Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
As you trudge, shoeless, through the security line at Logan International Airport this week, spare a moment to give thanks to Transportation Security Administration agents. ...
Gadling (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Filed under: Airports Despite all the mocking of the TSA, I do need to compliment them on how they try and educate the traveling public on how to deal with their (often silly) rules. As we approach the busiest travel season of the year, the TSA has taken the time to once again remind people what you need to know about traveling with food or gifts. The basic rules still apply - liquids are not allowed...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I'm actually writing this post just minutes after passing through TSA security at JFK, where I was stopped to investigate the fact that I have a candle (a gift) in my carry-on luggage. I'm not sure if this sort of thing makes us any safer (I have my doubts about this kind of "security theater"), but the overall experience was fine and the TSA folks were perfectly nice and professional and...
Techdirt (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I'm actually writing this post just minutes after passing through TSA security at JFK, where I was stopped to investigate the fact that I have a candle (a gift) in my carry-on luggage. I'm not sure if this sort of thing makes us any safer (I have my doubts about this kind of "security theater"), but the overall experience was fine and the TSA folks were perfectly nice and professional and...
ACLU (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: (212) 549-2689 or 2666; NEW YORK – Following a lawsuit filed by American Civil Liberties Union, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has revised its policies governing airline passenger screening to make clear that TSA agents are authorized to conduct searches related to safeguarding flight safety, not to engage in general law enforcement. Calling the...
lewrockwell.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Libertarian knocks the airport police state down a notch.
ACLU Bog of Rights (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... back to our office in Virginia. The price for bringing my organization's cash box through TSA screening? TSA agents detained me for half an hour of harassing questioning.Of course, carrying cash on flights within the United States is not illegal. My case was one of many troubling incidents in which the TSA attempted to transform its limited search authority into a license to invade people's...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
As a result of my just-dropped case against the TSA, passengers will no longer be forced to check their constitutional rights at the airport counter, and that is a victory for all.
Defending the Truth (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Mommy Blogger: 'TSA Took My Son' - TSA: We Don't Think So - ParentDish...
The Westerner (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
My original post is here and the TSA resonse is here . It would appear from the video provided they never took the child away from the woman. Their blog states: After watching the video footage, you'll see the video clearly shows that this individual was never separated from her baby by TSA. You'll also see that a lot of the other claims are also unfounded. I'm always happy to clear up any errors of...
Social Media Optimization (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
I came across a fascinating story on Michael Gray’s blog blog about the TSA and how it used its blog to refute a passenger’s story. Nic, is a 28 year old freelancing writer who has a 16 month old son. On her blog last week, Nic a post called “TSA Agents Took My Son”. Her post detailed [...]
Click World News (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... of terror. Every London cop who stops someone from taking a picture of a public building, every TSA agent who takes away your kid's toothpaste, every NSA spook who wiretaps your email, does the terrorist's job for him. Terrorism is about magnifying one mediagenic act of violence into one hundred billion acts of terrorized authoritarian idiocy. There were two al Quaeda operatives at St Paul's...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... of terror. Every London cop who stops someone from taking a picture of a public building, every TSA agent who takes away your kid's toothpaste, every NSA spook who wiretaps your email, does the terrorist's job for him. Terrorism is about magnifying one mediagenic act of violence into one hundred billion acts of terrorized authoritarian idiocy. There were two al Quaeda operatives at St Paul's...
Get There (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Washington airports are gearing up for the late afternoon rush, just hours after successfully making it through the heavily trafficked morning departure period. So far, Reagan National, Dulles and BWI say they haven't been hit by widespread delays related to weather, slow security screening or other hang-ups. BWI, which is expecting a big surge in travel today, said TSA agents opened checkpoints...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A Fox Chicago News undercover investigation revealed that Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports' TSA security checkpoints are not as stringent as they would like you to believe, MyFoxChicago.com reported.
