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Penn & Teller take on the TSA

05/14/09
Like many travelers, the infamous, eccentric, libertarian-leaning magicians known as Penn & Teller have a gripe with airport security. Not with the people who work for the TSA, but with the idea OF the TSA. And while the average traveler can just complain about the security checkpoint experience, Penn & Teller make it part of →

Tidbits for travelers: BWI Twitters, Southwest pampers,

03/05/09
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) used its Twitter account during the recent east coast snowstorm to share information about weather conditions and flight delays and hopes you’ll sign up to get their tweets- including updates on parking – next time you’re headed that way. And Southwest Airlines rolled out yet another priority security lane →

Tidbits for travelers: danger at Mexico City airport; blue mustang at Denver airport

03/03/09
According to an Associated Press story, Mexico City is beefing up security at Mexico City International Airport ((International Airport Benito Juárez/MEX) after a series of armed robberies against travelers who exchanged money at the airport. 350 police officers have been added since December; now an additional 460 police officers will be assigned to patrol the →

The TSA and your grandma

02/10/09
I spent two long and truly educational days last week attending a TSA training course. My report on the class will show up in my in Well-Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com this Thursday, but this post in the TSA’s Evolution of Security blog reminded me of one of the break-out sessions in the class. (Guess →

Airport pickpockets

01/08/09
It’s easy to get distracted at the airport.  But here’s a reminder from the Vancouver Sun about why it’s especially important to make sure your wallet is safely tucked away: Visitors to [Toronto’s] Pearson International Airport are being targeted by an organization of South American pickpockets, who stole as much as $500,000 last year, authorities →

Packing tips from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

12/10/08
Last week, custom agents, or rather a Customs and Border protection dog, at Washington Dulles International Airport smelled something fishy in the suitcase belonging to a man arriving from Africa. As reported in the Washington Business Journal and loads of other places, it wasn’t fish inside that suitcase. The man had three dead monkeys, 10 →
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