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TSA has helpful hints for holiday travelers

11/14/12

The busy Thanksgiving and Christmas travel season is just around the corner and it’s a given that airports will be busy airports and airplanes will be crowded. With that in mind, the TSA has gathered up some helpful hints for holiday travelers. Pies and cakes are OK to take through airport security checkpoints, but the →

Here’s what’s inside the TSA Museum

10/26/12

A lot of people were surprised to learn that there’s a TSA Museum inside TSA headquarters. Here’s a look at what’s inside: →

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TSA has a museum? Yup, it does.

10/25/12

I’m finishing up a book about museums and the things they can’t or don’t show to the public, so was delighted to learn that the TSA has a museum that’s off limits to the general public because it’s inside TSA headquarters (which is off-limits to the general public) and because the intended audience for the →

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TSA goes pink at Dulles Airport

10/06/12

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and even the TSA is going pink. According to TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein, during the month of October the 650 TSA officers at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) will be be wearing pink gloves instead of the more familiar blue gloves as a sign of their support in the fight →

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TSA finds are frightening

10/01/12

I’m just now getting around to taking a good look at the TSA Week in Review from last week Inert hand grenades, inert training detonators, knives hidden inside the lining of someone’s carry-on… it’s all getting to be so strangely familiar. The same goes for last week’s tally of loaded (25) and unloaded (4) guns. →

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Expedited airport screening for Loews Hotels loyalty program members

09/25/12

Here’s a interesting offer that may just spark a trend: Loews Hotels & Resorts has partnered with the Department of Homeland Security to promote the Trusted Traveler Network, which meshes the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Global Entry and the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Pre✓ programs. Members of the hotel’s YouFirst Platinum loyalty rewards →

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A look-see at TSA’s take at airport checkpoints

08/20/12

It’s bad enough that we have to sit next to strange, smelly, arm rest-hogging people on airplanes. The thought that my seatmate might have a dagger or a gun in that greasy paper bag they’ve shoved down there underneath the seat in front of them just makes it worse. Which is probably one the reasons →

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What a world: TSA more popular than Congress

08/10/12

A majority of Americans believe the Transportation Security Administration is doing a good job, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednesday. The poll shows that 54 percent think TSA is doing an excellent or good job of handling the screening responsibilities at U.S. airports. Just 30 percent rated the agency’s overall performance as fair. →

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Souvenir Sunday: snow globes and pet tornadoes

07/22/12

(courtesy Museum of the Modern Snow Globe) A lot of souvenir hunters were delighted when the Transportation Security Administration announced that, by mid-August, snow globes would once again be permitted in carry-on bags at all airport security checkpoints. “Snow globes that appear to contain less than 3.4 ounces (approximately tennis ball size) will be permitted →

TSA will allow snow globes through airport security checkpoints

07/18/12

Souvenir hunters rejoice: Later this summer, you will able to pack snow globes in your carry-on luggage when you go to the airport. Transportation Security Administration officers will permit the items as long as they are packed in a passenger’s plastic, quart-sized, resealable bag along with other gels and liquids. TSA will permit snow globes →

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