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TSA to Review Airport Screening Policies After 6-Year-Old Girl Frisked
By not in system - AOL NewsLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky couple said Wednesday that they want the Transportation Security Administration to change how it screens children after their 6-year-old daughter was frisked at the New Orleans airport. Selena Drexel told ABC's "Good Morning America" the family was returning home from a vacation earlier this month when their daughter Anna was selected for a pat-down. The couple posted a video of the search on YouTube. It shows a TSA agent patting down the child and explaining the procedure to the girl and her parents. The screener says that she will use the back of her hands on ...
Man With 4th Amendment on Chest Sues Over Airport Arrest
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsA college student who was arrested for stripping down at airport security to reveal the Fourth Amendment written across his chest is now suing the U.S. government for violating his rights as ordained in -- you guessed it -- the Fourth Amendment. Aaron Tobey's dramatic strip-protest is one of the latest in a series of stunts by American travelers fed up with airport security procedures some consider too invasive. A YouTube video of a California man's airport security pat-down, in which he warns the agent not to "touch my junk," went viral last year. John Tyner's infamous quote has been made ...
Carry-On Luggage Still Costs Taxpayers Millions [VIDEO]
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Brave World Travelers Take 90-Day 'No Baggage Challenge'
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsPlenty of people travel light, but two California vacationers are trekking the world with just the shirts on their backs. Jennifer Lau, 21, and Marcus Fernandez, 23, are in the middle of a 90-day trip that will bring them to 12 countries on six continents. And the only things they've packed are in their pockets. "People tend to overpack for travel, so we have realized how little you actually need to bring with you," Lau and Fernandez said in an e-mail from the first leg of their trip in South America. "With bags, people pack things for every scenario they could be in, a lot of 'just in case' ...
Legislation Would Make Sharing TSA's Body Scan Images a Crime
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsProposed new legislation would protect travelers who worry that images taken of them by airport scanners could end up on the Internet. An amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization bill would make it a crime to share images taken by the Transportation Security Administration's full-body scanners, which produce graphic images of the human body. Those found guilty of violating the Security Screening Confidential Data Privacy Act, legislation being co-sponsored by Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Ben Nelson of Nebraska, could spend up to a year in prison ...
From Pat-Downs to Rat-Downs? Scientists Suggest Mice for Airport Security
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsWhen you go to the airport, do you feel comfortable getting an enhanced pat-down? What about an enhanced rat-down? Israeli scientists say they have found a way to harness the power of mice to bolster airport security. Brothers Eran and Alon Lumbroso have constructed an explosive detector that looks like a standard airport metal detector or full-body scanner -- only it's filled with mice, according to New Scientist. Robert F. Bukaty, AP You don't want mice in your house -- but in your airport they could be a lifesaver. An Israeli company has created a device that uses trained mice ...
What Can Be Done to Improve Airport Security?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsSecurity experts warn that Monday's suicide bombing in Moscow exposed every airport's Achilles' heel: the vulnerable areas outside interior screening checkpoints where typically hundreds of people roam freely before boarding a plane or picking up a loved one. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today blamed the attack at Domodedovo Airport, which killed 35 people and wounded more than 150, partly on "breaches in security." The explosives were carried in a suitcase and detonated in the arrivals hall in the airport's international terminal. Airport officials have placed some metal detectors ...
One Year Later: Epiphanies in the TSA Break Room
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TSA Probes Pilot Critical of Airport Security
By not in system - AOL NewsSAN FRANCISCO - A pilot who posted videos on YouTube that were critical of security at San Francisco International Airport is now the subject of an investigation, the pilot's attorney says. The pilot placed several videos on YouTube in late November or early December that showed how ground crew members can enter secure areas by swiping security cards and without undergoing further screening. The Transportation Security Administration is looking into whether the pilot revealed sensitive information, his attorney, Don Werno of the Santa Ana-based law firm Werno and Associates, said ...
A Few Facts About TSA's Full-Body Scanners
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsHow the Transportation Security Administration explains its two full-body scanners: Backscatter technology projects an ionizing X-ray beam over the body surface at high speed. The reflection, or "backscatter," of the beam is detected, digitized and displayed on a monitor. Each full body scan produces less than 10 microrem of emission, the equivalent to the exposure each person receives in about two minutes of airplane flight at 30,000 feet. It produces an image that resembles a chalk etching. Millimeter wave technology bounces harmless electromagnetic waves off of the human body to ...
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