Articles Tagged with ''TSA''

The Transportation Security Administration recommended that armed law enforcement officers be posted at airport security checkpoints and ticket counters during peak hours after a review of nearly 450 airports nationwide after last year’s fatal shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.

Airline passengers would pay $5 billion more over the next decade for travel security under Obama's budget.

The number of guns confiscated from passengers trying to board planes in the U.S. jumped 20 percent in 2013 to 1,828.

The Transportation Security Administration will not arm its officers.

Federal officials say screeners at U.S. airports detected a record number of weapons in 2013.

Members of a House panel threatened to privatize more airport screening unless the Transportation Security Administration improves its treatment of travelers.

The Transportation Security Administration will soon inspect aircraft repair stations to lower the risk of theft and other terrorism-related activity.

The TSA confiscated 20 percent more guns at airports in 2013, with the Atlanta airport having the most seizures at 110.

Lax security in the employee parking lot and shuttle at Tampa International Airport is a potential danger to the airport, passengers and crew, say dozens of airline employees.