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Three Delta Employees Charged With Smuggling At Least $600K In Drugs
By Chris Morran on May 3, 2012 11:15 AM
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Even though it could result in a life sentence and millions of dollars in fines, airline and airport staff continue to think that smuggling drugs is a good way to earn a few extra bucks on the side. More »
Newark Airport Terminal Evacuated Over Unchecked Baby
By Chris Morran on April 27, 2012 5:34 PM
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The week of little children posing a threat to the travelers of the world concludes with this story about how officials evacuated and temporarily shut down an entire terminal at Newark International Airport because a baby didn't receive a second screening. More »
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TSA Allows Airports To Hire People Without Finishing Background Check
By Chris Morran on April 26, 2012 2:30 PM
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While the TSA dare not let a hug-friendly 4-year-old go by without a pat-down, the agency is apparently just fine with allowing airports to hire new employees who haven't gone through a complete background check yet. More »
(lorelei)
TSA Agents Accused Of Taking Bribes To Let Drugs Through LAX Checkpoints
By Chris Morran on April 25, 2012 7:33 PM
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While the TSA blog loves to brag about all the weapons the agency's screeners have taken off travelers, this news probably won't be posted with pride on the kitchenette bulletin board at TSA HQ. More »
Report: TSA Has No Idea How To Screen A 7-Year-Old With Cerebral Palsy
By Chris Morran on April 25, 2012 12:15 PM
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The tiny (potential) terrorists of the world continue to wreak havoc at airport security checkpoints. We already brought you the story of the 4-year-old who dared to hug her grandmother in view of TSA screeners, and now comes the tale of a 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy whose crutches and leg braces reportedly confounded security personnel at JFK Airport. More »
4-Year-Old Gets TSA Pat-Down Following Hug From Grandma
By Chris Morran on April 23, 2012 3:15 PM
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Kids today. They say and do the darndest things, even under the watchful eye of the Transportation Security Administration. So who knows what happens when your 4-year-old daughter gives grandma a hug at the airport security checkpoint. In addition to that peck on the cheek, a deadly weapon may have been exchanged. More »
Nudity Is Always A Fun Way To Protest The TSA
By Chris Morran on April 18, 2012 7:30 AM
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Perhaps the man who stripped naked at the Portland International Airport security checkpoint last night just figured he was saving the TSA the step of having to pat him down for concealed items? More »
TSA's Expedited Precheck Program Doesn't Guarantee You'll Always Whisk Through Security
By Chris Morran on March 15, 2012 12:45 PM
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We've written before about the Transportation Security Administration's Precheck program, which is intended to allow prescreened travelers to get through airport screening checkpoints in a flash without having to kick off their shoes or wait in the snaking lines of sighing passengers. But membership in the program doesn't guarantee that you'll always zip through with a high-five from a TSA agent. More »
TSA To Take It Easy On Elderly Terrorists
By Chris Morran on March 14, 2012 3:43 PM
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The terror threat from septuagenarians is apparently not as high as those young whippersnappers who are merely of retirement age. At least according to the Transportation Security Administration, which next week will begin testing new, less-intrusive, screening procedures for travelers 75 years of age and older. More »
Man Claims You Can Beat TSA Scanners By Placing Contraband Along The Side Of Your Body
By Chris Morran on March 7, 2012 10:15 AM
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Since the TSA began rolling out its full-body scanners a few years ago, much has been made about possible safety and invasion of privacy concerns, but one blogger claims the devices are completely ineffective because all you need to do to sneak something past security is to place it along the side of your body. More »
States Making A Profit Selling Machetes, Knives, Fuzzy Handcuffs Confiscated By TSA
By Chris Morran on February 22, 2012 2:15 PM
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For all the stories we hear about people who inadvertently slip a knife or gun through airport security, there are countless other travelers whose contraband is confiscated after it shows up on the security scan. But what exactly happens to all that fun stuff? More »
Senator: Claims Of TSA Harassment Demonstrate The Need For Passenger Advocates
By Chris Morran on February 14, 2012 12:36 PM
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Following claims by female passengers that they have been harassed while going through airport security checkpoints, Senator Chuck Schumer from New York has renewed his call for the Transportation Security Administration to place passenger advocates in every airport terminal. More »
Thieving TSA Agent Serves As Reminder To Not Carry $5K In Your Coat
By Chris Morran on February 2, 2012 1:41 PM
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See, this is why smugglers duct tape their contraband to their chest and groin — so that a rogue TSA agent doesn't simply swipe it from their coat as it goes through the security checkpoint. More »
TSA Can't Tell The Difference Between A Gun & An Insulin Pump
By Chris Morran on January 27, 2012 4:15 PM
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Travelers at Los Angeles International Airport this morning were held back from boarding this morning after the brain trust at the TSA security checkpoint not only managed to mistake a passenger's insulin pump for a gun, but also waited until after she'd passed through the checkpoint to think it might be a good idea to check out the mysterious item. More »
(Rand Paul)
Ron Paul Says Senator Son Detained By TSA For Refusing Pat-Down
By Chris Morran on January 23, 2012 12:50 PM
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Presidential candidate Ron Paul and his son, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, have been very vocal critics of the Transportation Security Administration. And it doesn't look like the two will be thinking any more highly of the TSA as, according to the elder Paul pol, Rand was detained by the TSA this morning after refusing to submit to a pat-down. More »
(DFW Airport)
Arrested Traveler Says She Shouldn't Be Held Responsible Because TSA Didn't Spot Her Handgun
By Chris Morran on January 20, 2012 1:15 PM
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Over the years, a number of people have been stopped at airport security checkpoints for carrying weapons — guns, knives, box cutters, the occasional M-622 Avalanche — that the passenger claimed they had accidentally stowed in their carry-on bag. But who is responsible once that traveler gets through the checkpoint? More »
Airline Passengers Emptied Their Pockets & Left $400K Worth Of Change Behind In 2010
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 12, 2012 2:00 PM
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Airport security areas are basically just one big change jar, as the Transportation Security Administration reports that passengers left behind around $400,000 in coins in 2010. Which means either we're forgetting our nickels and dimes or consciously choosing to ditch those pennies instead of filling our pockets back up. More »
TSA Agent Finds Pot In Rapper's Bag, Leaves Note Rather Than Confiscating It
By Chris Morran on December 16, 2011 12:15 PM
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Remember that TSA agent who left a "get your freak on" note inside the bag of a woman who packed a vibrator — and was subsequently fired for doing so? Well it looks like that agent was not the only wannabe quipster among his security-screening kin. More »
Lawmakers Ask TSA To Place Passenger Advocates In Airports
By Chris Morran on December 12, 2011 12:15 PM
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Considering all the negative press the Transportation Security Administration has received in recent years over its invasive airport security screening procedures, it couldn't hurt for the TSA to have staffers on hand whose job it is to consider the best interest of the passengers. More »
TSA Thinks Fake Gun On Your Handbag Is A Security Threat
By Chris Morran on December 2, 2011 3:15 PM
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While gun replicas have been outlawed on planes since 2002, should that include miniature designs of pistols that are part of your handbag? This is the question that vexed a teenager who was stopped by TSA agents and told that her weaponized handbag was some sort of illegal security risk. More »
