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The Transportation Security Administration calls its new system of scanning technologies "whole body imaging" -- and they ain't kidding.
Their mission is to protect airline passengers from acts of terror on U.S. flights. But in a special investigation, former and current air marshals told CNN that the number of marshals assigned to police flights is so low that the federal agency overseeing them has drastically lowered its firearms and psychological testing standards just so it can qualify new hires.
Some travelers at key airports in New York and Los Angeles may be put through machines that see through clothing and provide a detailed image of a person's body beginning later this week.
The Transportation Security Administration said Friday its officers at a Texas airport appear to have properly followed procedures when they allegedly forced a woman to remove her nipple rings -- one with pliers -- but acknowledged the procedures should be changed.
Of the 28,000 commercial airline flights that take to the skies on an average day in the United States, fewer than 1 percent are protected by on-board, armed federal air marshals, a nationwide CNN investigation has found.
Travelers frustrated with delays at airport security checkpoints may soon have a new fast-lane option. The Transportation Security Administration is experimenting with a new system, dubbed Diamond Lanes, that will allow travelers to choose one of three lines that best suits their traveling style: expert traveler, casual traveler, or families and special assistance.
Travelers frustrated with delays at airport security checkpoints may soon have a new fast lane option. The Transportation Security Administration is experimenting with a new system, dubbed Diamond Lanes, that will allow travelers to choose one of three lines that best suits their traveling style: expert traveler, casual traveler, or families and special assistance.
A man who bolted from a security checkpoint at Miami International Airport on Monday afternoon is in custody, and officials are trying to determine what sparked his action, a federal official told CNN.
Miscommunication was one of the factors that led to an incident in which U.S. troops returning from Iraq were not allowed to enter an airport passenger terminal, according to a report released Wednesday.
Jason -- that's the name CNN was asked to call him -- slides a simulated explosive into an elastic back support. The mock bomb is as slim as a wallet; its fuse, the size of a cigarette. He wraps the support around his torso, and the bomb fits comfortably into the small of his back.
The Transportation Security Administration calls its new system of scanning technologies "whole body imaging" -- and they ain't kidding.
Their mission is to protect airline passengers from acts of terror on U.S. flights. But in a special investigation, former and current air marshals told CNN that the number of marshals assigned to police flights is so low that the federal agency overseeing them has drastically lowered its firearms and psychological testing standards just so it can qualify new hires.
Some travelers at key airports in New York and Los Angeles may be put through machines that see through clothing and provide a detailed image of a person's body beginning later this week.
The Transportation Security Administration said Friday its officers at a Texas airport appear to have properly followed procedures when they allegedly forced a woman to remove her nipple rings -- one with pliers -- but acknowledged the procedures should be changed.
Of the 28,000 commercial airline flights that take to the skies on an average day in the United States, fewer than 1 percent are protected by on-board, armed federal air marshals, a nationwide CNN investigation has found.
Travelers frustrated with delays at airport security checkpoints may soon have a new fast-lane option. The Transportation Security Administration is experimenting with a new system, dubbed Diamond Lanes, that will allow travelers to choose one of three lines that best suits their traveling style: expert traveler, casual traveler, or families and special assistance.
Travelers frustrated with delays at airport security checkpoints may soon have a new fast lane option. The Transportation Security Administration is experimenting with a new system, dubbed Diamond Lanes, that will allow travelers to choose one of three lines that best suits their traveling style: expert traveler, casual traveler, or families and special assistance.
A man who bolted from a security checkpoint at Miami International Airport on Monday afternoon is in custody, and officials are trying to determine what sparked his action, a federal official told CNN.
Miscommunication was one of the factors that led to an incident in which U.S. troops returning from Iraq were not allowed to enter an airport passenger terminal, according to a report released Wednesday.
Jason -- that's the name CNN was asked to call him -- slides a simulated explosive into an elastic back support. The mock bomb is as slim as a wallet; its fuse, the size of a cigarette. He wraps the support around his torso, and the bomb fits comfortably into the small of his back.
A passenger who went through an airport security checkpoint -- before remembering that he had a loaded gun -- is facing charges after going back to report his error, authorities said.
For those keeping score, it's Chris Soghoian 2, Transportation Security Administration 0.
Air travel is affordable. The nation's roads have never been safer. And hotels offer more amenities than ever.
Bad weather and an airport technical problem stalled Thanksgiving holiday travel on Monday -- and conditions are likely to worsen as Turkey Day nears.
Investigators with bomb-making components in their luggage and on their person were able to pass through security checkpoints at 19 U.S. airports without detection, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Government investigators smuggled liquid explosives and detonators past airport security, exposing inadequacies in the nation's ability to safeguard airplanes
Be nice to your ticket agent. Otherwise you could end up like Barbara Arbani.
Screeners failed to find most of the fake bombs smuggled by plainclothes investigators through checkpoints at two major airports from late 2005 until last fall, the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday.
