011

BOSTON -- Katherine Dombrowski wasn't expecting a quiz as she waited in the TSA security line at Boston's Logan International Airport. But that's what...

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Inside The Life Of TSA Chief, John Pistole

AP | By EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 11.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Each day, dozens of U.S. intelligence officials crowd around a conference table in a small, windowless room in a government building acr...

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Napolitano Predicts Better Airline Passenger Screening In Future

AP | By EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 11.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Department Secretary Janet Napolitano predicted Tuesday that airline passengers in the future will no longer be instru...

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TSA Critics, Here's Hope

Kip Hawley | Posted 09.19.2011

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Anybody can bludgeon the many shortcomings and foibles at TSA, and there will be plenty more opportunities in the future. But now is the time to give some positive reinforcement to a sensible attempt at innovation.

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John Pistole: 'No More Private Screeners'

AP | KYLE HIGHTOWER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The Transportation Security Administration said it will not hire private contractors to screen airline passengers, despite calls...

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TSA Boss: New Pat-Downs Are MORE Invasive

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Despite a deluge of complaints over intrusive pat-downs and revealing airport scans, the government is betting Americans would rath...

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Craving Attention at Harvard Law

Anthony Amore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston, John Pistole, Harvard Law School, Tsa, Full-Body Scanners, Harvard, Harvard Tsa, Tsa Lawsuits, Tsa Unconstitutional, Harvard Lawsuit, College News

Two Harvard Law School students have filed a law suit in federal court complaining that the use of full-body imaging scanners and enhanced pat-down procedures is a violation of their Constitutional rights.

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Message to TSA: Enough's Enough; Message to President: Here's Your Chance

Carl Jeffers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since 9/11 there have been over 26 documented serious attempts at terrorism in airline travel. How many have succeeded? None. Zero. That's not luck. That's because we are good at this.

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TSA Chief Pleads Against Full-Body Scan Boycott

AP | RAY HENRY | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — The nation's airport security chief pleaded with Thanksgiving travelers for understanding and urged them not to boycott full-body scan...

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UPDATE: TSA Will Work To Make Pat-Downs Less Invasive, John Pistole Says

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The head of the agency responsible for airport security, facing protests from travelers and pressure from the White House, appeared...

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