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TSA to allow small knives, bats, clubs on planes

Small Knives - AP

Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning next month under a policy change announced Tuesday by the head of the Transportation Security Administration.

 

Racial profiling alleged at Boston airport, report says

Logan International Airport

Transportation Security Administration officers at Boston's Logan International Airport are alleging that a program intended to help flag possible terrorists based on passengers' mannerisms has led to rampant racial profiling, a newspaper reported Saturday.

 

2nd elderly woman objects to TSA search at JFK

JFK International Airport

A second senior citizen is claiming the Transportation Security Administration made her pull down her pants as part of a search at New York's Kennedy Airport.

 

TSA chief promises fewer patdowns

TSA chief promises fewer patdowns

CNN asks the Transportation Security Administration chief about aviation security threats, new airport screening procedures and what he's thankful for this Thanksgiving.

 

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.

 

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