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Reason
February 2004
James Bovard |
"Dominate. Intimidate. Control." The sorry record of the Transportation Security Administration   |
National Defense
July 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Beleaguered TSA May Wind Up Loser In Budget Battles As the Department of Homeland Security agency that comes into contact with the general public most often, the Transportation Security Administration has become one of the government's primary punching bags. |
National Defense
April 2006
Grace Jean |
Aviation Security Remains Under Scrutiny Aviation security measures adopted since 9/11 have not significantly made passengers safer or have been cost effective, experts contend. They also noted that many weaknesses in the previous system remain, despite billions of dollars being spent to enhance air safety. |
BusinessWeek
January 7, 2010
Aaron Ricadela |
Invasion of the Body Scanners Digital security scans are coming to more airports. They'll increase aggravation, but won't help security much. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Kate Murphy |
Zipping Through Airport Security The Registered Traveler Program can get you to the front of the line, but for travelers, it boils down to what they value more -- convenience or confidentiality. |
Reason
June 2004
Brian Doherty |
Will It Fly The Federal Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II (CAPPS II) is behind schedule accroding to the General Accounting Office. |
Reason
June 2007
Jacob Sullum |
'No Fly' No Go In 2010, nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks brought home the importance of keeping suspicious characters off airplanes, the TSA hopes to launch a new system for distinguishing between harmless passengers and terrorists. If all goes well. |
National Defense
September 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Terrorist Loophole: Explosives Under Clothing at Airport Checkpoints "One of the hard lessons we've learned is that there is no single technology that is going to detect everything," Clark Kent Ervin, former DHS inspector general and now director of the Aspen Institute's homeland security program, said in an interview. |
Reason
March 2005
Poole & Harper |
Transportation Security Aggravation Debating the balance between privacy and safety in a post-9/11 aviation industry. |
Reason
July 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Ring Barers The Transportation Security Administration warns that incidents of female terrorists hiding explosives in sensitive areas are on the rise all over the world. |
Reason
July 2005
Julian Sanchez |
Ten Percent Solution The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight passenger profiling system reforms stall at the gate: Congress established 10 criteria to ensure the program would both be effective and protect traveler privacy. A March report found that only one benchmark has been met. |
National Defense
October 2007
Grace Jean |
Airports Test Alternative Technologies for Checkpoints An influx of screening systems marks a coming of age in the security industry. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2009 |
L-3 supplies TSA with millimeter wave imaging portals for airport security Officials of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration sought airport security systems that use active millimeter wave technology to identify concealed threats, including metallic items. |
InternetNews
February 13, 2004
Roy Mark |
Airline Screening Program Gets Failing Marks A new Government Accounting Office report concludes that the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) fails to meet funding criteria mandated by lawmakers. |
National Defense
April 2010
Austin Wright |
TSA Takes to the Blogosphere to Set the Record Straight At the airport, the Transportation Security Administration goes after potential terrorists. In cyberspace, it targets bloggers who may be spreading misinformation. |
Reason
January 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Bad Touch TSA screeners are overburdened with ineffective rules and regulations and miss real threats. |