A new type of walk-through security machine will debut at several U.S. airports in the coming days as the Transportation Security Administration tries out the latest in body scanning technology.
The federal government will begin testing a body-scanning machine that could eventually be used instead of the metal detectors passengers walk through at airports
Airport screeners are giving additional scrutiny to remote-controlled toys because terrorists could use them to trigger explosive devices, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday.
If one hardened cockpit door is good, would two barriers be even better?
Congratulations, you've survived the summer of 2007 -- the worst summer for travel in modern history. No, wait, make that since the invention of the wheel.
A man allegedly circumvented security Friday at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, causing headaches for screeners and passengers.
Police across the country should be on the lookout for what could be "dry runs" for a terrorist attack, the Transportation Security Administration advised after series of suspicious incidents occurred at U.S. airports.
The Transportation Security Administration will deploy special teams to help enhance transit system security in eight cities over the July Fourth holiday, officials said Tuesday.
Airline passengers will be allowed to bring most cigarette lighters on board again starting next month, freeing airport screeners to spend more time searching for explosives
The Transportation Security Administration carried out surprise inspections on workers at five airports in Florida and Puerto Rico on Monday, one week after a baggage handler in Orlando allegedly used his airport credentials to smuggle more than a dozen firearms into a commercial jetliner.
It looks under your clothes and can see you naked. It's the new "Backscatter" X-ray security device and was installed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport last week.
If you've got your heart set on a holiday trip, time is running out.
Airline security officials want to get out the 411 about the 3-1-1 to keep airport traffic flowing smoothly over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Holiday travel headaches can be alleviated by lining up strategies for a smooth trip.
A Wisconsin man who wrote "Kip Hawley is an Idiot" on a plastic bag containing toiletries said he was detained at an airport security checkpoint for about 25 minutes before authorities concluded the statement was not a threat.
As travelers pack their bags for Labor Day weekend, excited to enjoy a few days away from home, many must also brace for the dreaded airport experience, which will inevitably bring long lines, flight delays and tedious security checks.
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Three days after banning fliers from carrying liquids, gels and lotions past security checkpoints and onto airplanes, the Transportation Security Administration announced Sunday several "tweaks" that would allow passengers to board with small doses of liquid medications.
Air travelers might have to get used to stuffing lipstick and lotion into their luggage rather than carry it with them in the wake of a plot to destroy airliners with liquid-based explosives, security experts say.
The long lines and bulging trash cans at U.S. airports due to increased security after a suspected terror plot was uncovered Thursday had some aviation experts questioning the focus of America's air passenger screening system.
For airport screeners, failure is not an option.
A bomb scare that led authorities to evacuate security checkpoints at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday was the result of a "software malfunction," Transportation Security Administration Director Kip Hawley said.
Attorneys for families suing airlines for negligence and wrongful death related to the 9/11 hijackings have sued the Transportation Security Administration lawyer who temporarily derailed the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui.
The judge in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial ruled Friday that families of September 11 attack victims are entitled to the same unclassified aviation security documents the government turned over to the al Qaeda conspirator's defense team.
The Delta terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City was evacuated for about two hours Friday after a man whose shoes provided an initial positive alert for explosives left the screening area, the Transportation Security Administration said.
Changes allowing some items previously barred from baggage and new security procedures at terminals don't appear to have affected screening times at the nation's largest airports over the holiday travel period, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.
The Transportation Security Administration will introduce new screening procedures Thursday at the nation's commercial airports, allowing passengers to take small scissors and tools on planes but increasing random passenger checks and the thoroughness of pat-down searches.
Four years after it was created, the Transportation Security Administration should be reorganized to become more business-like, with incentives to managers who reach security goals, a greater focus on customer service, and more use of technology, according to several Republican House members.
The Transportation Security Administration on Friday announced changes in screening procedures at the nation's commercial airports, allowing passengers to take small scissors on planes but increasing random passenger checks.
The Transportation Security Administration will announce Friday that it will ease restrictions on sharp objects aboard airlines, a Department of Homeland Security official said.
The Transportation Security Administration -- famous for its role in screening all airline passengers and their luggage -- needs to develop better ways to check cargo, most of which goes uninspected into the bellies of planes, the Government Accountability Office said in a new report.
In a hesitant step toward normality, private planes will return to Reagan National Airport on Tuesday morning, more than four years after being banished because they were deemed to be a threat to nearby government buildings and landmarks.
The Transportation Security Administration plans to shift hundreds of security screening jobs among the nation's airports, according to documents obtained by CNN.
General aviation and charter aircraft flights will resume at Washington's Reagan National Airport, almost four years since the flights were stopped after the September 11 terrorist attacks, authorities said.
With hope of closing a loophole in airline security nearly four years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, lawmakers Tuesday introduced two amendments to the 2006 Department of Homeland Security authorization bill.
Once upon a time, air travel used to be fun.
