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FBI's John Pistole Confirmed as TSA Chief
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyIt took 15 months, but the Transportation Security Administration finally has a permanent chief. The Senate unanimously confirmed John Pistole for the position Friday. Pistole, the former deputy director of the FBI, cleared the Homeland Security Committee Friday before the vote by the full Senate, The Hill reported. Pistole was President Obama's third choice for TSA head. Two previous nominees, former FBI agent Erroll Southers and retired Gen. Robert Harding, were forced to withdraw their nominations because of controversies surrounding previous jobs. Pistole gained broad support on Capitol ...
Opinion: I Want My GPS Back!
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 1) – Of all the indignities hurled at travelers in the wake of the Christmas Day bomb attempt, none has been more distressing than the Transportation Security Administration's directive that airlines disable their global positioning systems. Immediately after the incident on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, TSA ordered a shutdown of in-flight navigation systems, and has since left the decision to reinstate GPS to the discretion of individual airlines. Many pilots have continued the order on the thinking that jihadists who couldn't plot their whereabouts in the sky would refrain from ...
Airport Security Scanners Can Store and Transmit Images, Despite TSA Statements
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyDocuments obtained by a privacy group reveal that full-body airport security scanners do have the ability to store and transmit images, despite repeated claims by the The Transportation Security Administration that they do not. The Electronic Privacy Information Center said the documents show the TSA specified two years ago to the vendor that scanners must have image storage and sending capabilities while in test mode, CNN reported. The TSA has claimed in press releases and on its Web site that images cannot be stored on the machines, which which can see beneath people's clothing. The ...
Americans: Bring on the Body Scanners, Poll Says
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(Jan. 11) -- A majority of the nation's air travelers say they're willing to "digitally undress" for airport full-body scanners if it means preventing terrorists from carrying explosives onto airplanes. In a USA Today/Gallup poll released Monday, 78 percent of respondents approve of the use of state-of-the-art scanners at airport security checkpoints, with 67 percent saying they would be willing to submit to a scan. According to 84 percent of the 542 adults polled, the scanners would deter terrorists from carrying hidden explosives onto airplanes. (The survey, taken on Jan. 5 and 6, targeted ...
Man Slides Through Security at Newark Airport
By not in system - AOL NewsNEWARK, N.J. (Jan. 4) -- A man walked through a screening checkpoint exit into the secure side of a terminal at one of the nation's busiest airports on Sunday night, and flights were grounded for hours and passengers had to be re-screened while air safety officials searched for him. Airline passengers were allowed to begin boarding their planes at Newark Liberty International Airport about six hours after the man was seen bypassing security. The man walked down an exit lane at Terminal C about 5:30 p.m., Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Ann Davis said, and screening was ...
Passengers on US-Bound Flights Face More Screening
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 4) -- People traveling to the United States from or through Yemen, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and 11 other countries were subjected to extra security screening, including full body pat-downs, Monday as U.S. officials refined their response to a failed terrorist attack in Detroit on Christmas. The Transportation Security Administration outlined the new rules in a directive sent to airlines Sunday. They went into effect Monday, but initial reports from several European countries indicated that they were still scrambling to digest and implement the new rules. Many other passengers ...
Airline Passengers See Tighter Security
By not in system - AOL NewsDETROIT (Dec. 27) – The U.S. government tightened airline security as it searches for answers to how a 23-year-old Nigerian man eluded extensive systems intended to prevent attacks like his botched Christmas Day effort to blow up a Northwest flight from overseas. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who claimed ties to al-Qaida, was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner, just a month after his father warned U.S. officials of concerns about his son's religious beliefs. Airports worldwide tightened security a day after the passenger tried to detonate a device that ...
Security Breach Reveals Secret TSA Sreening Practices
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Transportation Security Administration says secrets about airport screening practices were inadvertantly posted on the Internet as part of a contract solicitation. The TSA's 93-page Standard Operating Procedures manual went online with some sections redacted, ABC News first reported. But hackers were able to easily undo the redactions and top secret passages were distributed across the Web. The details revealed involve special screening rules for diplomats, CIA agents, and police. The manual provides easily copied images of credentials used by members of Congress, the Federal Air ...
Common Excuse for Guns at Airport: 'Oops'
By Allan Lengel - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Nov. 25) -- A lot of things became off-limits at airports after Sept. 11, 2001, but a surprising number of passengers still get caught with a particularly big no-no: firearms. The Transportation Security Administration says that so far this year 793 firearms have been discovered at U.S. airport checkpoints -- and we've still got two major league holidays to go: Thanksgiving and Christmas. Last year, in total, there were 902 firearms found. "The most common excuse we've heard would simply be that the individual forgot the item was in the bag," says TSA spokeswoman Lauren ...
Saved the Hair Conditioner, Missed the Flight
By Helena Andrews - Politics DailySo I'm writing this from a very uncomfortable "leather" chair at Gate A3 of the LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y. My butt hurts and my nerves are in worse shape. See, I'm supposed to be on my way to my grandmother's house, but the big bad wolf that is the Transportation Security Administration had other ideas. "My, what big badges you have!" See, I had this $20, eight-once bottle of leave-in conditioner that I stupidly packed in my carry-on bag and not my check-in bag (I've been living out of these two DVF workhorses since May, so I should know better. And I should have read Emily's post on ...
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