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New Airport Body Scanners Could Reveal More About You Than You Realize

Shauna Wright — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:09:15 +0000

If you think airport security screenings are already too invasive, you probably won’t like this.

Within the next couple of years, the Department of Homeland Security will begin using laser-based molecular scanners at airports and border crossings. And what they reveal could surprise you.

Should TSA Have Patted Down a 3-Year-Old In a Wheelchair?

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:12:47 +0000

In a video that won’t be making the already unpopular TSA any new friends, a 3-year-old toddler in a wheelchair is seen being searched by a TSA agent at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Rocco was going with his parents, two siblings and grandparents to Disney World when he was pulled out of the security line. He [...]

Is Taking Off Your Shoes In U.S. Airports A Thing Of The Past?

Mark Richards — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:18:30 +0000

Imagine a world where taking off your shoes in U.S. airports might be a thing of the past. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Politico yesterday that we may not have to take our shoes off through airport security inspection in the near future because of better technology combined with a risk-based and intelligence-based approach to screening.