Articles Tagged with ''airport security''

A new Government Accountability Office report has found that the country’s air traffic control systems are vulnerable to hackers.

For the fourth time in less than a year, Mineta San Jose International Airport suffered a security breach after a man got inside the airport's perimeter fence before a guard detained him. 

The Senate passed a bill that limits airline security fees.

Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson left open the possibility that the Transportation Safety Administration could ban carry-on luggage on airplanes.

The Transportation Security Administration would like to remind holiday travelers to leave their toy chainsaws, grenades, sparklers and nunchucks at home this year.

Reggie Harrison, deputy city manager and acting director of the Long Beach Airport, was named director of disaster preparedness and emergency communications.

A new study says that asking airline passengers open-ended, conversational questions is 20 times more successful at catching deceptive passengers than the screening method traditionally used in the U.S. and other countries. 

 TSA head John Pistole thinks passengers who have been vetted by the agency's PreCheck Program should be allowed to take their bottled water through airport security checkpoints. 

Having served in the public sector for 30 years, John Pistole is stepping down from his position as director of the Transportation Security Administration in favor of a job in academia.

The House passed legislation to limit airline passenger security fees imposed by the TSA.