Transportation Security Administration

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• More full-body scanners? The better to see you naked

  
  Consumer Traveler — Authority: 144
  Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced last week that they have ordered another 150 whole-body scanners with stimulus money to add to their scanner arsenal that strips passengers naked. If I sound a bit negative about the idea, you are hearing me correctly. There is no need to have passengers march ...
  15 hours ago

• A Tougher DOT Hits Airlines For Stranding Passengers

  
  WSJ.com: The Middle Seat Terminal — Authority: 120
  The DOT fines three airlines for leaving passengers stranded aboard a jet overnight.
  3 days ago

• Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 135
  There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...
  4 days ago

• Murtala Muhammed International Airport Reaches International Civil Aviation Organisation’ Standards on Aviation Security

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA), Lagos has complied with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standards on aviation security. The General Manager, Public Affairs of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr Akin ...
  5 days ago

• Court: TSA went too far in searching luggage

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 151
  FourthAmendment.com brings us news of a court opinion that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees engaged in an unreasonable search of a passenger’s luggage and that the child pornography they uncovered should be suppressed. In United States v. McCarty , the court held: Despite the testimony ...
  6 days ago

• Airport Rules Changed After Ron Paul’s Aide Is Detained

  
  One Man's Thoughts — Authority: 131
  An angry aide to Rep. Ron Paul, an iPhone and $4,700 in cash have forced the Transportation Security Administration to quietly issue two new rules telling its airport screeners they can only conduct searches related to airplane safety. In response, the American Civil Liberties Union is dropping its lawsuit on behalf ...
  6 days ago

• Coming soon to an airport near you!

  
  Wide Awake in Wonderland — Authority: 122
  Completely superfluous and unnecessary processes dreamed up by the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in order to make themselves appear useful and/or alleviate job boredom! There must be a rule that you have to be a certain amount overweight (and love beer) to qualify. (And ...
  1 week ago

• Identity Resolution Daily Links 2009-11-20

  
  Identity Resolution Daily — Authority: 118
  [Post from Infoglide ] Entity Resolution Metrics “In the last post we looked at the problem of measuring the accuracy of entity resolution processes.  As with any accuracy measure, comparing to a known standard of correctness or benchmark is required.  However, even without a benchmark, other measures are ...
  1 week ago

• Holiday Travel Tips: Patience, Preparation and Perseverance

  
  WSJ.com: The Middle Seat Terminal — Authority: 120
  As we head into the holiday travel season, this week’s Middle Seat offers some travel tips, especially for people headed over the river and through the woods who haven’t been through an airport lately.
  1 week ago

• What Happens At a TSA Checkpoint When You Forget Your ID

  
  Business Travel Tips — Authority: 420
  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) provides through its blog a helpful refresher on what happens if you show up at a TSA airport checkpoint without your ID. “Does that mean you won’t fly? Nope… You’ll still be able to fly as long as you provide us with some information that will help us ...
  1 week ago

• Victory in Major TSA case

  
  mass rights blog — Authority: 121
  We’re happy to report a major victory today in the case of a respected Transportation Security Administration baggage screener who was discriminated against on religious grounds. Josue Brissot is a baggage screener at Logan airport – and despite a commendable service record, he had been passed ...
  1 week ago

• Airport Rules Changed after Ron Paul Aide Detained

  
  SUNLIT UPLANDS — Authority: 136
  From The Washington Times By Stephen Dinan An angry aide to Rep. Ron Paul, an iPhone and $4,700 in cash have forced the Transportation Security Administration to quietly issue two new rules telling its airport screeners they can only conduct searches related to airplane safety. In response, the ...
  1 week ago

• TSA To Inspect Jet Repair Shops Under New Proposal

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 527
  Thousands of airplane maintenance shops in the U.S. and abroad would get increased scrutiny to make sure they are not easy prey for terrorists looking to sabotage U.S. jets during routine repairs, a government proposal says.Some experts and lawmakers have warned for years about potential terrorist saboteurs ...
  1 week ago

• On the Road: A Constitutional Case in a Box of Cash

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  A traveler used his iPhone to help his case against what he considered overzealous airport screeners.
  1 week ago

• TSA nominee questioned over FBI censure

  
  Privacy Digest — Authority: 505
  TSA nominee questioned over FBI censure : Via washingtonpost.com . Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) questioned President Obamas nominee to lead the nations airport security agency Tuesday about a censure he received from the FBI in 1988. Erroll Southers, who was serving as an FBI special agent at the time of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• TSA faces new limits on screening “unrelated to transportation security”

  
  Consumer Traveler — Authority: 144
  TSA was forced to change their procedures for handling non-terrorist and non-airplane safety issues at their checkpoints. Last March, Steve Bierfeldt, a fundraiser for Rep. Ron Paul, was stopped while carrying $4,500 through airport security in a lock box. He refused to tell TSA why he had the money and where he got ...
  2 weeks ago

• Orange

  
  O'Ceallaigh & The Quill — Authority: 127
  DISCLAIMER: A work of fiction. Resemblances to living persons, or extant organizations, are for satirical purposes, or are coincidental. ================= The threat level, as determined by the Department of Homeland Security, is orange . Please report all suspicious activity to airport personnel ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lambert incident leads to revised TSA screening rules

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 619
  WASHINGTON — Transportation Security Administration screeners at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport probably wish that the fellow they chose to grill last March about a box of cash wasn’t a Ron Paul devotee who runs a committee devoted to individual rights and constitutional government. But grill ...
  2 weeks ago

• TSA Tells Airport Screeners to Stick to Weapons and Explosives

  
  WSJ.com: The Middle Seat Terminal — Authority: 120
  The ACLU will drop a suit against the Transportation Security Administration over whether TSA screeners can search travelers for crimes unrelated to air safety.
  2 weeks ago

• TSA is secretly watching you

  
  Consumer Traveler — Authority: 144
  Our only concerns with peeping TSA folk are not at the full-body screening machines, they are also with secret personnel whose job it is to simply sit and watch passengers. These detection officers have the power to command that passengers go through additional screening just because they dont like the way the ...
  2 weeks ago

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