“Transportation Security Administration” on The Daily Caller

For more than a year now, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been using invasive methods to search airline passengers as part of the so-called “war on terrorism.” To many Americans, such tactics constitute a clear assault on our civil liberties, and some have decided not to sit by idly. Not surprisingly, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is among this group. (more)

Not content with hassling air passengers at airports across the country, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now implementing plans to stop vehicles traveling America’s highways and byways, in the hope of finding terrorists and other lawbreakers. The acronym that government brainiacs have concocted for this intrusive program is “VIPR” — short for the “Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response.” (more)

1.) Obama is very disappointed in you, United States Constitution — Are you satisfied, Constitution? Everything would be great right now if you would just let Obama do whatever he wants. But nooooo. Well, fine. Fine. Now see what you’re making him do. TheDC’s Nicholas Ballasy reports: (more)

Frequent travelers may be used to finding an official note from the Transportation Security Administration alerting them that their checked bags have been searched, but rarely does the TSA take the opportunity to get a little more — or a lot more — personal with travelers. (more)

You would think that ogling passengers in carcinogenic scanners, stripping diapers from little old ladies who are dying of cancer and molesting children would be enough mischief for any agency. But no. Now the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wants us to chat with our assailants. Why? Because it pretends they can read our minds for “malintent.” (more)

It doesn’t take much to get an airport security badge these days, even if you are a dog. (more)

Transportation Security Administration screeners confiscated a pregnant woman’s insulin and ice packs Thursday afternoon at Denver International Airport. (more)

Passengers flying through Boston’s Logan International Airport will notice the security screeners are chattier than usual, but it’s not an improved customer service policy. (more)

After months of growing public discontent over its security measures, the Transportation Security Administration announced today it will soon begin rolling out a program to speed up travel for certain passengers who voluntarily offer information about themselves. (more)

U.S. airports have suffered more than 25,000 security breaches under the watch of the Transportation Security Administration in the past ten years, a House subcommittee on national security reported today. (more)

Transportation Security Administration officials were left scratching their heads again after a cleaning crew found a stun gun on a JetBlue plane that landed late Friday in Newark. (more)

While passengers were taking valuables out of their pockets, one sticky-fingered TSA employee at a Florida airport was stuffing them right back in his pants. (more)

Texas Rep. Ron Paul added the Transportation Security Administration to the long list of federal agencies he would like to abolish yesterday. (more)

It’s not just conservatives and libertarians crying foul over a recent Transportation Security Administration pat-down act on a 95-year old cancer patient, Lena Reppert, who was forced to remove her adult diaper as part of security check. Even some on the left are taking notice as well. (more)

Planes, trains and automobiles — the Transportation Security Administration is now inspecting them all. And trolleys, ferries, subways and even private cars. (more)

The American Federation of Government Employees, a public sector union under the umbrella of the AFL-CIO, won the right today to represent the more than 40,000 airport screeners of the Transportation Security Administration. (more)

Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul told the Transportation Security Administration today that it should end what he called the “universality of insult” of random pat-downs of passengers. (more)

Two Republican House members are calling for an investigation of the Transportation Security Administration after serious lapses in security led to the firing of dozens TSA employees at Honolulu International Airport. (more)

Don’t mess with Texas’ junk. (more)

Paul Kahan, a James Beard Award-winning chef based in Chicago, said he accidentally smuggled four large chef’s knives onto a flight out of Chicago O’Hare International Airport in his carry-on bag on Thursday. (more)