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TSA delays plan to allow knives on planes
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it was postponing a controversial change in rules which would have allowed passengers to carry small knives on planes. The TSA last month said it was relaxing its rules on pocket knives — banned on aircraft since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks —…
Janet Napolitano answers critics of new TSA rules for knives on airplanes
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano quoted a “Saturday Night Live” comedian when she was asked about a storm… …
TSA chief to defend knives-on-planes rule today at Congressional hearing
Copyright ImageClick to View TSA Administrator John Pistole, shown here testifying before Congress in 2010, will be back at the Capitol this afternoon to defend his decision to allow knives on planes during a hearing convened by a House Homeland Security subcommittee. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images… …
Backlash from airline employees over move to allow knives on U.S. planes
A decision to scrap a post-9/11 ban on pocket knives being carried by passengers on US aircraft has triggered an angry backlash from pilots, flight attendants and airline chiefs. Starting from April 25, travelers will be able to carry small knives with folding blades on US planes following a shift…
Naked-image full-body scanners to be taken out of U.S. airports
The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) has announced that U.S. airports will soon discontinue their use of controversial full-body scanners which reveal nude images of passengers as they pass through the machine. According to Bloomberg News, OSI Systems, the company that makes the scanners, was unable to write a software program…
South Korean woman slaps TSA agent over pat down: report
A South Korean woman got into a dust-up with a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee before boarding a flight at Orlando International Airport on Wednesday, according to The Orlando Sentinel. The woman, 39-year-old Hyunjoo Kim, reportedly objected to the agent becoming a bit touchy, and to her bottles of lotion…
TSA removes X-ray body scanners from major airports
By Michael Grabell, ProPublica The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly removing its X-ray body scanners from major airports over the last few weeks and replacing them with machines that radiation experts believe are safer. The TSA says it made the decision not because of safety concerns but to speed…
TSA forced dying woman to strip in public
A woman who’s dying of leukemia says that agents with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle forced her to lift up her shirt in front of a crowd so they could check underneath her bandages. The TSA told KOMO 4 News in Seattle that they did…
TSA hired priest accused of molesting girls to do pat downs
The Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) didn’t bother to do a background check on a priest who had been defrocked for molesting girls before they gave him a job, which included doing pat downs on children at Philadelphia International Airport. The Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday reported that the agency confirmed…
Rep. Chu: TSA searched baby of Sikh Americans
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) on Monday commended the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for retraining its employees to avoid racial profiling, but said the effort was only “a first step.” “Time and again, we hear from the TSA that they don’t profile based on race or religion – however, reports from…
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