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A Toddler’s TSA Screening Is Totally Unacceptable
Screen Cap via YouTube. Uh oh, here we go again. Just when initial outrage over the TSA’s new screening processes assuaged, a video of a TSA agent, frisking a three-year-old, wheelchair-bound boy has...
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Man Gets Naked to Protest TSA Harassment
Screen Cap via CNN. That’s exactly what one 50-year-old did after he was reportedly being “harassed” by TSA agents at Portland International Airport. In a Portlandia–sketch moment, the man protested...
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The 18-Month-Old Face of Terror
Image via NYDN. A 18-month-old child, who can’t even speak in full sentences yet, was escorted off a plane by officials because she was on a “no-fly” list. The tiny tot, Riyanna (great name!), was on...
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Man with Suspicious ‘Package’ Stopped at San Francisco Airport
Jonah Falcon in San Francisco. Image via Facebook. The man with the World Record for the world’s largest penis, was stopped by TSA agents at San Francisco International Airport after he was suspected...
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Customs Stop Man at LAX With Smoke Grenade, Knives, and Other Weapons
Image via Passport. A Boston man, flying from Japan en route to Boston was stopped at a layover in LAX by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after they discovered he had a smoke grenade,...
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TSA Seeks to Fire Largest Group of Security Agents Ever
Image via Passport. In our post-9/11 world, we as travelers expect the US Department of Homeland Security would be held to the highest standards. When we board a plane, we shouldn’t have to worry that...
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US Government Discontinues Use of Full-Body Scanners
After over two years of controversy, the federal government has discontinued using the invasive airport body scanners. After public outcry, the TSA was hoping to revamp the software to be less...
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TSA Changes Rules to Allow Knives & Other “Weapons” on Planes
Image via Passport. While back in January we were praising the TSA for finally getting rid of some controversial and potentially dangerous body scanners, their latest change in security procedures...
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Air Marshals and Flight Attendants Speak Out to Ban Weapons at 32,000 Feet
Image via TSA. After yesterday’s ridiculous announcement that the TSA will be lifting the ban on small knives, corkscrews, and other potentially lethal objects, groups that represent federal air...
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TSA Postpones Allowing Knives and Other ‘Weapons’ on Planes
Image via TSA. The Transportation Security Administration has finally come to their senses regarding their much-criticized easing of restrictions that would have allowed small knives on planes. The...
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‘Airport Flasher’ Settles Lawsuit Sending TSA Back to Civil Liberties School
Image via TSA Newsblog “[I]t is crystal clear,” the court wrote, “that the First Amendment protects peaceful nondisruptive speech in an airport, and that such speech cannot be suppressed solely...
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TSA Misconduct Up 26% in the Last Three Years as Government Calls for Reform
Image via Carolina K. Smith MD. While we may not always agree with the practices of the TSA, we have come to rely on them to ensure that when we fly, we’re safe. A new government report, though, shows...
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Air Safety Erodes Due to Government Shutdown
Image via Passport The government shutdown is certainly putting a damper on travel plans. Not only has the shutdown forced the temporary closure of several National Park Service-run landmarks and...
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Happy Thanksgiving From the TSA
Image via Passport Thinking about taking Great Grandma Edna’s Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce with you aboard your flight this Thanksgiving? Think again. The TSA has released their list of holiday items...
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Airline Ticket Price to Increase: This Time Blame the TSA Not the Airlines
Image via Passport “As required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, TSA has published an interim final rule to the Federal Register to restructure the September 11th Security Fee,” a press release...
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Power Off: You Won’t Believe the TSA’s Newest Rule
Image via Passport It seems like the United States is trying to make it harder and harder for people to have a comfortable, hassle-free air travel experience, and now the maligned TSA has introduced...
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Guilty of Cursing the TSA’s Dreaded Security Lines? Help Design the...
Image via Jeffrey J Coleman We’ve all cursed the TSA while waiting in a line at airport security. Huffed and puffed and tapped our feet and motioned with disgust that there needs to be more lanes open....
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Man Strips Naked When Asked to Take Off Belt at Security
Screen Cap via FoxNews We’ve all been there, eager to get on with our adventures or return home when airport security sets us back by asking us to separate our liquids, take out our laptops, or take...
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Woman Drinks $200 Cognac Bottle to Avoid Throwing it Out at Beijing Airport,...
Image via Passport A woman who attempted to bring a nearly $200 bottle of cognac on her flight, decided to down the entire thing in order to avoid having to hand it over to security. The bottle of...
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New Enhanced IDs Will be Required to Fly Domestically Beginning Next Year
Image via Jeffrey J Coleman Planning to fly domestically next year with your regular-old driver’s license, think again. A phase of the Real ID Act (2005) goes into effect requiring passengers to...
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