A silent majority sounds off about airport security
Intrusive airport searches are just fine with a majority of air travelers. They also think the TSA has singlehandedly prevented a 9/11 repeat.
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If you love the TSA, read this story
It happened again with the TSA. At a time when the federal agency assigned to protect America’s transportation systems can least afford it.
Is there a better way to screen airline passengers?
If you look enviously at the TSA Pre-Check line whenever you’re at the airport — where pre-cleared air travelers breeze through the checkpoint without having to be scanned, remove their shoes or face a humiliating “enhanced” pat-down — then join the club.
3 reasons you’ll shut up after being humiliated at the airport
Like most infrequent air travelers, Vicki Burton just wants to get through security without causing a scene. So on a recent flight from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Miami, she obediently stepped into the airport’s full-body scanner, held her arms up, and waited for the agent to wave her through.
Can I tell you a secret about airport security?
If you think America’s airport security systems are obsessed with secrecy, you should meet Jose Lacson.
Look out! 4 things that get damaged at the airport
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.
3 troubling ways the TSA punishes passengers who opt out
If you don’t want to walk through a poorly tested full-body scanner you still have the right to opt out and submit to an “enhanced” pat-down.
7 things you’ll love about the TSA
Special Agent Robert Flaherty knocked on my front door and handed me a subpoena. Nothing to love about the TSA, but they are wrong.
Are airlines responsible for America’s TSA disaster?
The TSA as we know it is dead came from a publicist for one of the airline trade associations. Are airlines responsible?
The TSA as we know it is dead — here’s why
The TSA is doomed. You’ll have to at least agree that the agency as we know can’t continue to exist as it does.