Can I tell you a secret about airport security?
If you think America’s airport security systems are obsessed with secrecy, you should meet Jose Lacson.
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Has the TSA become its own worst enemy?
You don’t have to read the 59-page congressional report on the Transportation Security Administration’s shortcomings, released on the 11th anniversary of 9/11, to conclude the agency has “become its own worst enemy.”
“Meltdowns” the TSA forgot to mention
John Mica is sounding the alarm bells about “another TSA meltdown.” In a vaguely worded press release issued late Friday, the Florida congressman, who chairs the committee that oversees the airport screeners, warned of a “dramatic meltdown of TSA operations” at an unnamed Florida airport.
Pilot who posted security flaw video online is punished by the TSA
An airline pilot who posted a series of videos online that exposed shortcomings in airport security has been punished by the Transportation Security Administration, which included a visit to his home by federal agents and sheriff’s deputies.
TSA agents return confiscated baby food after mom pulls out iPad
Betcha Steve Jobs never thought his iPad would help retrieve baby food from a TSA checkpoint. But these are strange times.
Thank you, TSA, for saving us from those dangerous snow globes, gel inserts and printer cartridges
True to form, the TSA has overreacted yet again to a minor security threat by banning printer cartridges. Printer cartridges!
TSA: Enhanced pat-downs coming nationwide Oct. 31?
When it comes to the Transportation Security Administration’s new security measures, it’s hard to know who to believe anymore.
Saying “no” to TSA’s full body scan may come at a price
Having second thoughts about those new full-body scanners being used at airports by the Transportation Security Administration? The federal agency charged with protecting the nation’s transportation systems may want to take a second look — at you.
Internal TSA memo warns Good Samaritans: “We cannot allow a distraction”
If you’re unlucky enough to have a medical emergency on a plane, your flight attendants are trained to help. Same thing goes for other public places, like restaurants and schools. But an internal memo circulated to employees at one airport suggests the TSA would rather you take your heart attack elsewhere.