When the agency charged with protecting America's transportation systems unplugs the last scanner and wheels it out of the airport terminal, TSA will have to answer to the American taxpayers about its latest failure.
AP | By EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 02.08.2012
WASHINGTON -- A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airport...
Christopher Elliott | Posted 03.24.2012
When it comes to the TSA's theft problem, "Finders keepers doesn't apply when you are a public servant and have the public's trust," says one cops.
AOL Travel News | Posted 10.04.2011
Boston's TSA screeners will be watching travelers a little bit more closely starting next week. Under a new pilot program kicking off in a little o...
Kip Hawley | Posted 09.19.2011
Anybody can bludgeon the many shortcomings and foibles at TSA, and there will be plenty more opportunities in the future. But now is the time to give some positive reinforcement to a sensible attempt at innovation.
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...
Naomi Wolf | Posted 08.06.2011
New research suggests that British colonial rule was a laboratory of the very repressive tactics and the same soundbites that we are seeing at home now in the United States. The past is prologue.
Justin P. Oberman | Posted 06.21.2011
If road warriors are going to return to lace-up shoes, if little kids are going to leave their Velcro in place, and if our grandmothers are going to be able to pack one fewer pair of pumps, we need an airport screening system that identifies potential threats.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The use of full-body scanners and invasive pat-downs at airports around the country will not change for the "foreseeable future," H...
Sen. Tom Carper | Posted 05.25.2011
To effectively protect American travelers, our airports need a layered, multifaceted approach to security that is nimble enough to respond to a variety of threats. The proper training of TSA officials is vital to this.
The Nation | Mark Ames & Yasha Levine | Posted 05.25.2011
Does anyone else sense something strange is going on with the apparently spontaneous revolt against the TSA? This past week, the media turned an "ordi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011
A new poll released on Wednesday shows that most adults in the U.S. support the TSA's new electronic screening procedures, but a slight majority think...
Ben Tripp | Posted 05.25.2011
The new TSA X-ray images aren't like ordinary medical X-rays. They expose every fold, crevice, and anatomical detail. It is easy to discern if the subject has had a mastectomy, for example, or is circumcised.
Christopher Elliott | Posted 05.12.2012