By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two security screeners at San Francisco International Airport have been charged with accepting bribes in exchange for allowing smugglers to carry methamphetamine through an airport checkpoint, SFGate reports. According to the federal complaint, Claudio Rene Sunux, 30, of San Francisco, and Amanda Lopez, 27 of South San Francisco, were security screeners…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating what appears to be a hacking attempt from a “foreign party” targeting Jacksonville International Airport, First Coast News reports. Investigators said the hacking attempt was unsuccessful. “There was an incident that occurred around Thanksgiving and the FBI is investigating,” JAA spokesperson Michael Stewart said in a statement….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 57-year-old man claims in a lawsuit that the TSA jailed him for 23 hours in retaliation for asking to file a complaint about the length of a search, the Daily News reports. Roger Vanderklok said security thew him in jail while he was trying to fly from Philadelphia International Airport…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Airport and airline employees will soon face tougher security measures being implemented by the TSA, CBS New York reports. Homeland Security made the announcement just weeks after a gun-smuggling operation in which a bag handler and ramp agent were involved. Among the potential security measures could be airline-employee screenings, additional TSA…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s son caused quite a scare at Logan International Airport on Saturday when his 12-year-old son told federal agents he had a fake grenade in his bag, MassLive reports. “I think I left (a) fake grenade in my bag!” his son said. Schilling tweeted that the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com High-flying drones have been spotted near airports and bridges in New York, prompting the FBI and Federal Aviation Administration to investigate, CBS Local reports. The drones were spotted by three pilots near commercial aircraft approaching John F. Kennedy International Airport. A helicopter pilot spotted two more drones near LaGuardia Airport The…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of guns seized at airport security checkpoints has increased for the third straight year, Skift reports. Security already discovered more guns this year than it found all of last year. The number of guns reached more than 1,813, which is how many guns were discovered in 2013. In 2012,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s not everyday that the TSA finds a training kit for military-improvised explosive devices packed into luggage. But that’s exactly what TSA bag handlers discovered in a checked bag at the Honolulu airport. The items included detonators, blasting caps, detonating cord and C-4, the Henry Daily Herald reports. The TSA evacuated…
