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A federal judge has ruled that DHS must release two safety reports it conducted in the 2000s evaluating the radiation safety of body-scanning machines.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will let people carry small pocketknives onto passenger planes for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Canines trained to detect explosives on people in high-risk airports are instead being used to screen cargo, in some cases, the GAO reports. 

The Coast Guard will unveil a proposal for TWIC card reader requirements in February, which should hopefully initiate the full implementation of those readers. 

Security guards at John F. Kennedy Airport are threatening to walk off the job this month.

The Secret Service is the target of an investigation involving the loss of two backup computer tapes left on a Washington, D.C., Metro train.

Polly Hanson, the former Metro Transit Police chief, will take over Amtrak’s police force next month.

After a loss of TSA funding, the $44-per-hour police service proved too expensive for the airport.

The threat of terrorists transporting improvised explosives on North America's major waterways has Canadians concerned, but an American report finds the risk "limited."