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TSA to retest airport body scanners for radiation

TSA to retest airport body scanners for radiation

The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it would retest every full-body X-ray scanner that emits ionizing radiation ...

 

Box cutters found on JetBlue flight

The Transportation Security Administration is facing criticism after three box cutters were discovered aboard a JetBlue flight at New York's JFK airport on Saturday.

 

T.S.A. Grants Pilots an Exception to Screenings

T.S.A. Grants Pilots an Exception to Screenings

The Transportation Security Administration will let uniformed airline pilots skip the body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints.

 

TSA boss: New pat-downs are more invasive

TSA boss: New pat-downs are more invasive

The head of the Transportation Security Administration is acknowledging that the new pat-downs are more invasive than what travelers were used to in the past.

 

Feds: Threat on plane bound for LA

Feds: Threat on plane bound for LA

Authorities have begun an investigation after a threatening message was found scrawled on the lavatory mirror of a Thai Airways plane, the Transportation Security Administration said.

 

Army Officer Is Said to Be T.S.A. Pick

Army Officer Is Said to Be T.S.A. Pick

President Barack Obama plans to appoint a former senior Army official with a career in intelligence to lead the Transportation Security Administration.

 

Obama's TSA pick withdraws after Republican roadblock

Obama's TSA pick withdraws after Republican roadblock

President Barack Obama's pick to head the Transportation Security Administration, Erroll Southers, withdrew from consideration on Wednesday amid Republican concerns that he would attempt to unionize the security force.

 

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