By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON— Ok, here’s another reason to stay in shape and stop hiding behind those baggy clothes. More airport screeners are about to acquire Superman powers. USA Today reports that Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration plans to install 150 security machines at airport checkpoints that will let screeners peek under passengers’ clothes….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — You have to wonder what part of “no guns at airports” do people not understand? The Transportation Security Administration continues to seize guns at our nation’s airports every week. The latest: From Aug. 10 to Aug. 16, TSA reported that 34 firearms were found at airport checkpoints. On top…
It never made sense that airport screeners didn’t have the right to collective bargaining. This should right that wrong. By Joe Davidson The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Charity Wilson didn’t go looking for a fight when she went to the Cannon House Office Building yesterday, but she was ready in case one broke out. Wilson,…
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…
