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• in Technology
  Is "Behavioral Screening" Really Just Another Name for Racial Profiling?
  Representative Bennie Thompson (D- Miss) thinks so, and he is calling for an independent review by the Department of Homeland Security.
  by cblaha / on Nov 29, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Kids Can Keep Their Shoes On At Airport Security
  TSA updates airport security: kids can keep their shoes and x-ray machines won't expose your curves.
  by alanagarrigues / on Nov 18, 2011
• in Politics
  Mixing Turkey Day with Politics - A Thanksgiving Wish List
  Mr. Hewitt presents a little Thanksgiving political cheer in advance of your tryptophan overdose.
  by deucefive / on Nov 24, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “airport security”

 

• More screening could mean less secure airports

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) Intensive screening makes airport security unsafe by targeting low risk passengers rather than those who pose real threats, and this is particularly true after 9/11, a new study says.Illinois University computer science and mathematics professor Sheldon H. Jacobson, along with Adrian J. Lee ...
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• Glasses International

  
  Mens Reading Glasses — Authority: 112
  “How To Broaden The Availability Of Eyeglasses Worldwide?” “ Glasses have to be approached by a market based perspective Working together with international development organizations, local and national governments, and universities, … Retrieve Document EmPower! Electronic Focusing ...
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• Indiana man with gun arrested at St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport www.privateofficer.com

  
  PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK — Authority: 138
      ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Jan 29 2012 — An Indiana man was arrested after authorities say security personnel at St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport found a gun in his bag. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reports that 57-year-old Michael Shelton was on his way to board a plane to Fort Wayne, ...
  3 days ago

• United States Vacations – What Exactly You Need To Know About Packing And US Airport Security

  
  SMARTER TRAVEL — Authority: 114
  Packing can be so crucial with your United States vacations and you also want to find out the techniques depending on the region where you are definitely momentarily staying inside the nation. Regardless where you are from, you have to know these tips before you take a flight to United States of America. Packing: ...
  6 days ago

• Senator Refuses TSA Patdown

  
  Travel news from car rentals Page not found — Authority: 429
  Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was stopped at Nashville International Airport on Monday after triggering an alarm while going through airport security. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official at the checkpoint wanted to give him a patdown, but he refused. He has charged the agency with detaining him ...
  1 week ago

• Senator Rand Paul Detained By The TSA In Nashville

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 120
  Senator Rand Paul after being detained by the TSA. Senator Rand Paul, from my home state of Kentucky, is a growing conservative leader and a libertarian chip off the old block of his father, Ron Paul.  In addition, both Pauls are doctors, Senators, and generally all around well-behaved gentlemen.  Except when ...
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• Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul – “I was barked at” and detained by TSA agents

  
  The Kansas Progress — Authority: 116
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• Armed 65-year-old woman taken off American Airlines plane at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport www.privateofficer.com

  
  PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK — Authority: 138
    FORT WORTH, Texas Jan 19 2012 — Authorities say that a 65-year-old woman was taken into custody Wednesday after carrying a gun on to an American Airlines plane at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. An airline spokesman said Wednesday that the plane was headed for the runway when it returned to the gate ...
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• TSA Admits It Was Wrong to Strip-Search Elderly Women

  
  Civil Rights Blog — Authority: 123
    Written by David B. Caruso NEW YORK (AP) — Security screeners at Kennedy Airport violated procedures this fall when they asked two elderly women to show them medical devices concealed beneath their clothing, senior Homeland Security officials acknowledged in correspondence made public this week. In a pair of ...
  2 weeks ago

• TSA In The News Again

  
  Steve Hoffacker's "Home Sales Insights" — Authority: 112
  Does having TSA standing around at the transition point from the public area at airports to the secure area give you a sense of well-being? It probably does for some, but TSA has proven to be very expensive, not very friendly in many cases, and not that effective in stopping prohibited items from getting past the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Introducing The TSA Compliant Cupcake

  
  Tai-Chi Policy — Authority: 127
  But my guess is that the idiots will still confiscate it . After all, it might threaten a non-TSA citizen with obesity or something. Filed under: Government Tagged: Airport Security , Bureacracy , Cupcakes , Failure , Security Theater , TSA
  2 weeks ago

• TSA security officers to be monitored for exposure to dangerous levels of radiation www.privateofficer.com

  
  PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK — Authority: 138
        Washington DC Jan 17 2012 Airport security officers are to be monitored for exposure to dangerous levels of radiation from the controversial scanners which are used to screen passengers before flights. The Transport Security Administration’s decision to give radiation-measuring devices to ...
  2 weeks ago

• At Sacramenento Checkpoint, Man Bolts, Gets Jolt Of Volts

  
  Flight Wisdom — Authority: 459
  It was a shocking experience for 26 year old Edwin Barton at a TSA checkpoint in Sacramento last week.  After disembarking his flight from Connecticut and leaving the secure area, Barton realized he had left a bus ticket on the plane.  He was given a pass to enter back into the secure area but became belligerent ...
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• TSA Takes Your Cupcake, Keeps The Change

  
  Flight Wisdom — Authority: 459
  The TSA, recently best known as the government agency that thinks cupcakes are liquid(the strangest government food classification since the school lunch program declared ketchup a vegetable), has kept a lot more than just one cupcake.  Last year, the agency kept $409,085.56 in change left behind at ...
  2 weeks ago

• Automatic Gate and Access Control

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 147
  Automatic Access Control Gates are an easy way to smooth your traffic block problems in the day today environment. Automatic Gate is an Access Control Device which can play a prominent role in controlling traffic signals with heavy road or railway traffic with Pedestrian Controllers and Turnstile Security Automatic ...
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• TSA Makes $400K Annually In Loose Change

  
  IT Professionals Database (ITPD) - The European IT Professionals Database Networking Platform — Authority: 121
  Hugh Pickens writes "NBC reports that airport travelers left behind $409,085.56 in loose change at security checkpoints in 2010, providing an additional source of funding for the Transportation Security Administration. TSA puts (the leftover money) in a jar at the security checkpoint, at the end of each shift they ...
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• Green Blog: From the Jungle to J.F.K., Viruses Cross Borders in Monkey Meat

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 866
  A pilot program in which the C.D.C. and conservationists intercepted tissues entering the United States and tested them for viruses gave them cause for alarm.
  2 weeks ago

• Traveler Stun Gunned At Airport

  
  Travel news from car rentals Page not found — Authority: 429
  According to new reports, an airline passenger was just recently stunned three times with a Taser gun. Apparently, this happened after the man refused to take part in normal screening checks. After refusing, the man attempted to run into a secure area. The passenger in question was 26-year-old Edwin Barton. It ...
  2 weeks ago

• Great Humor: Better Airport Security

  
  Fresh Manna by Pastor Tim Burt — Authority: 109
  Great Humor! TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israelis are developing an airport security device that eliminates the privacy concerns that come with full-body scanners. Its an armored booth you step into that will not X-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device you may have on your person. Israel sees this as a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Biometrics in Argentina: Mass Surveillance as a State Policy – Global Voices Advocacy

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 147
  Two years ago, the UK dismantled their national ID scheme and shredded their National Identity Registry in response to great public outcry over the privacy-invasive program. unfortunately privacy protections have been less rosy elsewhere. In Argentina, the national ID fight was lost some time ago. A law enacted during ...
  2 weeks ago

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