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TSA to Review Airport Screening Policies After 6-Year-Old Girl Frisked

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky couple said Wednesday that they want the Transportation Security Administration to change how it screens children after their 6-year-old daughter was frisked at the New Orleans airport. Selena Drexel told ABC's "Good Morning America" the family was returning home from a vacation earlier this...

A Few Facts About TSA's Full-Body Scanners

How the Transportation Security Administration explains its two full-body scanners: Backscatter technology projects an ionizing X-ray beam over the body surface at high speed. The reflection, or "backscatter," of the beam is detected, digitized and displayed on a monitor. Each full body scan produces less than 10...

AOL Investigation: No Proof TSA Scanners Are Safe

If you believe the government, you have little to worry about from the radiation beam flitting over the front and back of your body in airport watchdogs' search for explosives and other hidden implements of terror this holiday season. The Transportation Security Administration says that when working properly, the...

TSA Protester Strips Down to Speedo [VIDEO]

(Nov. 24) -- That'll show 'em! Hours before National Opt-Out Day officially began, a young man waged his own, unique protest at Salt Lake City International Airport. On Tuesday, a Utah college student identified as Jimmy stripped off his clothes as he prepared to go through security until he was only wearing a Speedo...

Live Ammo Found in Seat Back Pocket of Southwest Flight

(Nov. 24) -- In preparation for landing, please bring your seat backs and tray tables to the upright position, stow away all carry-on luggage, and remove any live ammunition from the seat back pocket in front of you. In the midst of a national freak out over TSA "we might touch your junk" pat-downs, somehow a child on a...