Tsa Security

TSA Mission: Impossible?

Steve Ressler | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Government, Govloop, Dorobek, Transportation Security Administration, Kip Hawley, Public Sector, Tsa, Airport Security, TSA Security, Travel Blogs, Travel News

A former TSA administrator says two major changes would create better -- and less frustrating -- airport security.

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Kissinger Given 'Full Monty' By TSA Agents

Posted 05.14.2012

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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger received little love from TSA agents at New York's LaGuardia airport on Friday when he was patted down. T...

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Half Of Airport Security Breaches May Go Unreported

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Newark Airport Security Breach, Tsa, Video, Terrorism, LaGuardia Airport, Airport Security, TSA Security, JFK Airport, Dogs, Newark Airport, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- On average, only half of the security breaches at six of the country's major airports were reported to and corrected by the Transportati...

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Searching Breast Milk, Turbans, Genitals: Mobile App Is 'TSA's Watchdog'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Sikh Turbans, Tsa, Video, Airport Racial Profiling, Tsa Pat Downs, Airport Security, TSA Security, Civil Rights, Racial Profiling, Mobile Apps, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A new mobile app that enables travelers to file reports of alleged racial profiling by the Transportation Security Administration from t...

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TSA Equipment Gathers Dust In Texas Warehouse At $184 Million Cost To Taxpayers, GOP Lawmakers Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Video, Tsa, Darrell Issa, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, John Mica, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Government Waste, Airport Security, TSA Security, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of pieces of security equipment that cost taxpayers an estimated $184 million and were supposed to be installed at airport che...

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Rand Paul: Stop 'Groping Toddlers And Grandmothers'

Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Rand Paul Tsa Groping, Tsa, Video, Rand Paul, Tsa Groping, Rand Paul Tsa, TSA Security, Tsa Patdowns, Transportation Security Administration, Rand Paul Kentucky, Politics News

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

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End Of Profiling: Letter To Sam Harris

Michael Mungai | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Islam, TSA Security, Al Shabaab, Kenya, Terrorism, Racial Profiling, Al Qaeda, Sam Harris, Islam in America, Religion News

It is utterly insensitive that while the U.S. is dealing with the extremities of such a barbaric practice that's suspected to have ended young Trayvon Martin's life, a respected public intellectual like yourself would advocate its practice on others.

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POLL: How Much Worse Can The TSA Behave?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Airport Security, Security, Transportation Security Administration, Kip Hawley, Methamphetamine, Tsa, TSA Security, Travel Blogs, Travel News

When you're on probation, you steer clear of trouble. You try to to avoid any appearance of impropriety and you're on your best behavior. Not the Transportation Security Administration.

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TSA Hired Agents Without Completing Background Checks

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Atlanta Airport, Video, Tsa, Tsa-Employees, Tsa Employment, Tsa Jobs, Tsa New Hires, Tsa Agents Background Checks, Business News, TSA Security, Background Checks, Transportation Security Administration, Business News

Some workers screening travelers at one major airport may not have been fully screened themselves. Facing a backlog of background checks, the Tran...

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Airport Racial Profiling App To Allow Real-Time Reporting

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Sikh Turbans, Tsa Profiling, Tsa, Video, Terrorism, Muslims, Airport Security, TSA Security, Racial Profiling, Tsa Racial Profiling, Mobile Apps, Sikhs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights groups plan to unveil a mobile app Monday that they say will allow users to report instances of alleged racial profiling by...

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Ex-TSA Chief Opposes Privatizing Airport Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Tsa, Video, Terrorism, Private Security Contractors, Privatization, John Mica, John Pistole, Airport Security, TSA Security, Transportation Security Administration, Kip Hawley, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Former Transportation Security Administration chief Kip Hawley said Wednesday that privatizing screening at airports -- a pet cause of a...

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TSA Begins Test Of New Passenger Security Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Tsa Airport Security, Tsa, Video, Homeland Security, John Pistole, Airport Security, TSA Security, Dulles Airport, Fake IDs, Airport Security Scanners, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Time to ditch that fake ID you used in high school: The Transportation Security Administration has started testing new scanners designed...

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Why You'll Likely Be Spending More Time In Airport Security Lines

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Travelling Tips, Tsa, La Guardia Airport, Wait Times, Airport Security, TSA Security, Tsa-Budget, Business News

Heads up to all last-minute travelers: It might be time to leave yourself a little more breathing room. That's because the Transportation Security...

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TSA Agent Hurls Coffee At Pilot

Posted 04.05.2012

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A 30-year-old TSA screener at New York's JFK airport was arrested Wednesday for allegedly throwing a cup of hot coffee on an American Airlines pilot, ...

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Girl Gets Knife Past Airport Security, Photographs It On The Plane

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Weapons on Plane, Knives, Knife on Plane, Airport Security, Tsa, TSA Forbidden List, TSA Security, Airport Security Breach, Airport Security Fail, Travel News

After a shocking photo of the knife one girl claims to have accidentally snuck on an airplane went viral on the social news site reddit, uploader samb...

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VIDEO: Why Does Everyone Hate The TSA?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Pat-Down, Video, Military, Hoax, Kids, Tsa, Airport Security, TSA Security, Travel News

Before 9/11, American airport screeners had a reputation for being poorly-educated and incompetent, but otherwise harmless. Now they have a reputation for being poorly-educated and incompetent, but they wear badges and call themselves "officers" and they aren't so harmless anymore.

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

Posted 03.19.2012

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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...

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New Screening Procedures For Travelers Over 75

AP | By JASON KEYSER | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Elderly Travelers, Airport Screening, Airport Security, Tsa, Video, TSA Security, Transportation Security Administration, Tsa Screenning, Tsa Over 75, Politics News

CHICAGO -- Some air travelers over the age of 75 will soon get a break at airport security checkpoints under a test program announced Wednesday that c...

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TSA Expands Pre-Check Program To Military Personnel At Reagan National Airport

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Video, Tsa, Military, Homeland Security, John Pistole, Customs and Border Protection, Airport Security, TSA Security, TSA Pre-Check, Pre-Check Program, Transportation Security Administration, Reagan National Airport, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. military personnel traveling out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will now be able to skip long security lines as part ...

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No Questions Asked, Or How I Became A 'Trusted Traveler'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 03.12.2012

Last week, just days after this story was posted and after informing the chief spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security that the name on my G...

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TSA Finds Bottle, Misses Antique Knife In Latest Flub

www.nypost.com | Posted 03.04.2012

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It took TSA agents 10 minutes yesterday to call cops after a Manhattan woman walked past JFK Airport scanners with a dagger in her bag. She was arr...

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TSA's 'Pre-Check' Program Expands

AP | By EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Global Pulse, Tsa Screenings, Tsa Precheck Program, John Pistole, Tsa, John Pistole Tsa, Video, TSA Security, Travel News

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...

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TSA Agents Do The Strangest Things!

Christopher Elliott | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Tsa, Tsa Patdowns, TSA Security, Tsa Agents, Airport Security, Travel Blogs, Travel News, Travel News

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.

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Satirical TSA 'Memo' Skewers The Bumbling Agency

Christopher Elliott | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Strip Search, Tsa Patdowns, TSA Security, Insulin, Tsa Cupcakes, Insulin Pumps, Cupcakes, Travel Blogs, Travel News

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.

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TSA Workers Fired For Falling Asleep On The Job

Posted 01.30.2012

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Eight TSA workers at Newark Airport have been suspended from their jobs for a variety of reasons, including failing to screen baggage properly to even...

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