By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The holiday week from June 29 to July 5 brought more than fireworks and hotdogs. The Transportation Security Administration reported finding 25 firearms at airport checkpoints around the nation during that period. Also during that time, six passengers were arrested for suspicious behavior or for fraudulent travel documents, the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Well, it’s always a little awkward when someone from the Transportation Security Administration, which oversees our airports, gets arrested. But that’s what happened Friday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport. The Associated Press reports that airport authorities arrested TSA agent Wanda Weems of Newark after she boarded a Continental Airlines flight…
Yes, the same folks who tell you to take off your shoes, put your laptop in a separate bin, make sure you don’t have any coins in your pocket, are coming aboard the Chicago Metra trains. Mark Brown The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Remember how a Secret Service agent boarded a Metra train this past…
People continue to get caught trying to pass through airport security with guns. In the last week in May alone, 23 guns were seized at U.S. airport checkpoints. But this case is a reminder that some guns may be getting on planes. Scary. By Tony Hanson KYW Radio PHILADELPHIA — Authorities say a gun and…
If ever there was an annoying rule, it’s the one at the airport about carrying on liquids and gels. The sooner this one goes away the better. I can’t count how many times I’ve forgotten and had to throw out bottles of water at the security checkpoint. By Budget Travel website The TSA’s goal is…
There’s probably a good chance the person who sent the email out always bought the CliffsNotes in college and seldom hesitated to peak over at someone else’s test. Give that unidentified person an A for cheating. Good job. By Gautham Nagesh nextgov A Transportation Security Administration official compromised the covert testing of airport security…
Morale is low, attrition is high. It’s clear collective bargaining would help improve things over at the Transportation Security Administration, which overseas the security of our airports. The Obama administration needs to address this sooner than later. By Steve Vogel Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Border Patrol agents can do it. So can federal…
Every time they release a report like this you scratch your head and wonder why we haven’t done more since Sept. 11, 2001 to fix the flaws in our airport security. By Chris Joyner Jackson Clarion-Ledger A loophole in airport security could allow a phony lawman to bring guns aboard a plane with little more…
