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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the rights of a Rastafarian baggage screener at Boston's Logan International Airport were violated when he was threatened with firing unless he cut his hair.
The American Civil Liberties Union has dropped a lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration that claimed a man was wrongly detained the St. Louis airport because he was carrying about $4,700 in cash.
Don’t toss that one-quart, zip-top, clear plastic bag just yet. Despite hopeful reports, technological advances and the recent terror-plot convictions in London, TSA won’t be relaxing its 3-1-1 rule on liquids any time soon.
The Obama administration has told some members of Congress that it plans to pick a former FBI special agent to head the federal agency charged with keeping terrorists off airplanes.
Only a few people know that Delta Air Lines paid Amanda Sage $200 as compensation for returning her checked bag with a giant rip in it. Or that American Airlines delivered a new footlocker to John Wetmore when the one he checked in as baggage showed up with a big hole punched in it.
A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested at a New Jersey airport after authorities say she avoided a pre-flight screening and boarded a plane.
A lawsuit filed Thursday against the Transportation Security Administration alleges a Ron Paul supporter was unreasonably detained at the St. Louis airport because he was carrying about $4,700 in cash.
Don’t be surprised or alarmed if the next time you go through the security checkpoint at the airport you find TSA staff handing out smiles and warm greetings instead of barked orders, mean looks and stern commands. There may even be some TSA-approved hugging and high-fiving going on back there behind the X-ray machines.
One thing is for sure: You will be detained and arrested if you on a flight heading in to LAX last week. Witnesses say Johnson tried opening a rear emergency exit door and yelled, “I have a bomb” when other passengers tried to stop him.
There's a new option for people annoyed at having to take their laptops out of their bags at airport security. The Transportation Security Administration will now allow travelers to leave their computers inside "checkpoint friendly" cases.
Frustrated by long airport-security lines? Certain those screeners aren't paying attention? Wondering why your grandma always gets frisked?
Frustrated by long airport-security lines? Certain those screeners aren't paying attention? Wondering why your grandma always gets frisked? The federal government wants to hear — or at least read — your gripes at the "Evolution of Security" blog the Transportation Security Administration introduced Wednesday. And it promises those complaints and suggestions won't vanish into thin air.
The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on the Transportation Security Administration and air travel was conducted December 17-19, 2007, and is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,004 adults from all states.
The head of the Transportation Security Administration denied Wednesday that top agency officials intended to tip off airport security screeners that they were being covertly tested last year.
The Transportation Security Administration touts its programs to ensure security by using undercover operatives to test its airport screeners. In one instance, however, the agency thwarted such a test by alerting screeners across the country that it was under way, even providing descriptions of the undercover agents.
Air passengers will no longer have to remove bulky headwear such as turbans at screening checkpoints if doing so makes them uncomfortable.
Two laptop computers with detailed personal information about commercial drivers across the country who transport hazardous materials are missing and considered stolen.
The federal agency known for screening passengers and baggage has raised some eyebrows by reviewing the investigation of a deadly Comair plane crash for secret information about aviation procedures.
The Transportation Security Administration did not follow White House instructions to protect sensitive information on a computer hard drive containing bank and payroll data for 100,000 employees that was discovered missing, the agency acknowledged to Congress.
The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees.
I Fought the Law. . . And I WonIt has often been said that, "The Camera is the New Gun." Such words ring true.
Snow globes? TSA will likely just say 'no'Pity the lowly snow globe with white flakes raining down on a snowman or Santa Claus tucked inside its liquid dome.
Airport rules changed after Ron Paul aide detained An angry aide to Rep. Ron Paul, an iPhone and $4,700 in cash have forced the Transportation Security Administration to quietly issue two new rules telling its airport screeners they can only conduct searches related to airplane safety.
For those of you preparing to fly, here is the complete list from the TSA of prohibited carry-on items. Have fun! SHARP OBJECTS:
TSA to expand use of body scanners - USATODAY.comTSA to expand use of body scanners WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration plans to install 150 security machines at airport checkpoints that enable screeners to see under passengers' clothes.
