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• in Travel
  Billions Spent, But Are We Any Safer?
  The Transportation Security Administration spends 35.6 billion dollars to keep us safe. Where does the money go, and are the programs working?
  by kaleeltvp / on Nov 15, 2011
• in Travel
  Vibrator Thrusts TSA Back into the Spotlight
  TSA announced on its blog that it has suspended an agent after she wrote a personalized message advising a traveler to, “Get your freak on, girl” when the luggage inspection revealed a sex toy.
  by aweinclusive / on Oct 27, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “transportation security administration”

 

• What You Need to Know About the Des Moines International

  
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  What You Need to Know About the Des Moines International Airport Are you an American who is looking to fly out of the country? If hence, you will need to jewel an international airport to just in and out of. If you live in or around Iowa, you may yen to look into the Des [...] The post What You Need to Know About ...
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• On the Road: Effort to Ease Global Entry Works, Most of the Time

  
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  Most travelers report quick re-entry, but some complain of problems with fingerprint scanners.        
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• TSA PreCheck for International Itineraries to Begin, Plus More

  
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  There’s good news out of the TSA today that those of us approved for PreCheck will no longer be denied access to the lanes if we’re on an international itinerary. Well, I should say most international itineraries. According to their announcement today (bolding mine): The Transportation Security ...
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• TSA Expands Pre-Check to International Flights: Shoes On!

  
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  TSA is expanding Pre Check expedited screening to select international flights, letting more travelers leave their shoes, belts and light jackets on as they stroll through metal detectors instead of full-body scanners.
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• TSA collects 25 handguns at airport checkpoints

  
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  Twenty-five would-be fliers learned an expensive lesson at the nation’s airports last week: It’s not a good idea to pack a gun in your carry-on bag. In addition to 25 handguns — 21 of them loaded and six with a chambered round — the Transportation Security Administration confiscated nine stun guns, two ...
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• Weekly Travel News Recap: April 21 – 27, 2013

  
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  Interior of NYC Subway car. Here are some of the relevant travel news headlines and stories from the previous week through today: U.S. TSA reverses prohibited item easing – Remember that recent easing of restrictions on the prohibited items banned by the TSA? In a temporary reversal, the Transportation ...
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• Florida School Teaches Lessons of War to Thwart Attackers at Home

  
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  A military school in the Florida Panhandle is training technicians to thwart makeshift bombs like the ones used in the Boston Marathon attack.        
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• In Case You Were Wondering, The TSA Frowns On Carrying Skull Fragments In Your Luggage

  
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  ( NoNo Joer ) There are plenty of things you can’t take on planes — weapons, ginormous bottles of shampoo, whathaveyou — and oh yeah, also, human remains. That might seem like a no-brainer, but what if you don’t know you’re toting bones about? Two women apparently didn’t realize they had skull fragments ...
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• Another failure to make the connections?

  
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  As the facts emerge, through criminal checks, government databases, international alerts and other sources, authorities ask whether the counterterrorism community failed to "connect the dots."
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• TSA agent, passengers revive woman at Newark airport

  
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  A Transportation Security Administration agent is being credited with helping save the life of a passenger at Newark Liberty International Airport. The TSA says security inspector Robert Kennish of Metuchen, N.J., performed CPR on an elderly woman after she collapsed Tuesday night on a passenger ramp and stopped ...
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• The APFA union plans to continue fighting against knives on planes at a rally tomorrow in Washington, D.C.

  
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  … The union representing American Airlines’ flight attendants today said members plan to continue fighting to keep knives off planes, with a rally planned for tomorrow in Washington, D.C. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants’ plans come a day after the Transportation Security Administration ...
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• TSA delays knife policy; Swalwell declares victory

  
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  U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell is declaring now that the Transportation Security Administration has decided to delay implementing its new policy allowing certain knives and sporting equipment on plans. Swalwell, a freshman member of the Homeland Security Transportation Subcommittee, had taken a lead role in grilling TSA ...
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• The TSA postpones plan to allow small knives on U.S. planes

  
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  … The Transportation Security Administration today postponed its plan to allow small knives on U.S. planes this week , according to two flight attendants … [ visit site to read more ]
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• Budget Cuts for Americans, Aid for Syrians

  
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  Americans who plan on flying anywhere anytime soon should brace themselves for delays now that the Federal Aviation Administration has announced furloughs for employees such as air traffic controllers due (according to the FAA) to the sequester: The FAA went ahead with the furloughs on Sunday, citing the automatic ...
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• TSA official grilled at House hearing on the agency’s budget, foreign-made uniforms

  
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  The Transportation Security Administration has been a favorite target of House Republicans, and John W. Halinski had the unfortunate role of playing their patsy Thursday. It was hard for the agency’s deputy administrator to take cover from some of the rapid-fire questions shot at him during a hearing of the ...
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• At The Airport It’s Best To Just Forget Your Sandwich’s Name If It’s Called “The Bomb”

  
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  ( MartinRottler ) Ah, lingo. Friend of businesses trying to come up with relevant names for products, say “The Bomb” sandwich, and nemesis of those not in the know everywhere else. Seems the Transportation Security Administration wasn’t amused by a man discussing his aforementioned sandwich, as you will note ...
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