NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey airport security guard overheard talking about shooting President Barack Obama will be released from jail. John Bre...
Steve Bierfeldt | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
As a result of my just-dropped case against the TSA, passengers will no longer be forced to check their constitutional rights at the airport counter, and that is a victory for all.
NBC New York | Jonathan Dienst | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
As New York remembered the 9/11 attacks, a man with a loaded handgun tried to board a Delta Airlines flight at LaGuardia Airport, authorities said. ...
Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
The rest of the world is laughing at us. Literally, in some cases -- when I reflexively took my shoes off at a security line in Berlin, the guard chuckled. Stupid American.
Sandip Roy | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment
President Obama, another White House meeting might be in order. Shah Rukh Khan and the Newark airport official and you. Except this time instead of beer, you might want to serve some chai.
Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
As America becomes increasingly seen as hostile to Muslims irrespective of who they are, while China is perceived as welcoming, these trends will translate into economic realities.
washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics
U.S. airlines on Saturday will begin asking travelers to provide their birth date and sex for the first time under a new aviation security requirement...
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 09.05.2009 | Chicago
On Wednesday, Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino used a so-called "Airports Going Green" conference to float an idea pioneered in Portland that ...
Carrie Pollare | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living
I'm tired of flying. from beginning to end! What's next... coin operated airplane bathrooms?
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) has developed some pet peeves about airline baggage since he was elected to Congress and elevated to frequent-flier st...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media
We'll see if the results of this recent study undertaken by the University of Illinois-Chicago makes it into the discussion of the Employee Free Choic...
Don McNay | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business
I used to schedule an out of town trip then meetings the next day. Now I can't. I am not sure if I will get back or if I will get home exhausted and stressed.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics
"Miss!" A large man with a crew cut pointed at me and exclaimed, "You have a bomb in your shoe!" This dude was talking to me. I was shocked.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics
First of all, let's take a look at this important information from NY Mag's Vulture blog: When we first brought you word that a film called Lesbian V...
Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Style
I was despaired this holiday season to witness the new low that has arrived at our airports and how American travel companies are participating in their own demise and demonization.
Wajahat Ali | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
We in the US are currently engaged in a "war on terror," but this does not give a democratic and free country license to be overwhelmed by fear of its own Muslim and Middle Eastern citizens.
Huffington Post | Posted 01.22.2009 | Home
60 Minutes has an interesting report on whether the security screening done at airports is actually worth all the effort. The head of the TSA insists...
Larry Gellman | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics
For eight years, our president, his team, and his vocal fan club on Fox and the radio have been singing the same sick and dissonant song. They tried to divide the country by spreading fear.
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics
If TSA made the theft of a passnger's property an official policy, it would be considered illegal. However, it appears that many TSA employees are making this an unofficial perk of their job.
Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
Customs and Border Protection just released its new policies for searching and seizing laptops at the border.
Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
As it stands, Customs can grab anyone at the border, seize their laptop, and demand passwords and encryption keys as a pre-condition to entering the country. And who knows when you'll get your computer back?
Engadget | Donald Melanson | Posted 07.14.2008 | Business
As we've seen, laptops have a tendency of getting stolen from even the most unsuspecting places, but a new study has now found one not entirely surpri...
New York Times | Joe Sharkey | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business
For years at airport security checkpoints, passengers have heard the refrain, almost a dirge: "Laptops must be removed from their cases and placed on ...
Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Airport security lines can annoy passengers, but there is no evidence that they make flying any safer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. A team ...
AP | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York