TSA enforcing class discriminationMy big puzzle/complaint with TSA: how can they enforce and man discriminatory lines in the airport check in? If someone is paying United more for a first class seat they can enjoy better service and seating on United--but in going through gov't run, TSA-manned security, how can …
Fatima Rizvi : Strange revelations are revealing a dark side of the US. The only redeeming feature is that all these revelations, or at least most of them, are coming out from within the US system and from US citizens.
"Secure Flight," Insecure Travel RightsProtecting air safety is essential, but professional screening at airports already provides for it. Giving the TSA as an official agency the additional authority to decide who gets to go where reaches beyond safety into overextended governmental power.
Crashing Twitter a Picnic compared to TSA: Secure Flight Program"It is anticipated that by mid-August, TSA will require airlines to provide a traveler's Secure Flight Personal Data (SFPD) via a secure web portal, 72 hours before a flight's departure.
Comics creator stopped by TSA for carrying script about writer under suspicion by TSAComics writer Mark Sable was detained and intensively questioned by the TSA for carrying a script for an upcoming comic book about a writer who is detained and intensively questioned by the TSA for writing a comic about terrorism.
Transportation Security Administration is responsible for administrating the security through the United States. However, they aren't making our airports safer. It's just a show put on to make passengers feel safer.
Audio Full Version: Campaign for Liberty's Steve Bierfeldt detained and questioned by St. Louis TSAMr Bierfeldt was traveling from a regional meeting of a conservative political organization know to advocate sound money, small government, civil liberties and belief in The United States Constitution when he was detained and interrogated by Transportation Security Administration …
Passenger says TSA agents harassed him - CNN.comMore out of control government courtesy of George Bush and the Republican party of fear.
Suit accuses TSA of unreasonable detention of Ron Paul SupporterA lawsuit filed Thursday against the Transportation Security Administration alleges a Ron Paul supporter was unreasonably detained at the St.
ACLU, Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty sue TSA over 'illegal' detentionThe American Civil Liberties Union may have just earned itself a few more Republican admirers.
DHS to Scan Fingerprints of Travellers Exiting the USThe US Department of Homeland Security is set to kickstart a controversial new pilot to scan the fingerprints of travellers departing the United States.
It has become evident to the most causal observer that we live in some strange times. Since 9/11 our country has declared a war on terrorism and if you ask me, we are loosing the war.
Sweat = Threat? Army Looks at â��Abnormal Perspirationâ�� as Sign of â��Harmful Intentâ�� | Danger Room | Wired.comIf you walk weird, make funny faces, or sweat a little too much — watch out, when you walk into an airport. The U.S. military wants to use those irregularities as "indicators" of "possibly suspicious and harmful intent."
Privacy advocates call for end to airport "virtual strip searches"The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) kicked off a campaign Tuesday which calls on the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) to halt the use of "whole body imaging" scanners at airports.
Privacy groups tell TSA to stop looking under traveler's clothes | 10connects.com | Tampa, St. Petersburg, ClearwaterFull-body imaging machines are back in the news. This week the Electronic Privacy Information Center launched a national campaign asking the Transportation Security Administration to immediately stop using the machines to look under traveler's clothes for weapons.
My Penis May Be a TerroristI have, for some time now, not trusted my penis. It has that look. Nervous. Shifty. From a very young age, I sensed that it was up to something sinister. Now, my suspicions are beginning to grow (so to speak).
I spent the better part of the last three years of my life on airplanes and in airports. No really. For like three years straight I was on a plane almost every month (and multiple times a month) of the year. Some of it was business. Some of it was pleasure.
Report Faults TSA Risk Assessment GAO finds agency did not follow Department of Homeland Security process
The Security SwampSecure Flight, the government's new airline passenger-screening program, wants to identify troublemakers. But making it work might be a nightmare for travelers.
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