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Good News — TSA Screeners Can't See You Naked Anymore

Chris Chaberski — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:07:20 +0000

The controversial full-body scanners that the Transportation Security Administration has been using in airports to detect illegal objects being hidden by passengers will be removed from all airports.

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Oregon Man Protests Airport Security By Conducting His Own Strip Search

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:35:56 +0000

Recent changes to the Transportation Security Administration’s screening guidelines for airport security checkpoints have been raising a lot of eyebrows. One man’s attempt to express his displeasure at these measures also raised some eyebrows for all the wrong reasons.

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Should TSA Have Patted Down a 3-Year-Old In a Wheelchair? [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:46:47 +0000

In a video that won’t be making the already unpopular TSA any new friends, a 3-year-old toddler in a wheelchair is seen being searched by a TSA agent at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.

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Man Kicked Off Plane For Cursing

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:20:10 +0000

Robert Sayegh wanted to know why it was taking so long for his Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight from Detroit to Newark to get off the runway.

So he made a general inquiry as to the plane’s grounded nature that admittedly contained R-rated language.

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Three-Inch Toy Gun Not Allowed on Airplane

Aaron Galloway — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:30:33 +0000

Security at London’s Gatwick airport have deemed the three-inch rifle that came with a toy solider a “firearm” that is too dangerous to take on a flight.

Ken Lloyd, a Canadian, was flying home with a military figurine he had bought from a museum gift shop in his carry-on bag.

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