‘An officer then made him remove his legs, then put them back on”
11-year-old hitchhiker boards plane from UK to Rome without passport or ticket - TheDC
Boy ditches mom at shopping mall, tricks airport security
Parents try to smuggle baby past airport security in carry on - Gulf News
‘When customs officials saw the baby inside the bag at the X-ray scanner, they were stunned’
TSA screening study leaves health questions unanswered - TheDCNF
Republican Sen. Susan Collins and other lawmakers recently asked the Transportation Security Administration to thoroughly study the health effects of its body scanners. Instead, like a nervous passenger, the agency seems to have “opted out” of that particular request. Sen. Collins, along with other lawmakers, requested a new report to address the effects of TSA’s [...]
DHS: New airport security policy for kids under 12 - AP
Children will no longer have to remove shoes once plan is finalized
Police: Suspicious cargo at Dulles not a danger - AP
Officials say there was nothing harmful about suspicious boxes on a cargo pallet that prompted an hours-long evacuation of several gates
U.S. airport security will allow travelers to keep shoes on - NY Daily News
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says passengers won’t have to remove shoes in the future
Bin Laden lives on through the TSA
The TSA is a prime example of how government programs often hurt the people they’re supposed to protect.
Texas senate passes bill to prohibit TSA pat-downs - Star-Telegram
The bill would expand the federal definition of ‘official oppression’ to ban federal employees from improperly touching a person’s privates
Why Bogdan Dzakovic won't fly
An aviation security expert explains why he avoids air travel.
Police at Miami airport after explosion in bag - AP
The bag was damaged and shreds of what appears to have been a pressurized can recovered
Naked insecurity: Bombs and guns continue to go undetected at airports - ABC
Classified government studies leaked to the media show that bombs were easily smuggled past airport security by undercover agents
The TSA singers
The TSA is trying to improve its image by singing to people. Instead of singing, they should stop grabbing people’s groins.
Profiling airline passengers is constitutional and effective
The Supreme Court ruled in 1996 that profiling in certain instances is constitutional.
Khloe Kardashian: Airport security is 'like being raped' - Daily Mail
The 26-year-old equated new TSA airport security measures to ‘being raped’ in public after she was subject to a patdown at the airport recently
Is the TSA targeting women?
It seems like women are more likely to be patted down than men.
The solution to the TSA scanner dilemma
A new infrared scanner that the TSA is currently reviewing would eliminate privacy concerns.
The last line of defense
David Rittgers imagines what a letter from TSA head John Pistole to the public would look like.
It's like a Tea Party... with groping, nudity, and kilts - AP
Placards, kilts part of plans for Wednesday travel scanner protests
