Articles Tagged with ''airport screening''

The newly adopted GOP platform states an intent to privatize the Transportation Security Administration in search of more cost-effective security operations across the country. 

So far in 2012, 375,432,402 passengers have traveled through TSA checkpoints nationwide, but 30,204 of those have submitted complaints.

Under pressure to meet high demands for stops and searches, TSA behavioral detection officers resort to racial profiling to pad their numbers, according to 32 federal officers at Logan International Airport. 

Flight attendants will soon enjoy the same expedited screening as airline pilots – forgoing physical screening in favor of checking credentials against a current database. 

Under the bill, passengers would not be subjected to pat-downs unless they repeatedly fail metal detector or advanced imaging technology.

A Senate panel approved a $2.50 increase in airline security fees that would double the passenger fee for non-stop flights. 

TSA agents discovered a disassembled .40 caliber gun hidden inside three stuffed animals in a Providence airport.