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TSA confirms: space aliens visit airports

04/02/11

TSA has found proof that aliens visit US airports, but insists that aliens must be screened just like everyone else. →

At TSA: airports can’t opt-out; workers can opt-in

02/06/11

TSA chief John Pistole will allow limited collective bargaining for security screeners (TSOs). Airports, though, no longer allowed to have TSA hire private contractors for screening. →

Pistole nixes TSA privatization; LAX saves butterflies

01/31/11

TSA's John Pistole says TSA privatization program will not expand. LAX helps El Segundo Blue butterflies survive. →

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Toss the TSA? 16 airports have done it; others mulling it over.

01/04/11

Some airports around the country are toying with the idea of tossing the TSA in favor of private screening companies. Travelers won't be able to sidestep pat-downs or scanners, but some airports believe customer service will improve. →

National Opt-Out Day a dud

11/25/10

I spent Wednesday hanging around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) wandering from one security checkpoint to another in case there was any interesting mass opt-out action I could report on for a story being put together by msnbc.com. But, as you can tell from the headline of the story – Planned airport protests fail to take →

Tales of the TSA: Pistole apologizes, screeners scorned

11/23/10

TSA chief John Pistole apologized to man who ended up covered in urine after botched TSA pat-down. And it's not just travelers irked by enhanced pat-downs: TSA workers stressed as well. →

Animated version of TSA scanner/pat-down/opt-out issue

11/17/10

Taiwan's Animated Media has animated the TSA scanner, pat-down, opt-out controversy. VERY funny. →

Airport pat-downs, body-scanners, x-rays and you

11/15/10

News about airport scanners, enhanced pat-downs, opt-out experiences and more. →

Paperless boarding passes: benefit or bother?

09/05/10

We’ve all become accustomed to checking in for our flights on-line and printing out our boarding passes at home or at an airport kiosk on our way to the security checkpoint. Now the TSA is working with five airlines and 70 airports to test paperless boarding passes. Here’s how it works: When a traveler checks →

Chocolate balls on the “No Fly” list. Really??

09/04/10

In the spirit of Snack Saturday, here are two short videos that feature Lindt chocolate, tennis star Roger Federer and a pair of take charge TSA officers who get exactly what they want. Be sure to watch the longer, behind the scenes version as well. Here’s the “making of” version. Officers claim chocolate balls are →

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