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If you're afraid a TSA agent might bungle your screening when you fly somewhere this summer, maybe you should do what John Klapproth did.

How to tell the TSA how to do its job – and how to get it to listen

September 6, 2023May 29, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

If you’re afraid a TSA agent might bungle your screening when you fly somewhere this summer, maybe you should do what John Klapproth did when he was traveling from Seattle to Anchorage recently.

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She had a run-in with a TSA agent recently after trying to opt out of a full-body scan, and sent a complaint letter to the agency.

Is anyone really listening to your TSA complaints?

September 4, 2023May 22, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

With only a few weeks left to leave your comments about the TSA’s controversial passenger screening methods, here’s a question worth asking: Is anyone listening?

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Travelers love to complain about the TSA, and even though the agency assigned to protect America's transportation systems claims to listen.

It’s time to tell the TSA what you really think of it — and for it to listen

September 21, 2023May 15, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

Travelers love to complain about the TSA, and even though the agency assigned to protect America’s transportation systems claims to listen, most of us know better.

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A road hazard you might not expect: a checkpoint staffed by Transportation Security Administration workers.

Summer road hazards your government won’t warn you about

September 18, 2023May 8, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

With the frenetic summer travel season just around the corner, here’s a little warning about a road hazard you might not expect: a checkpoint staffed by Transportation Security Administration workers.

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Today's tale of TSA inefficiency comes from the Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, NY. Who's afraid of the TSA?

Who’s afraid of the TSA?

September 6, 2023May 1, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

Today’s tale of TSA inefficiency comes from the Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, NY. Who’s afraid of the TSA?

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It's every parent's worst nightmare. You fly home from your family vacation, and something goes wrong at the TSA screening area.

Is my 15-year-old son a terrorist?

September 18, 2023April 24, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. You fly home from your family vacation, and something goes wrong at the TSA screening area.

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The TSA screening area at Reno-Tahoe International Airport's B gates isn't much to look at. It's a dark, cavernous processing area.

Random, unpredictable airport security that’s not always awful? Only in America

September 1, 2023April 17, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

The TSA screening area at Reno-Tahoe International Airport’s B gates isn’t much to look at. It’s a dark, cavernous processing area.

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Next time you fly, take a minute to look around at the airport screening area. You'll see all kinds of interesting passengers.

The five kinds of people you meet at an airport screening area

September 15, 2023April 10, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

Next time you fly, take a minute to look around at the airport screening area. You’ll see all kinds of interesting passengers.

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Andy deLivron says he's no threat to aviation security. But he flies with box cutters in his checked luggage.

Why it’s time for airport screening to come full circle

September 21, 2023April 3, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

Andy deLivron says he’s no threat to aviation security. But he flies with box cutters in his checked luggage.

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Spreading propaganda for the TSA.

Guess who’s shilling for the TSA

September 14, 2023March 27, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

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