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Pilots Allowed to Skip Intrusive Airport Screening

WASHINGTON (Nov. 20) -- Pilots are getting a break from enduring the stepped-up and intrusive screening of airline passengers that's causing a public outcry. Days before the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole offered little hope of a similar reprieve for regular...

'Barefoot Bandit' Case Hints at Gap in National Security

(July 14) -- Authorities say Colton Harris-Moore -- the so-called "Barefoot Bandit" -- is responsible not only for hundreds of burglaries, but also the theft of at least five airplanes. How the 19-year-old allegedly pulled off so many crimes in two years is a subject of debate, but one expert sees an even bigger issue --...

Obama Budget Adds 1,000 Airport Body Screeners

(Feb 1) – The Christmas Day bombing attempt prompted a last-minute budget tweak that includes money to buy more full-body airport screening systems, according to the White House budget chief. "The Department of Homeland Security had a healthy budget but we did make some additional adjustments after that event," said...

Britain Introduces Tough New Scan Rules at Airports

(Feb. 1) -- Don't scan, don't fly. New security rules took effect today at two major British airports that require selected passengers to undergo full body scans. If they refuse, they will not be allowed to board a flight. The regulations follow increased worldwide concern after the attempt to blow up a plane as it...

Trouble Erupts on Flight; Passengers Subdue Man

(Jan. 23) -- A United Airlines flight from Washington Dulles International Airport to Las Vegas was diverted to Denver on Saturday after a passenger walked to the front of a plane carrying a bag and tried to open an exit door in flight, passengers said. Authorities met the plane on the ground and apprehended the man. FBI...

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US Airways Flight Diverted, Passengers Tell Of Experience

Officials diverted a US Airways jet to Maine after a French passenger traveling from Paris to North Carolina handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, prompting concerns about possible terrorism.

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Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole, Illegal Immigrant, Worked At Newark Airport For 20 Years

For 20 years, co-workers on the security team at one of the nation's busiest airports knew him as Jerry Thomas.

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Kissinger Given 'Full Monty' By TSA Agents

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger received little love from TSA agents at New York's LaGuardia airport on Friday when he was patted down.

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Bomb plot raises questions over European security

LONDON -A shimmy toward the body scanner, a step into the booth and a wave of the arms â routine procedure now at U.S. airports, but not necessarily in Europe.

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Airport Racial Profiling App Brings In Complaints Against TSA

A new mobile app that enables travelers to file reports of alleged racial profiling by the Transportation Security Administration from the airport lodged 28 complaints in its first 10 days, nearly three times the number filed with the agency during the first half of 2011.

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05/27/12 5 things the TSA doesn't want you to see Source: elliott.org It's picture of two Transportation Security Administration screeners leaving work last week.
05/27/12 4 dead in plane crash Source: The Spectrum - St. George UT Four St. George-area residents died in the crash of a small passenger plane early Saturday at the St. George Municipal Airport.
05/27/12 Sunday musings: Tasered by TSA for swearing, Southwest... Source: Tripso Tasered by airport security â enough is enough.
05/27/12 Homeland Security declares war on flesh-eating... Source: NaturalNews.com (NaturalNews) A former Florida resident who now lives in Peru recently filed a lawsuit against a doctor whose negligence, he says, resulted in his penis being completely eaten by flesh-eating bacteria.
05/27/12 US eases airport screening for travelers aged 75 and... Source: GMA The US government is easing the airport screening process for travelers 75 and older, beginning to roll out new rules just in time for the long Memorial Day holiday weekend, an official said Friday.