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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...

Man With 4th Amendment on Chest Sues Over Airport Arrest

A college student who was arrested for stripping down at airport security to reveal the Fourth Amendment written across his chest is now suing the U.S. government for violating his rights as ordained in -- you guessed it -- the Fourth Amendment. Aaron Tobey's dramatic strip-protest is one of the latest in a series of...

Carry-On Luggage Still Costs Taxpayers Millions [VIDEO]

Brave World Travelers Take 90-Day 'No Baggage Challenge'

Courtesy Jennifer Lau and Marcus Fernandez

Plenty of people travel light, but two California vacationers are trekking the world with just the shirts on their backs. Jennifer Lau, 21, and Marcus Fernandez, 23, are in the middle of a 90-day trip that will bring them to 12 countries on six continents. And the only things they've packed are in their pockets. "People...

Legislation Would Make Sharing TSA's Body Scan Images a Crime

Proposed new legislation would protect travelers who worry that images taken of them by airport scanners could end up on the Internet. An amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization bill would make it a crime to share images taken by the Transportation Security Administration's full-body scanners,...

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Christopher Elliott: WATCH: 5 Things The TSA Doesn't Want You To See

This is a picture of two Transportation Security Administration screeners leaving work last week.

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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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Many Airport Security Breaches Aren't Reported To TSA: Report

On average, only half of the security breaches at six of the country's major airports were reported to and corrected by the Transportation Security Administration during a 16-month period, according to a federal investigation launched after a series of lapses at Newark Liberty International Airport.

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05/31/12 Florence Airport board knew lease was 'sweet deal' Source: Morning News - Florence SC Florence Regional Airport officials say no questions were asked when the Transportation Security Administration presented them with a contract back in 2003 that called for the federal agency to lease a 1,000-square foot office from the airport for $18,400 per month.
05/31/12 > Building the Runway to the Skies of Tomorrow Source: InvestorPlaceblogs The Memorial Day holiday kicks off the start of the summer travel season.
05/31/12 Mica's ties to private airport security company... Source: ABC - WFTV Eyewitness News 9 - Orlando FL Airports across the country are considering replacing the TSA with private security screeners.
05/31/12 Airport project to begin Source: Beloit Daily News - Beloit WI The Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport will break ground this morning on a $1,460,000 terminal building renovation project.
05/31/12 Tampa Airports Brace for GOP Convention-bound Traffic Source: AIN Online Private aircraft flying to the Tampa, Fla. area during the Republican National Convention, to be held August 26 to 30, can expect to be confronted with security restrictions similar to a Super Bowl TFR , including a 10-mile-radius "no fly zone" and the need to use gateway airports in nearby Sarasota and Orlando for security screening for flights inbound to Tampa International Airport.

Background on airport security

Airport security refers to the techniques and methods used in protecting passengers, staff and aircraft which use the airports from accidental/malicious harm, crime and other threats.

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