Articles Tagged with ''airport security''

The recent controversy of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) increased use of passenger pat downs and full body image scanning has re-ignited the rhetoric around privatization of TSA screeners at U.S. airports. This increased scrutiny comes at a time when many travelers, lawmakers, privacy advocates and the general public  re already voicing  criticism of the TSA’s reliance on screening methods that many characterize as overly aggressive and a violation of privacy.

TSA is developing a faster airport security screening process for passengers considered to be low security risks, said a Reuters report.

An EU report said there appears to be a gap between procedures and actual behavior when a threat is recognized and especially when it is acted upon.

The Transportation Security Administration said it is sending three screeners for remedial training after a passenger carried three box cutters onto a JetBlue plane at New York's Kennedy airport.

The US Senate rejected an amendment that would have blocked Transportation Security Administration employees from having collective-bargaining rights.

A proposal offered in the Senate would make misusing body scanner images a federal crime, punishable by up to a year in prison.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began testing a new, more modest body scanning system at three airports.

TSA chief John Pistole said he has decided not to expand a program that allows airports to replace government screeners with private screeners, saying he does not see any advantage to it.

The Springfield-Branson National Airport wants to opt out of TSA security and go to a private company.