Articles tagged with: TSA
By Mickey McCarter
TSA to fully assume vetting of air passengers this year
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) generally has fulfilled congressional requirements for bringing the Secure Flight program in for a landing on budget …
By David S. Cloud
The Obama administration will announce Friday a new screening system for flights to the United States under which passengers who fit an intelligence profile of potential terrorists will be searched before boarding …
By Becky Akers
After eight years of bullying Americans, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) now extends its regime to Canadians.
Come December, the TSA’s Orwellian “Secure Flight” program will dictate who can and cannot board planes …
WASHINGTON – Federal agents handcuffed, detained and “abusively” interrogated a US student at Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying Arabic flashcards, a lawsuit claimed Wednesday.
The American Civil Liberties Union …
By Randall Amster J.D., Ph.D.
The concept of “stimulus” may soon take on new connotations in the days ahead. The federal government is poised to emplace full-body scanners at airports across the nation, capable of peering …
Community Advisory:
New Airport Security Measures Target Muslim Travelers
President Obama stated yesterday that “we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values …
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This air safety video will guide you through the changes brought about after the attempted terrorist attack over Christmas.
TSA and Obama are on the case, with Cheney waiting in the …
By The Economist | LONDON
AMERICA has firmed up its response to the security failures that allowed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to board a Detroit-bound flight with an explosive device in Amsterdam on Christmas …
Even if their request makes it that far, the report found travelers “rarely benefit from TSA’s efforts to add them to the cleared list, as air carriers seldom use the list.” Furthermore, even when carriers …
By Dave Davies
Philadelphia Daily News
EIGHT YEARS after 9/11, we’re used to changes in our routines. We show ID to get into office buildings, and take off our shoes at airports.
But should a college student flying …
By Jessica Ravitz
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Privacy advocates plan to call on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to suspend use of “whole-body imaging,” the airport security technology that critics say performs “a …
