Transporation Security Administration News

TSA Administrator John Pistole told The Philadelphia Inquirer that his intent is to implement the new policy "in the next 30 days." Originally, implementation was set for April 25, but the plan encountered unanticipated opposition from flight attendants, then from airlines including Delta and US Airways and then from politicians.

The "friendly skies" have gotten a little stabbier as the Transportation Security Administration considers lifting the ban to allow pocketknives on planes.

At a time when the partisan divide in Congress grows ever wider, it seems there's one thing legislators can agree on: They're dead-set against TSA's temporarily postponed plan to let passengers carry small knives on board airplanes.

Airport travel apps for smart phones and tablets are must-have items for some air travelers, much like that phone itself.

I was relieved when I heard the news that Logan airport would be replacing its full body backscatter scanners -- which use small amounts of radiation -- with the millimeter wave scanners that don't use any radiation.

The House has passed a bill that would require the Transportation Security Administration to expedite security screenings for severely injured or disabled veterans and any family members or caregivers traveling with them.

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions, representing 90,000 Flight Attendants including United, American, Southwest and US Airways, conducted a press conference and rally Monday, May 20, 2013 at Houston Intercontinental Airport to continue engaging the traveling public in efforts to keep the ... (more)

OSI Systems shares fell as much as 17 percent on the Nasdaq on Monday. They were down about 9 percent at $60.40 in the afternoon.

The pressure continues to mount on the Transportation Security Administration to prohibit passengers from bringing small pocket knives into the cabins of commercial planes.

Effective immediately, The Transportation Security Administration announced that TSA PreCheck participants will be eligible for expedited screening on select international travel itineraries in addition to domestic travel.

From left are Leatherman's multi tools: Squirt ES4, Squirt PS4 and Micra, Leatherman is among the local companies that hopes the TSA changes its rules to permit small knife blades on airplanes.

Americans are constantly bitching about TSA security checks at the airport. But those hassles are nothing compared to what China East passengers recently endured at Beijing International Airport.

An Oregon man who stripped naked at Portland International Airport to protest a security check - and became an Internet celebrity because of the disrobing - went to court Tuesday to contest the federal government's proposal to fine him $1,000. The Transportation Security Administration is fining 50-year-old John Brennan for interfering with the ... (more)

Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, announced it has shipped eight Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detectors in a follow-on order to the Mexico City International Airport.

You saw at Reason 24/7 last week that John Brennan, who went vital with his video of stripping naked in protest at a Portland airport TSA station, is facing a $1,000 fine from the agency and intends to appeal.

Unless you cause a ruckus and divert a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to New York to another airport.

Early last week, Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed realized his dream of a fully 3D printed gun with the Liberator - a handgun that can fire a single bullet.

The expedited screening program that began at Pittsburgh International Airport in October is now extending to some passengers traveling internationally, including the Pittsburgh-to-Paris nonstop flights that resumed this past weekend on Delta Air Lines .

Private security firms are jostling for position on a potentially high-dollar government contract: a chance to conduct background checks on thousands of frequent fliers.

You might have thought John E. Brennan's troubles were history after a judge last year acquitted him of criminal wrongdoing for stripping at Portland International Airport to protest what he saw as ridiculously invasive security measures.