Transportation Security Administration

TSA Mission: Impossible?

Steve Ressler | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Government, Govloop, Dorobek, Transportation Security Administration, Kip Hawley, Public Sector, Tsa, Airport Security, TSA Security, Travel Blogs, Travel News

A former TSA administrator says two major changes would create better -- and less frustrating -- airport security.

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Rand Paul: Stop 'Groping Toddlers And Grandmothers'

Posted 05.02.2012

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) continued to rage against the Transportation Security Administration on Tuesday, encouraging supporters to join a campaign to g...

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POLL: How Much Worse Can The TSA Behave?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Airport Security, Security, Transportation Security Administration, Kip Hawley, Methamphetamine, Tsa, TSA Security, Travel Blogs, Travel News

When you're on probation, you steer clear of trouble. You try to to avoid any appearance of impropriety and you're on your best behavior. Not the Transportation Security Administration.

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TSA Hired Agents Without Completing Background Checks

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Atlanta Airport, Video, Tsa, Tsa-Employees, Tsa Employment, Tsa Jobs, Tsa New Hires, Tsa Agents Background Checks, Business News, TSA Security, Background Checks, Transportation Security Administration, Business News

Some workers screening travelers at one major airport may not have been fully screened themselves. Facing a backlog of background checks, the Tran...

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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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GOP Congressman Claims TSA Touched His Crotch

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Francisco Canseco, Tsa, Video, Transportation Security Administration, Francisco Canseco Tsa, Politics News

Rep. Francisco Canseco (R-Texas) and a TSA agent got into a scuffle over whether a recent security screening went too far, according to KENS 5, a San ...

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TSA-Fighting Lawmaker Announces House Run

AP | BECKY BOHRER | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Politics News, Video, Tsa, Alaska Politics, Transportation Security Administration, Sharon Cissna, Sharon Cissna Tsa, Sharon Cissna Alaska, Politics News

JUNEAU, Alaska -- An Alaska state representative who made national headlines last year for refusing an airport security pat-down plans to run for the ...

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Harry Reid: TSA Workers Need To 'Smile And Say Hello'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is planning to send a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano asking her to di...

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TSA Agents Trash Hotel Room, Shoot Barney's In Drunken Rampage: Cops

Posted 03.28.2012

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Perhaps they should have been patted down at the door: two South Florida TSA agents were arrested Tuesday night after police say they went on a drunke...

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Dem Congressman To TSA: 'We're Not Cattle'

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Gerald Connolly, Tom Petri, Video, Tsa, Congress, Darrell Issa, Stephen Lord, Transportation Security Administration, Gao, Transportation, Government Accountability Office, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House members of both parties on Monday teed off against the agency in charge of airport and port anti-terrorist screening, saying it us...

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New Screening Procedures For Travelers Over 75

AP | By JASON KEYSER | Posted 05.14.2012

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CHICAGO -- Some air travelers over the age of 75 will soon get a break at airport security checkpoints under a test program announced Wednesday that c...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 03.05.2012

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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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No Questions Asked, Or How I Became A 'Trusted Traveler'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 03.12.2012

Last week, just days after this story was posted and after informing the chief spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security that the name on my G...

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WATCH: Man Blatantly Steals Rolex From FLL TSA Bin

Posted 02.14.2012

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Transportation Security Administration cameras caught a man stealing a Rolex from the passenger in front of him in line at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood I...

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No-Fly List More Than Doubled In Past Year

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 04.02.2012

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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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'Security Theater': 8 Ways Washington Spends Money Without Making You Safer

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 02.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The good news first. Government homeland security agencies are moving toward a more rational, risk-based system of protection. Now th...

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Security Theatrics: The Senator and the TSA

James Peron | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Rand Paul, Full-Body Scanners, Tsa Patdowns, Transportation Security Administration, Tsa, Politics News

TSA wants their theatrics to send the message they are making people safer. But are they? They spend less time with real investigations, while inconveniencing millions and humiliating people.

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Rand Paul Detained By TSA Agents In Nashville

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) staff said Monday morning that the senator was being detained by federal Transportation Security Administration...

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TSA Made $400K Off Loose Change In 2010

Posted 01.14.2012

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You double checked you have your keys, but did you remember to take your loose change? Plenty of travelers seem to forget the couple of coins that...

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TSA: Daggers Hidden In Book At Reagan National Airport

AP | Posted 02.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Security Administration says officers found two throwing daggers hidden in a hollowed-out book at a checkpoint at Rea...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.20.2011

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

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Tea Party Honcho Busted For Gun At LaGuardia Airport

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Tea Party Patriots, LaGuardia Airport, Second Amendment, Gun Laws, Mark Meckler, Video, Transportation Security Administration, Tea Party, Guns, Politics News

One of the founders of the Tea Party Patriots was busted at New York City's LaGuardia Airport on a gun charge, his lawyer said Thursday. "Mark Meck...

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Cancer-Causing Airport Scanners? Enough Is Enough

John W. Whitehead | Posted 01.17.2012

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Remember those whole-body, X-ray scanners the government installed in airports across the country and kept insisting were so safe? It turns out that they're not so safe, after all.

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Traveler Survey Finds TSA on 'Right Track' But Airport Screening Still A Roadblock

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The majority of air travelers think the Transportation Security Administration is moving in the right direction with it's efforts to str...

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Packing Heat: TSA Finds Four Or Five Guns A Day In Carry-On Luggage

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Susan Collins, Tsa, Video, Tsa Agents, Boston Logan, Joe Lieberman, Carry on Bags, Airport Security, TSA Security, Airport Security Breach, Transportation Security Administration, Handguns, Guns, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Government screeners every day confiscate four to five guns -- some of them loaded -- packed in carry-on luggage at the nation's airport...

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