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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.

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Can ID-Scanning Machines Ease Lines at Airport Security?

The TSA is testing out a new system to check boarding passes and IDs more efficiently.

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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.

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TSA Agent Shown Searching a Wheelchair-Bound 3-Year-Old

It’s almost a little bit 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.

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TSA to Allow Older Travelers to Keep Shoes On, Avoid Pat-Downs

The provisions are part of an effort to move away from streamlined, across-the-board security policies and instead focus on potentially riskier fliers.

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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.

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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

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Cleared for Takeoff: Rhode Island Bakery Creates TSA ‘Compliant Cupcake’

Who knew cupcakes were a security threat? The saga has inspired one bakery to create a security-safe confection.

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$409,085.56

The amount of spare change left at airport security bins in 2011. New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport leads the list with $46,918 in coins left behind. A new bill in Congress wants to make sure the loose change goes to charity instead of the TSA. (via The Hill)

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Delicious But Dangerous: TSA Stands By Cupcake Confiscation

Attention all fliers: your cupcake is a flight risk – if it’s in a jar, that is. And that’s an order served piping hot from the TSA.