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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

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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To "Americans for Prosperity" Capitalism Is a Love Story

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Phillips, C-Span, David Koch, President Obama, It's a Wonderful Life, Ann Coulter, Enron, Frank Capra, Koch Industries, Newt Gingrich, Capitalism, Tsa, Savings and Loan Scandal, The 2016 Olympic Games, Henry Clay Frick, Cnbc, Tyco, Free Market Fundamentalism, Americans for Prosperity, Laura Ingraham, Worldcom, Afp, Larry Kudlow, Supply-Side Economics, Knights of Labor, National Defending the American Dream Summit, Megan McCain, Long-Term Capital Management, John Birch Society, Pinkertons, Politics News

The only distinguishing feature of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's "National Defending the American Dream Summit" was its astonishing homogeneity both in thought and in demography.

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NY Times Mega-Softballs Napolitano on Sunday, Exposes Department Abuses on Thursday

Nathan Robinson | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Media Criticism, New York Times, Immigration, Tsa, Janet Napolitano, Media News

On Sunday, the New York Times Magazine ran an absurdly fluffy interview with Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of Homeland Security.

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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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G-Force: Disney's Loveable Rodent Gets an AK-47

Tom Gregory | Posted 08.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Violence, Safety, Walt Disney, G-Force, War in Afghanistan, Alcohol. Tobacco, Right Wing, Militias, Hollywood, Tsa, Gang Violence, Mickey Mouse, Iraq War, Firearms, Disney, Video Games, Summer Blockbuster, Entertainment News

This week Disney launched its D-Day assault. With the advertisements for G-Force gracing every highway across America, big artillery has reached the "cute" stage.

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Registered Traveler Meltdown: Fraud Action Against Clear? Investigate the TSA?

Danny Sullivan | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Registered Traveler, Tsa, Clear, Flo, Business News

Will anyone consider a fraud action against "registered traveler" program Clear's executives and perhaps against competing company Flo? And should someone hold the Transportation Security Agency accountable for the mess?

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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

"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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Dress Arab -- Make $

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Rights, Jet Blue, Islamaphobia, Airtran, Arab, Discrimination, Muslim, Tsa, Raed Jarrar, Arab T Shirt Jet Blue, Politics News

I implored Arabs to shop at stores that can help you dress "white" like Banana Republic -- the Mecca of clothing for white people. But now I'm here to tell everyone to ignore that advice in light of today's news.

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Air Farce

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: India, Airlines, Tsa, Tharoor, Air Travel, Shashi Tharoor, Politics News

In all fairness, you don't have to be brown to be selected for extra-special attention in airports, though it helps.

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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

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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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

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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The Breath-Taking Incompetence of Our American Government

James Moore | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Terrorist Watch List, Tsa, TSA Security, Terrorism, No Fly List, Politics News

No matter how many times you prove you are an American citizen, have no arrest record, pay your taxes, get a lump in your throat when you see Old Glory, you still can't get off the No Fly Watch List.

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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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TSA Employees Think MacBook Air Is Security Threat

Valleywag | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Bloggers, Macbook, TSA Security Checkpoint, TSA Security, MacBook Air, Tsa, Business News

Blogger Michael Nygard was flying to San Jose with his various digital accoutrements including his Blackberry and new MacBook Air when he ran into som...

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TSA Blog Lets Travelers Air Grievances

AP | DAN CATERINICCHIA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: TSA, TSA Blog, Air Travel, Travel Complaints, Evolution of Security, Airports, Business News

WASHINGTON — Frustrated by long airport-security lines? Certain those screeners aren't paying attention? Wondering why your grandma always gets ...

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