The controversial full-body scanners that the Transportation Security Administration has been using in airports to detect illegal objects being hidden by passengers will be removed from all airports.
We all gripe about having to take our shoes off when we go through airport security, but according to a list of items confiscated this year by the TSA, footwear may be the least of its concerns.
When you hear about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), it’s usually because one of its agents has aggressively searched someone they probably shouldn’t have searched so aggressively.
But despite the drumbeat of negative stories surrounding the folks entrusted with our airport security the general public hasn’t turned on the TSA.
We haven’t heard anything from the TSA about how many actual terrorist plots it prevented in 2011. In fact, we have no real report on how much safer it was to fly around the country in 2011 because of the efforts of our favorite, invasive security agency. What we do have, though, is a list of the ridiculous things they have taken from Americans who dare to forget what they’ve been carrying in thei
Isis Brantley is headed back to Dallas from Atlanta when she goes through airport security then is called back where the TSA agents pat down her afro for explosives. Seriously!
Recent reports that the federal government is planning a reform on how the Transportation Security Administration operates within the borders of the United States. With a reform in the works, this looks promising for many American frequent travelers. Here the deal, if your willing to answer a few personal questions and undergo a "more thorough background" investigation and pay an additio
OK, so most of us that travel using our nations airports all have our little horror stories about that time when you were at the DFW airport and this guy did whatever. You get the Idea, well someone put together some of the more comical things that have happened at airports around the world. While somethings are just not cool or against the law, it seems "flash mobbing" is still OK.
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In response to my own "humorous" post about the TSA screenings, it seems many people are really worried about the invasion of privacy the screenings will have on them. I personally don't care to get screened I have nothing to hide and I really don't think they are using it to "check out" my lovely body!!