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6 hrs ago | The Orlando Sentinel

More guns seized at OIA than at any other Florida airport

Orlando International Airport has stopped more armed passengers trying to board flights than any other Florida airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration .

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Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, US News

11 hrs ago | Gilmer Mirror

We Must Overhaul The TSA

You probably think this doesn't apply to you. Wrong. Even if you never enter an airport your hard earned dollars are paying big salaries and big benefits to thousands of federal TSA workers - right now.

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Related Topix: Prison

12 hrs ago | KMVT Twin Falls

TSA Agents Find Loaded Firearm At Boise Airport

Officers with the Transportation Security Administration at Boise Airport discovered a loaded firearm at the security checkpoint Friday morning during routine screening of carry-on baggage.

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Related Topix: US News

16 hrs ago | The Honolulu Advertiser

Fliers may be able to keep shoes on

In a letter sent Monday, Schatz urged Transportation Security Administration head John Pistole to include Hawaii's interisland flights in TSA's PreCheck program.

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Related Topix: US News

21 hrs ago | Advocate

Op-ed: Flying While Trans

Airport security can be nerve-racking and at times a downright nightmare for transgender travelers - as well as for many other people.

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Related Topix: Transgender, US News, Opinion

Yesterday | USA Today

Long security lines frustrate fliers at Seattle airport

Increased summer travel is responsible for delays at Sea-Tac Airport security lines, the airport and Transportation Security Administration said.

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Related Topix: US News

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Free Republic

TSA agent tells teen to 'cover herself'

A Transportation Security Administration agent allegedly told a 15-year-old girl at Los Angeles International Airport to "cover herself" before she boarded her flight.

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Related Topix: US News

PhysOrg Weblog

Slow and steady wins the baggage search

Within this set of 32 figures, there is just one that forms a T shape. Professional searchers took longer to search patterns like this, but with higher accuracy than civilians.

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Related Topix: Duke University, US News

Daily Mail

'Cover yourself!': Father is horrified after TSA worker 'verbally...

An investigation is underway after a TSA officer told a teenage girl traveling through Los Angeles Airport to 'cover herself up' in an allegedly abusive manner.

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Related Topix: US News, Education Etc.

Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

Bomb experts check out potential airport threats

About once a day, a passenger at one of South Florida's three major airports tries to take an item through security that could be mistaken for a bomb.

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Related Topix: US News, Fort Lauderdale, FL, US Military, US Army

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Bigger is not better in surveillance

Israel and the United States since 9/11 have taken strikingly different approaches to protecting their citizens from acts of terror.

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Related Topix: US News, Terrorism, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Opinion

Fri Jun 14, 2013

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Air travelers find Jesus - on airport security floor

Apparently, some think a smudge in the Lord's image has appeared on the floor near the security checkpoints at Terminal 3. The image was first reported by the New Times' Robrt L. Pela, whose TSA worker friend told him about "Tile Jesus."

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Related Topix: New Times, Publishing, Media, US News

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

TSA correct to reverse plan and continue ban on knives

The Issue: The agency said small blades were not going to bring down an airplane.

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Related Topix: US News

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Daily Kos

Right-wing claiming Muslims are exempt from govt. spying

Investors Business Daily has an incredibly inflammatory article taking advantage of the recent uproar about the NSA's broad spying programs to assert that Muslims are being given a special exemption from government eavesdropping.

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Related Topix: US News, Liberal Political News

Airport Business

Clock Strikes Zero: TSA Once Again Misses Deadline to Finalize Repair Station Security Rule

The Transportation Security Administration once again failed to meet its deadline to finalize the repair station security rule, expected by today.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration

CBS Local

MBTA Emergency Training Center Opens

There's an unmarked door connecting the old with the new at the MBTA Broadway Red Line Station in South Boston.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, US News

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Star Tribune

Security illusions: The TSA caves on small knives

Knives on airlines - an important subject. In "The right call for safer air travel" the Star Tribune Editorial Board applauded the Transportation Security Administration's decision to back off a proposal to let passengers carry small knives onto airliners.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Opinion

News Max

TSA's Groping Softened Us Up for NSA's Snooping

Here's a question I asked myself yesterday: Would I rather have my phone records collected and readied for possible inspection by the National Security Agency, or have my genitalia scrutinized by the But my preference is the latter, and not only because the TSA Genitalia-Inspection Service has been doing its business on me for years now and I've ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, Terrorism

MSNBC

Why the TSA gave up on knives on planes

United Airlines flight attendants Scott Freeman speaks during a news conference and protest in front of Tom Bradley International terminal in opposition to the FAA's recent decision to start allowing small pocket knives back on board jetliners on April 1, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Maxine Waters, Travel

Tue Jun 11, 2013

The Heartland Institute

White House Eyes $5.5 Billion Tax Hike on Airline Industry

The Obama administration is pushing for new taxes on the airline industry that would amount to an estimated hike of $14 per flight.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration