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Judge: Stripping naked to protest TSA is protected speech
A circuit court judge has ruled that a man who stripped down to his birthday suit to protest against airport security was not guilty of indecent exposure, according to the Associated Press. Fifty-year-old John Brennan of Oregon took off his all clothes while going through an airport screening at Portland…
TSA checks woman’s feeding tube for explosives during strip-search
The Transportation and Security Agency (TSA) is under fire after agents in Dallas strip-searched a woman and handled her feeding tube. John Deaton told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that his the feeding tube implanted in his wife’s stomach was medically necessary after she had complications from gastric bypass surgery. During a…
William Shatner admits to dropping pants at TSA checkpoint
Something rather unfortunate happened to 81-year-old actor William Shatner recently. You might even say he lost his pants. “My wardrobe malfunction @ LAX is making the rounds online,” he said Thursday night on his Twitter account. “For those that were witness I apologize. For those that kept staring shame on…
TSA agent spills grandfather’s ashes in confrontation with passenger
A TSA worker at an airport in Florida violated the agency’s policy when she opened a container containing the ashes of a passenger’s grandfather and spilled them on the terminal floor, according to Indianapolis, Indiana’s ABC affiliate station, WRTV Channel 6. John Gross of Indianapolis was visiting relatives in Florida…
Former TSA administrator calls for complete agency overhaul
Appearing on CBS This Morning on Friday, former TSA administrator Kip Hawley claimed he would like to see the agency completely overhauled and refocused on risk-based security measures, instead of the uniform searches and security theater it has become so well known for. “I think that would take a lot…
Geraldo Rivera: I was ‘manually raped’ by the TSA
Fox News host Geraldo Rivera on Friday claimed that an employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had “manually raped” him and “was getting off on it.” During a segment on Fox & Friends about an 18-month-old toddler who was removed from a Jet Blue flight because she accidentally placed…
Rep. Paul Broun to TSA administrator: Resign immediately
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) on Wednesday called on Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole to resign from his position immediately. The Congressman noted that the agency had been swamped with complaints regarding its security procedures at airports, which include new body scanner machines and pat-downs. The ACLU received over…
Racial profiling at airports? Here’s an app for that
WASHINGTON — Travelers who suspect they are victims of profiling by security screeners at US airports can now lodge a complaint in minutes, thanks to a smartphone application released on Monday. The Sikh Coalition, supported by African American, Latino and Muslim civil rights groups, said its FlyRights app can be…
Smartphone app files official TSA complaints in real-time
A smartphone application set to debut next week looks to bring real-time complaint reporting to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints. Developed by funding from The Sikh Coalition, a civil rights umbrella group that looks out for people who follow Sikhism, the app asks a series of questions that mirror the…
Texas Rep. Canseco: TSA agent assaulted me
Rep. Francisco Canseco (R-TX) claims that he was assaulted by a TSA agent during a pat-down at the San Antonio International Airport. “The agent was very aggressive in his pat-down, and he was patting me down where no one is supposed to go,” Canseco told local network KENS 5. “It…
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