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SCREENING

In our hurry to catch the plane -- or maybe just to get through our security screening -- travelers leave so much behind. Here's how to protect your valuables when you're being screened.

How to protect your valuables when you’re being screened at the airport 

April 6, 2025January 11, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

In our hurry to catch the plane — or maybe just to get through our security screening — travelers leave so much behind. Here’s how to protect your valuables when you’re being screened.

Categories Safe Travels
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

January 23, 2024April 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.

Categories Security
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

January 23, 2024April 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.

Categories Security
TSA agents believe they are the last line of defense against terrorism. You have to break a few metaphorical eggs to keep America safe.

Look out! 4 things that get damaged at the airport

January 22, 2024January 30, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

TSA agents believe they are the last line of defense against terrorism, and that sometimes you have to break a few metaphorical eggs to keep America safe.

Categories Commentary
When Susan Verbeeck attended a rally for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney she didn't expect to be greeted by TSA agents.

Should Republicans blame the TSA for their loss?

January 22, 2024November 11, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

When Susan Verbeeck attended a rally for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney with her two daughters and a friend at the Virginia State Fairgrounds in Doswell, Va., earlier this month, she didn’t expect to be greeted by TSA agents.

Categories Commentary
Michelle Dunaj, the terminally ill passenger who claims TSA agents in Seattle-Tacoma International Airport botched her pat-down.

What’s the problem with the TSA’s pat-downs?

January 22, 2024October 14, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Michelle Dunaj, the terminally ill passenger who claims TSA agents in Seattle-Tacoma International Airport botched her pat-down, drew a visceral reaction from travelers with the humiliating details of her screening.

Categories Commentary
Francisco Canseco took a stand when a TSA agent tried to give him an enhanced pat-down last spring. 5 times you should stand up.

5 times you should stand up to the TSA

January 22, 2024August 26, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Francisco Canseco took a stand when a TSA agent tried to give him an enhanced pat-down last spring.

Categories Commentary
As she passed through the security checkpoint she asked a TSA agent to "opt out" of being screened by a full-body scanner.

5 things you should never say to a TSA screener

January 22, 2024August 19, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

It happened to Ann Holley again last week. As she passed through the security checkpoint at Atlanta’s busy airport, she asked a TSA agent to “opt out” of being screened by a full-body scanner.

Categories Commentary
PR disasters are nothing new to America's least-loved federal agency. It's worth paying attention to how the TSA reacts when things go wrong.

The truth about TSAs lines — and lies

January 22, 2024July 1, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

PR disasters are nothing new to America’s least-loved federal agency. But after a particularly bad week, it’s worth paying attention to how the agency reacts when things go horribly wrong.

Categories Commentary
Jeff Emerson missed his flight from Minneapolis to Washington last month. He didn’t make his connection to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Who’s responsible for my missed connection?

January 22, 2024June 23, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Jeff Emerson missed his flight from Minneapolis to Washington last month. He didn’t make his connection to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and didn’t arrive as scheduled in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, where he was supposed to start work as a summer volunteer.

Categories Commentary, The Navigator
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