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Goodbye 'nude scanners.' Hello new headache.
There’s no appeasing the paranoid, it seems. The Transportation Security Administration has done away with its controversial “nude scanners,” which took full-body X-rays of passengers to ensure no one would board a plane with hidden...
Tags: X-rays, Medical Procedures and Tests, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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LETTER: TSA Agents Bollixed By Artificial Hip?
We arrived at Bradley airport for an 8 a.m. departure. Since I am 85, I know that I do not have to remove my shoes (a difficult process with an artificial hip). But the TSA agent insisted, and we argued for several minutes. He called a second agent for... -
Almost a 'Trusted Traveler': Are the airport hassles behind her now?
I'm a step closer to Trusted Traveler status. In a post that ran May 17, I wrote that I had received conditional approval for the Trusted Traveler program as part of the Global Entry system but that the earliest available appointment was Aug. 6....
Tags: Media Industry, Los Angeles International Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Trips and Vacations, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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TSA stops another gun at OIA
A woman escorting a passenger to a flight at Orlando International Airport was arrested Thursday morning for carrying a loaded handgun through security, records show. A Transportation Security Administration officer discovered the .380-caliber pistol...
Tags: Orlando International Airport, Firearms, Orlando Police Department
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TSA drops plan to allow small knives on planes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Transportation Security Administration says he's dropping a proposal that would have let airline passengers carry small knives, souvenir bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes. The proposal had...Tags: Washington, DC
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TSA knife ban to remain
After months of debate and protest, the Transportation Security Administration said it will indefinitely keep in place a ban on passengers carrying small pocket knives on planes--a ban that began after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. TSA chief John...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport
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TSA finds record 65 weapons on U.S. airport passengers last week
Airport security officers uncovered a record 65 firearms on passengers boarding planes last week, surpassing the previous record high of 50 guns. The Transportation Security Administration reported 54 of the guns found at airport security checkpoints...
Tags: Orlando International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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TSA to continue prohibiting carry-on pocket knives on planes
Under pressure from lawmakers and flight attendants, the Transportation Security Administration said it would indefinitely prohibit passengers from carrying small pocket knives on planes — a ban that began after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The...
Tags: Edward J Markey, Los Angeles International Airport, George Washington, Janice Hahn, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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U.S. security agency scraps plan to allow small knives on planes
Reuters* Proposal to allow knives on board sparked fury among crews * Restrictions put in place after Sept. 11 attacks * Flight attendants laud TSA's change of course By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - The top U.S. transportation security...Tags: Edward J Markey, Aircraft Hijacking, U.S. House of Representatives
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Air marshal whistle-blower fired in 2006 claims big win in court
Two years after 9/11, federal Air Marshal Robert MacLean turned whistle-blower. He revealed to MSNBC reporters that the government planned to remove armed security officers from long-distance passenger flights to reduce hotel expenses despite reports...Tags: Labor Legislation, Government, National Government, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice
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Right-wing reflex: Blame Obama first
Republicans are not alone in their outrage that the Internal Revenue Service singled out tea party groups for extra scrutiny to their applications for nonprofit tax status. Nobody likes to be profiled. The IRS folks should have known better. "You've got...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Tea Party Movement, Politics, Richard Nixon, White House
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