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Report: TSA security breaches mishandled


The Transportation Security Administration is failing to adequately report, track and fix airport security breaches, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general.

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    TSA testing electronic document checkers at select airports


    The Transportation Security Administration is unveiling new technology this month at several airports aimed at verifying boarding passes and IDs of passengers.

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      ‘Safe-list’ travelers get fast track through security


      The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says a new program that allows American fliers to avoid pre-flight pat-downs by submitting to a one-off security vetting is proving successful, and is set to expand.

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        TSA set to test new screening protocols for elderly


        After years of criticism, the Transportation Security Administration is taking the initial steps to modify screening for people age 75 or older.

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          Airport pushing to opt out of TSA


          A Florida airport is pushing to join 16 other U.S. airports in opting out of Transportation Security Administration screening in favor of private screeners.

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            Government: Airport screening machines safe for passengers


            Studies by the U.S. government and professional organizations conclude the level of radiation emitted by full-body airport scanners is safe for passengers, according to a Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report, but the findings likely will not end the dispute over backscatter X-ray machines.

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              When privacy clashes with security


              Attention train passengers, truckers and subway commuters: The TSA isn’t just at airports. Privacy groups complain the TSA’s “VIPR” security teams have been “flying under the radar” for years.

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                TSA regrets ‘discomfort’ of elderly fliers


                The Transportation Security Administration has apologized for the actions of some airport screeners, and that its officers did not follow standard procedures when they asked to see a colostomy device on one woman and put another woman's back brace through an X-ray machine. But the agency stands by its earlier statements that neither woman was strip searched or asked to remove any clothing.

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                  TSA launches help line for travelers with medical needs


                  Traveling on planes is stressful enough for passengers over the holiday, but even more so if someone has a disability or medical need. Now the Transportation Security Administration, which has endured widespread criticism for intrusive pat-downs, is launching a toll-free help line to get travelers through security checkpoints.

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                    A guerrilla approach to flying with kids


                    I can sense those travelers who fear my active three-year-old as we head toward the airport security line. You have nothing to fear. As we approach the X-ray machines, my child and I go into guerrilla traveling mode.

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