2012 Elections Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
What does Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) run-in with the Transportation Safety Administration in a Nashville airport today have to do with @MentionManchine?
Breaking News, Headlines, Liberty Monday, January 23rd, 2012
By TIM MAK | Politico Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was detained Monday by the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tenn., after refusing a full body pat-down, POLITICO has confirmed. “I spoke with him five minutes ago and he was being detained indefinitely,” Paul spokesperson Moira Bagley said. “The image scan went off; he refused patdown.” [...]
Liberty Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued an apology in response to two elderly women who were allegedly molested by TSA airport screeners at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York just before Christmas. But the apology only addresses the fact that TSA screeners violated protocol with regards to scanning the ladies’ private medical devices, and denies any further misconduct on behalf of the screeners, which the two victims say is a lie.
TSA Air Marshal Arrested in Mugging of Boston Occupier
Liberty Friday, January 13th, 2012
What was a TSA air marshal doing at an Occupy camp at 3:40 on a Saturday morning, just an hour before protestors were evicted by Boston police?
Liberty Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Two former Transportation Security Administration officers based at John F. Kennedy Airport are going to jail after admitting to stealing $40,000 in cash from a checked bag.
TSA screenings aren’t just for airports anymore
Breaking News, Liberty Monday, December 26th, 2011
By Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times Charlotte, N.C.— Rick Vetter was rushing to board the Amtrak train in Charlotte, N.C., on a recent Sunday afternoon when a canine officer suddenly blocked the way. Three federal air marshals in bulletproof vests and two officers trained to spot suspicious behavior watched closely as Seiko, a German shepherd, [...]
Military may get faster airport screening
Privacy Rights Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
WASHINGTON — Members of the military on official travel, and their families, would move through airport security quicker next year under legislation sent to the president on Tuesday.
Local mayor wants ban on airport body scanners
Technology Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Broward County’s mayor wants to get rid of certain airport security body scanners that may be a health risk at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport.
Another Elderly Woman Says She Was Exposed At Kennedy Airport
Health Monday, December 5th, 2011
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Lenore Zimmerman, 85, was angry and embarrassed after what she claims was a strip search at Kennedy Airport Tuesday. Now another woman in her 80′s at the very same terminal says she was exposed one day before.
Harold Rodman, TSA worker, arrested for sexual assault
Liberty Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
A Transportation Security Administration employee is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Manassas.