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Wheelchair Fakers Skip Airport Security Lines
When long airport security lines become too much to handle, request a wheelchair.
That’s the tactic some fully abled passengers are using to cut through the winding queues at airport security checkpoints, the New York Times …
Life’s a Breach: Jet Skier Evades JFK Airport’s Security System
Daniel Casillo swam to the airport, climbed a fence, crossed two runways and entered a terminal building dripping wet before someone got suspicious.
Rome Alone: 11-Year-Old Flies 3,000 Miles Without a Passport or Ticket
No, it’s not the plot of the next “Home Alone” movie. 11-year-old Liam Corcoran really did evade passport security to fly unaccompanied from Manchester to Rome
Unplugged Metal Detector Forces Evacuation at JFK Airport
Hundreds of passengers at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport were forced to go through security for a second time after a TSA agent realized his metal detector has been unplugged – for hours.
Henry Kissinger Gets the Full TSA Patdown
What do toddlers in wheelchairs and former Secretaries of State have in common? They can’t escape the clutches of the TSA.
TSA Agent Arrested for Pouring Coffee on a Pilot
A TSA agent is in hot water after throwing a cup of hot coffee on a pilot the morning of March 28, reports the New York Post. The brouhaha started when American Airlines pilot Steven Trivett was leaving the terminal and overheard …
TSA Agent Shown Searching a Wheelchair-Bound 3-Year-Old
It’s almost a little too easy to pick on the TSA these days. Not that they’re making it any easier on themselves by patting down a 3-year-old boy with a leg cast.
TSA to Allow Older Travelers to Keep Shoes On, Avoid Pat-Downs
Everybody loves the TSA. And by “everybody,” we actually mean “very few people.” But the air travel security organization might be gaining a new set of supporters: the over-75 crowd.
The Transportation Security Administration …
How States Make Money from TSA Contraband
Swiss Army knives, fuzzy handcuffs and Disneyland snow globes are all items that don’t make it past airport security every day. Instead, they wind up filling states’ coffers.
It may be common for angry travelers to scoff and …
Is the TSA Targeting Attractive Women?
A Dallas woman believes she was violated by TSA officers who, she says, repeatedly asked her to enter a body scanner because of her looks
Does the TSA Favor the 1%?
Occupy Wall Street? How about Occupy the TSA?