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From Pat-Downs to Rat-Downs? Scientists Suggest Mice for Airport Security

When you go to the airport, do you feel comfortable getting an enhanced pat-down? What about an enhanced rat-down? Israeli scientists say they have found a way to harness the power of mice to bolster airport security. Brothers Eran and Alon Lumbroso have constructed an explosive detector that looks like a standard...

Opinion: Why American Airport Security Is So Horrendous

(Dec. 3) -- Security checks at American airports have become America's most controversial topic. Yet most people assume the current system is doing a good job fighting terrorism but is merely too intrusive. In fact, this approach is also ineffective and even counterproductive. Terrorism on American internal flights is...

Opinion: Airport Security Complaints -- We've Been Here Before

(Dec. 3) -- Forty years ago, in the aftermath of a flurry of aircraft hijackings, many of them to Cuba, President Richard Nixon issued an executive order implementing mandatory surveillance and screening searches at U.S. airports. Procedures included screening by magnetometer and pat-downs of passengers who activated the...

Man Sues TSA, Claims Pat-Down Violates His Rights

(Nov. 24) -- An Arkansas man is taking the Transportation Security Administration to court, claiming new screening searches violate the Constitution. Robert Dean filed a federal lawsuit in Little Rock this week, even though the city's airport doesn't have the new scanners that have sparked outrage across the country....

The Holiday Guide to the 'Touch My Junk' Backlash

(Nov. 16) -- This holiday season, take a stand and add a "pat-down" to your travel plans. That's if you want to send a message to the Transportation Security Administration, which has been the subject of a new level of scorn since debuting its revealing full-body scanners and cozy new manual searching techniques this...