Tsa Patdowns

Rand Paul: Stop 'Groping Toddlers And Grandmothers'

Posted 05.02.2012

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

WATCH: TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old In Leg Cast

Posted 03.19.2012

A three-year-old boy in a cast and wheelchair on his way to a Disney vacation with his family was stopped by TSA agents at Chicago's O'Hare airport. H...

TSA Agents Do The Strangest Things!

Christopher Elliott | Posted 04.07.2012

Christopher Elliott

I'm not saying the TSA is staffed by a bunch of perverted, incompetent, lewd, pot-heads. But incidents like these make you wonder when the a TSA urges us not to judge the agency by the actions of a few, as it did last week.

Satirical TSA 'Memo' Skewers The Bumbling Agency

Christopher Elliott | Posted 04.01.2012

Christopher Elliott

TSA policy on cupcakes and other baked goods is clear: These items may be confiscated at any time, for any reason, as long as you share them with your colleagues in the break room.

Security Theatrics: The Senator and the TSA

James Peron | Posted 03.31.2012

James Peron

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.

Amanda Terkel

Rand Paul Detained By TSA Agents In Nashville

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.23.2012

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

Dave Jamieson

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.20.2011

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

Who Is 'Bullying' America's TSA Agents?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 02.11.2012

Christopher Elliott

The TSA's employee union, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), is accusing Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R.-Tenn.) of "bullying the TSA workforce" after she introduced a bill last week that would require its agents stop dressing like law enforcement officers.

TSA Strip Searches Another Elderly Woman?

Posted 12.05.2011

Two days after 85-year-old Lenore Zimmerman came forward accusing the TSA of "strip-searching" her, another elderly woman has come forward with the sa...

85-Year-Old Woman: TSA 'Strip-Searched' Me

Posted 12.05.2011

UPDATE 12/5: The TSA issued a statement to The Daily News on Sunday apologizing to Zimmerman, saying: “TSA contacted the passenger to apologize t...

Happy B'day TSA! Their WORST Blunders Of All TIme

Posted 11.18.2011

In the 10 years that the TSA has existed, there have been countless public blunders by the agency that just can't seem to get it right. From John ...

TSA Policy Changes For The Better, Slowly

Kate Hanni | Posted 11.25.2011

Kate Hanni

Children under 13 will not be routinely required to remove their shoes and will not be subjected to intrusive pat downs that touch private areas of their bodies.

Dallas Woman Mad At TSA For Checking Her Fro For Bombs

Posted 11.21.2011

A Dallas-bound woman is angry at the TSA after agents stopped and searched her afro while she went through security at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson ai...

TSA: Security or Security Theater?

Kate Hanni | Posted 09.17.2011

Kate Hanni

After an extended period of inappropriate, knee-jerk response, dealing with real security threats by providing security theater, the TSA is slowly responding to public outcry.

Woman Gropes Phoenix TSA Agent

AOL Travel News | Posted 09.15.2011

Well, this is interesting. Yukari Mihamae, a 61-year-old Colorado woman, faces felony charges for groping a TSA agent. Miyamae was en route through...

94-Year-Old On Patdown: 'I Couldn't Take It Any Longer'

AOL Travel News | Posted 09.14.2011

Marian Paterson, a 94-year-old woman randomly screened by TSA agents at Raleigh-Durham International, took to the airwaves to complain about her treat...

TSA Working To 'Strengthen & Improve' Pre-Flight Screening Practices

AOL Travel News | Posted 09.13.2011

The Transportation Security Administration announced Thursday a pilot program to enhance the agency's pre-flight screening capabilities and expedite s...

Mom Didn't Want Daughter's "Crouch Grabbed" By TSA, Gets Arrested

AOL Travel News | Posted 09.12.2011

A distraught mother, en route to Baltimore, caused quite a ruckus at the Nashville airport on Saturday as she tried to protect her daughter from the T...

Texas Anti-Groping Legislation Fails

AOL Travel News | Posted 08.30.2011

The Texas legislature failed Wednesday to pass a bill that would ban invasive pat downs by airport security. The measure, which would have criminal...

Airport Security: For What It's Worth

Locke Bowman | Posted 08.27.2011

Locke Bowman

There is no joking at the security check point. ("Sir, you'll have to drink that up before you go further." "I'd prefer not to. This latte is actually a liquid explosive. If I drink it too fast, it will give me indigestion.")

TSA Officers Force Elderly Woman To Remove Her Adult Diaper

AOL Travel News | Posted 08.26.2011

The TSA has another PR nightmare on its hands: Security officers at Florida's Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport patted down a cancer-stricken, 95-year ...

WATCH: Woman Screams That TSA Agent 'Molested' Her

AOL Travel News | Posted 08.02.2011

Here's a video that's hard to watch. A shaky hand-held camera records a shrieking woman who has just gone through security and yells that a TSA office...

Dave Jamieson

Redskins Stand With TSA Agents in Union Bid

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.26.2011

WASHINGTON -- Officers with the Transportation Security Administration know a thing or two about feeling under appreciated and belittled in the workpl...

Where's the Fun in Flying? Turning Guff Into Guffaws

Christine Negroni | Posted 07.12.2011

Christine Negroni

As far as I'm concerned, laughter-as-a-corrective-force has never been more needed than in commercial aviation today, where there's an oversupply of cranky people and an under supply of laughs.

WATCH: 8-Month Old Receives Pat Down At Kansas City Airport

AOL Travel News | Posted 07.11.2011

An 8-month old receiving a pat down at the Kansas City airport has sparked outrage on Twitter after a fellow traveler posted a photo of the interactio...