Two months after baggage screeners at the nation's busiest airport complained they were not getting required training, a congressional report released Monday is lending credence to their claim.
A report of suspicious material aboard a United Airlines flight from New York to San Francisco led authorities to divert it and make an unscheduled stop in Chicago, police said Tuesday.
Clam diggers on the muddy flats near Boston's Logan International Airport in Massachusetts will be loaned GPS-equipped cell phones so they can alert authorities to suspicious activity -- just one of several ideas being tested this summer to protect airports from terrorists.
Need a light? Don't bother asking anyone coming off an airplane.
A Transportation Security Administration official spent $500,000 on art, silk plants and other decorations for a new operations center and then went to work for the vendor after leaving the agency, according to a report from the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general.
Nearly two years after internal investigators said they were able to smuggle knives, guns and fake bombs past airport screeners, investigators Tuesday said follow-up tests indicate a "lack of improvement."
Adm. David Stone, director of the Transportation Security Administration, will be stepping down, but administration officials insist his department is not going anywhere.
An airline pilots group is giving dismal grades to aviation security, saying "gaping holes" remain almost four years after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Airline passengers, who already are prohibited from carrying torch-like butane lighters onto commercial aircraft, will be prohibited from carrying any type of lighter on planes and into secure areas of airports beginning April 14, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.
Passengers still can carry butane lighters aboard commercial aircraft this week despite a law banning them that was scheduled to take effect Tuesday.
Two Delta Airlines international flights were briefly the subject of security concerns Friday, but both planes landed without incident at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, federal officials said.
The federal government on Monday began an anti-terrorism program requiring truckers who haul hazardous materials to submit to fingerprinting and criminal background checks.
Even when delicately done, there's a certain move that has made some female airline passengers cringe.
The Transportation Security Administration announced late Wednesday that it is modifying pat-down procedures at airports -- a decision that comes after hundreds of complaints, most of them from women, that the procedure is too intrusive.
Two baggage screeners have been reassigned pending the outcome of a federal investigation into how a bag containing a simulated bomb made its way aboard a Continental Airlines flight bound for Holland, a Transportation Security Administration official said Friday.
Travelers bound for long lines at security checkpoints in airports across the nation this Thanksgiving season may not realize exactly what they are in for.
One federal air marshal has been fired, at least one has resigned and several others have been disciplined in the past two years for disclosing sensitive information to the media or on public Web sites, according to a report released Tuesday.
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The "no-fly" watch list -- billed as a post-9/11 weapon in the United States' war on terror -- lacks guidance on adding and deleting names and a method of consolidating more than a dozen lists maintained by various government agencies, a review of government records revealed.
Busy Los Angeles International Airport is getting back to normal after "two unrelated security breaches" forced the airport to close for several hours, Mayor James Hahn said Saturday afternoon.
Some business travelers have it easy and breezy at the airports this summer.
A federal plan to collect personal data about airline passengers to block potential terrorists from boarding aircraft has been abandoned, a government source familiar with its development said Thursday.
U.S. airports that want to jettison federal passenger screeners and return to using private ones will get their first look Wednesday at the hoops though which they will have to jump to make the switch.
The Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday it will launch an experimental program this month to speed frequent travelers through airport security checkpoints.
Bags checked by long-distance Amtrak travelers leaving from Washington's Union Station are now being screened for explosives before departing, the Department of Homeland Security announced.
Hoping to speed business travelers through airport screening more quickly, the Transportation Security Administration will launch a pilot version of its "registered traveler" program in late June. ...
A test program to screen rail passengers for explosives got under way outside Washington D.C. Tuesday and federal officials have recently begun requiring more stringent security measures for "flights of interest," but neither is a result of new terror threat information.
Terminal 5 at Los Angeles International Airport was evacuated late Friday because of a security alert.
The Department of Homeland Security's chief privacy officer has launched an investigation into a disclosure by American Airlines that it turned over 1.2 million passenger records to the Transportation Security Administration in June 2002 without the passengers' knowledge or permission.
A federal government list designed to keep terrorism suspects off commercial airline flights has subjected "hundreds, if not thousands" of innocent passengers to repeated interrogation, detention and stigmatization, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
(FindLaw) -- Since the September 11 terrorist attacks, improving aviation security has been a priority for the federal government. Among the most controversial proposals to address it is the Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-Screening System II (CAPPS II).
From Wolf Blitzer Reports' Brian Todd in Washington:
The Department of Homeland Security conceded Thursday that its plan to conduct computerized screening of airline passengers is behind schedule, but said it is still committed to the controversial security program.
In the rush to hire more than 55,000 airport baggage screeners, the Transportation Security Administration swept up a few people that didn't belong in security positions, according to the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security.
Thousands of airline passengers with damaged bags or items missing from their luggage have been caught in bureaucratic red tape between the airlines and the new federal Transportation Security Administration, with some claims pending up to 18 months.
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