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Airport Security

How My Lawsuit Against the TSA Made Airports Safe For the Constitution Again

Steve Bierfeldt | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Airport Security, Tsa, Campaign for Liberty, Constitutional Rights, Ron Paul, Politics News
Steve Bierfeldt

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.

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Michael Williams, Delta Passenger, Caught Carrying Gun On 9/11 At LaGuardia

NBC New York | Jonathan Dienst | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Laguardia Security, Delta Airlines, LaGuardia Airport, 9/11, Laguardia Airport Security, Post-911 Security, Airport Security, Delta, Michael Williams, New York News

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. ...

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Keep Your Shoes On: A Modest Proposal for Rational Airport Security

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Shoe Bomber, Department of Homeland Security, Fearmongering, Tom Ridge, Homeland Security, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, Airport Security, Bush War on Terror, September 11th, Living News
Jay Michaelson

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.

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Bollywood Superstar's American Crash Landing

Sandip Roy | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Airport Security, Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, Detention, Shah Rukh Khan US, Entertainment News
Sandip Roy

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.

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Has Islamophobia Run Amok in America?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Islamophobia, India, Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, Abdul Kalam, Anti-Muslim Bias, Bollywood Stars, Airport Security, Cold War, Fbi-Counterterrorism, Al Qaeda, US China Relations, Counterterrorism, Post 9/11, Soviet Union, Politics News
Sheldon Filger

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.

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Airlines To Begin Asking Passengers For More Information

washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: FBI Watch List, Department of Homeland Security, Air Travel, Airports, Fbi, Airport Security, Airlines, Avaiation Security, Politics News

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...

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Airports Eye Changes In Water Bottle Rules

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 09.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Tsa, Rosemarie Andolino, Midway Airport, Travel, O'Hare, Airport Security, Airport Water Bottles, Airport Liquid Bottles Rules, Chicago News

On Wednesday, Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino used a so-called "Airports Going Green" conference to float an idea pioneered in Portland that ...

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I'm Tired of... Flying!

Carrie Pollare | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Airports, Airport Security, Flying, Living News
Carrie Pollare

I'm tired of flying. from beginning to end! What's next... coin operated airplane bathrooms?

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Lipinski Wants Federal Laws Regulating Carry-On Bags

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Airport Security, Airline Baggage, Dan Lipinski, Carry on Bags, Travel, Chicago News

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...

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: May 4, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Efca, Video, Swine Flu Pandemic, Media Criticism, Swine Flu, Airport Security, Employee Free Choise Act, Media News

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...

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Fix the Airlines Instead of Bailing Out Wall Street

Don McNay | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Indianapolis, Wall Street Bailout, Small Business, Sales, Ronald Reagan, Img, Faa, Business Travelers, Bailouts, Cincinnati, Travel, Airport Security, Business, Southwest Airlines, Air-Traffic-Control, Airport Delays, Memphis, Dayton, Louisville, Marketing, Kentucky, Lexington KY, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Bill Clinton, Air Traffic Control, Mark McCormick, United Airlines, Washington DC, Airports, Don McNay, Harvard Business School, American Airlines, Air Travel, Airline Industry, Los Angeles, Knoxville, Bermuda, Business Travel, Deregulation, Jimmy Carter, Entrepreneurship, Airlines, Productivity, Chris Rock, Business News
Don McNay

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.

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"Flying While Arab" Continues to Soar

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arab World, White House, War on Terrorism, Airport Security, Profiling, Airports, George W. Bush, Abu Dhabi, Immigration, Obama Administration, World, Flying While Muslim, World News, Arabs, Middle East, Airlines, President Bush, African Americans, Politics, Arab Discrimination, Blacks, Tsa, J.C. Watts, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Arab Americans, Driving While Black, Racial Profiling, Arab, Terrorism, Shoe Bomber, Flying While Arab, Vice President Cheney, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

"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.

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: February 17, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Allen Stanford, Sarah Palin, George Will, Airport Security, Lesbian Vampire Killers, Movies, Bristol Palin, John Cornyn, Politics News

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...

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Airport Hell

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Airport Security, Travel Industry, Delta, Baggage Fees, Hertz, Airport, Customer Service, Bag Check, Airlines, Delta Airlines, Portland Oregon, Style News
Melissa Biggs Bradley

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.

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Muslims "Off" a Plane

Wajahat Ali | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Muslim Family Airplane, Airtran, Tsa, Colin Powell, Obama Muslim, wwII Internment Camps, War on Terror, Internment Camps, Gallup Polls, Atif Irfan, Fbi, Airport Security, Who Speaks for Islam?, Flying After 9/11, TSA Security, Air Travel, Racial Profiling, Arab Americans, Al Qaeda, Inayet Sahin, Airport Security Water Bottles, Muslim Prejudice, Patriot Act, American Muslims, Fear-Mongering, Muslims and Air Travel, Transportation Security Administration, Extrajudicial Detention, Politics News
Wajahat Ali

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.

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Airport Screening Is "Security Theater," Expert Tells 60 Minutes (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 01.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Airport Security Video, Video, Tsa, Airport Security Theater, Airport Security, Home News

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...

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The Day the Music Died

Larry Gellman | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Liberal Media, Right Wing Media, Rush Limbaugh, Jeffrey Goldberg, George W. Bush, Obama, Mccain, Airport Security, Democrats, Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert, Election Reaction, Sean Hannity, The Atlantic, Sarah Palin, Conservative Talk Radio, Republicans, Colbert Report, Fox News Channel, The Colbert Report, Politics News
Larry Gellman

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.

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You Have the Right to Airport Harassment

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Search and Seizure, Airports, Airport Security, Aclu, Muslim, Constitution, Civil Rights, Tsa, Nyclu, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

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.

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Hands Off My Laptop, iPod, Cellphone, Pager, Beeper, Flash Drive, Pocket Litter, First Born (OK, Not My First Born)

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, TSA-Friendly Laptop Bag, Progressive, Airport Security, Customs, Constitution, Drdigipol, Airports, Laptop, Privacy, Border, Fourth Amendment, Illegal Search and Seizure, IAmProgress.Org, Politics News
Alan Rosenblatt

Customs and Border Protection just released its new policies for searching and seizing laptops at the border.

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Keep Your Hands Off My Laptop

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Laptop, Progressive, Constitution, Customs, Border, Airports, Drdigipol, Privacy, Illegal Search and Seizure, TSA-Friendly Laptop Bag, Airport Security, Fourth Amendment, Politics News
Alan Rosenblatt

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?

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More Than 10,000 Laptops Go Missing At US Airports Each Week

Engadget | Donald Melanson | Posted 07.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Airports, Laptops, Airport Security, Laptop Airports, Business News

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...

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TSA-Friendly Laptop Bag Aims To Speed Up Airport Security Lines

New York Times | Joe Sharkey | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business

Read More: How to Get Through Airport Security Faster, Security-Friendly Laptop Bag, Faster Airport Security, TSA-Friendly Laptop Bag, Laptop Bag, Airport Security, Tsa, X-Ray Laptop Bag, Business News

For years at airport security checkpoints, passengers have heard the refrain, almost a dirge: "Laptops must be removed from their cases and placed on ...

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Study Finds No Proof That Airport Security Makes Flying Safer

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Airports, Airport Security, Harvard School of Public Health, X-Ray Screening, Home News

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 ...

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