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TSA stops using 'nude scanners'
The "nude scanners" are gone. The full-body scanners that used X-rays to create what look like nude images of passengers have been packed away and removed from airports across the country. The 250 or so machines were removed about two weeks ago,...
Tags: Interior Policy, Air Transportation, Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Industry, Personal Data Collection
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Goodbye 'nude scanners.' Hello new headache.
There’s no appeasing the paranoid, it seems. The Transportation Security Administration has done away with its controversial “nude scanners,” which took full-body X-rays of passengers to ensure no one would board a plane with hidden...
Tags: Terrorism, Medical Procedures and Tests, X-rays, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Almost a 'Trusted Traveler': Are the airport hassles behind her now?
I'm a step closer to Trusted Traveler status. In a post that ran May 17, I wrote that I had received conditional approval for the Trusted Traveler program as part of the Global Entry system but that the earliest available appointment was Aug. 6....
Tags: Media Industry, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, O'Hare International Airport, Transportation Industry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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TSA chief defends allowing knives on planes
Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole has delayed a plan to let passengers carry small pocketknives on planes for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But it is clear from a speech he gave last week at George...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, United Nations, Transportation Accidents, Los Angeles International Airport, Air and Space Accidents
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TSA to continue prohibiting carry-on pocket knives on planes
Under pressure from lawmakers and flight attendants, the Transportation Security Administration said it would indefinitely prohibit passengers from carrying small pocket knives on planes — a ban that began after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The...
Tags: George Washington, Janice Hahn, U.S. Congress, Edward J Markey, Los Angeles International Airport
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TSA knife ban to remain
After months of debate and protest, the Transportation Security Administration said it will indefinitely keep in place a ban on passengers carrying small pocket knives on planes--a ban that began after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. TSA chief John...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport
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TSA finds record 65 weapons on U.S. airport passengers last week
Airport security officers uncovered a record 65 firearms on passengers boarding planes last week, surpassing the previous record high of 50 guns. The Transportation Security Administration reported 54 of the guns found at airport security checkpoints...
Tags: Orlando International Airport, Weaponry, Los Angeles International Airport, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Many fliers willing to pony up for better seats, poll finds
Most of us will put up with a cramped middle seat on a short flight. But on trips more than three hours long, we are ready to crack open our wallets and pay for a window or aisle seat. That is one of the findings of a recent Harris Interactive poll of...Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Harris Interactive Incorporated, Entertainment, New Products, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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More airline passengers tolerant of baggage fees, study says
Grouse all you want about airline baggage fees, but the numbers don't lie: You are slowly learning to accept them as a painful but necessary part of the flying experience. In fact, the overall satisfaction with air travel has increased to the highest...
Tags: Spirit Airlines, Air Transportation, Frontier Airlines Inc., Air Transportation Industry, United Air Lines
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Global Entry: The journey to an easier journey, continued
Los Angeles Times Travel editorAfter interviewing John Pistole, the head of the Transportation Security Administration, late last year, I renewed my determination to complete my Global Entry System Trusted Traveler application. That’s a program that allows low-risk travelers to...Tags: Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Industry
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Naked airport protester still in hot water with TSA
The man who stripped naked at a Portland, Ore., airport last year in protest of what he saw as overly invasive security measures successfully defended himself against a charge of indecent exposure. But John Brennan hasn’t yet put the incident...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Security Measures
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Air marshal whistle-blower fired in 2006 claims big win in court
Two years after 9/11, federal Air Marshal Robert MacLean turned whistle-blower. He revealed to MSNBC reporters that the government planned to remove armed security officers from long-distance passenger flights to reduce hotel expenses despite reports...Tags: Government, U.S. Supreme Court, Labor Legislation, Justice System, MSNBC (tv network)
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