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TSA screenings: What protections do you have?
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TSA aimed to put body scanners in public places
TSA denies it used airport body scanners elsewhere. But documents show it tested similar technology at a commuter train station in New Jersey and signed contracts for more scanning in public places.
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Janet Napolitano questioned over airline stowaway on Capitol Hill
Janet Napolitano, Secretary for US Homeland Security, faced tough questioning over a runaway teen's fatal airplane ride last year. A Massachusetts congressman asked Janet Napolitano about airport security in the wake of the deadly stowaway incident.
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TSA looks to expedite screening for air cargo on US-bound passenger planes
Screening for all air cargo shipped to the US via commercial passenger planes must be in place by the end of 2011, under a TSA proposal. The Yemen bomb plot led TSA to accelerate its timetable.
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Thermoses, coffee cups added to list of possible terrorist weapons
During the busiest travel season of the year, travelers carrying thermoses or beverage cups – which could be used to conceal explosive materials – may be subject to extra scrutiny.
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WikiLeaks cables reveal US-Algeria partnership for battling Al Qaeda
The US is increasingly concerned about North Africa's Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). WikiLeaks cables indicate it is strengthening ties with Algeria to better combat AQIM's rise.
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Should TSA let airport passenger screening go to the dogs?
It's time to send bomb-detecting dogs sniffing up and down lines of passengers at airports, say some security analysts. Dogs may reduce the need for TSA screening that is more invasive of personal privacy.
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TSA chief John Pistole speaks on latest airport security procedures
TSA chief John Pistole cites 'determined, resourceful enemy' in defending airport body screenings and pat downs that some passengers say are too intrusive. But no plans for body cavity searches.
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For grateful Thanksgiving travelers, a happy refrain: it could have been worse
On Thanksgiving eve, bad weather dodged most airports, while air travelers rolled with the TSA searches. On the roads, congestion prevailed, but the most dire predictions weren't realized.
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Airport pat downs and body scans: My questions for TSA chief Pistole
Like a lot of the flying public in America, I have doubts and concerns about the new airport security screening methods. What about loopholes? What about effectiveness? What about profiling? I put these questions to TSA chief John Pistole at a Monitor breakfast today. Here's what he said.
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Video: TSA chief rules out body cavity searches
Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole told reporters at a Monitor Breakfast Monday that body cavity searches at airport checkpoints are 'not where we are.'
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Video: TSA chief Pistole says no immediate changes to airport screening
Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole told reporters at a Monitor Breakfast that the TSA had no plans to alter controversial screening practices, despite public outcry.
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TSA airport screening to be 'refined'
TSA chief: Agency will try to minimize invasiveness of screening, though no changes imminent.
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Obama notes travelers' plight, but won't change airport security
President Obama and Secretary Clinton sympathize with air travelers irked by intrusive security measures, including X-rays and body pat downs. But for now, things are unlikely to change.
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Travelers, lawmakers up in arms over airport security measures
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, 1.6 million travelers are expected to fly. How will passengers deal with new airport security measures critics say invade personal privacy?
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TSA screenings: What protections do you have?
Full-body scans and enhanced pat-downs have become America’s “primary screening” technique, but have also generated a rising tide of criticism for being too invasive. At each of the 68 major airports where the 385 new full-body scanners are in place, passengers will be directed to them, says Sarah Horowitz, spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Here's what to expect – and what protections you can demand:
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TSA body scanners: safety upgrade or stimulus boondoggle?
Many Americans will get their first look at the TSA's body scanners at airports around the US during the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Pilots to be exempt from airport scanners, intrusive pat-downs
Airline pilots will no longer have to go through body scanners or be subject to body pat-downs, as do ticketed passengers. TSA is also testing scanners designed to be less intrusive.
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Are TSA pat-downs and full-body scans unconstitutional?
The TSA says the pat-downs and full body scans are necessary to keep airliners safe. But critics ask if such intimate searches violate the Fourth Amendment.
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The Monitor's View: Airport security depends on TSA body scans and pat downs
Full-body scanners and pat downs are new because of new types of terrorist threats. Most flyers want security in the air. Congress should back TSA while also pushing for better technology that addresses privacy concerns.
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In Pictures: Airport security
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Officials consider adjustments to airport security after passengers and pilots complain about rigorous checkpoints even after background checks
Background checks on pilots, opinionated passengers, and even the risk of touching children inappropriately aren't keeping airport security personnel from carrying out rigorous body patdowns, but officials are willing to consider adjustments to the controversial new checkpoint procedures.
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TSA screenings at airports too invasive? 'Opt Out' protest planned.
Internet grass-roots groups urge passengers to 'Opt Out' of the digital whole-body imaging scan on the day before Thanksgiving. The alternative to these TSA screenings is an 'enhanced' pat-down.
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Homeland Security talks about air cargo changes needed
Homeland Security talks about changes needed to improve air cargo security, while lobbying by the multibillion-dollar freight industry slows process.
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Yemen packages: Air cargo was a target before. Why is it still vulnerable?
Long before explosive packages were shipped on flights out of Yemen, terrorists eyed air cargo as a means of attacking the US. Yet millions of tons of air cargo bound for the US still are not screened.
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White House: There could be more mail bombs
White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan says authorities "have to presume" there might be more mail bombs like the ones pulled from planes in England and the United Arab Emirates.
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