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Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2011 Here’s a bit of bad news for the sexually active: Chlamydia infections in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2010 with 1.3 million cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's the largest number ever reported for any condition, the agency says. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

TSA Massages Its Technique

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2010 While it might sound more like a massage than an infringement on one's privacy, the ACLU has challenged the use of a new “enhanced patdown” technique being tested by TSA agents at Boston's Logan International Airport that involves a “palms-forward, slide-down” check of passengers' bodies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Administration Approves Profiling at Airports

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2010 The White House is set to announce a new screening regimen that will target passengers based on intelligence about suspected terrorists. Currently, everybody from a list of 14 countries gets special attention. The intel about terrorist suspects had better be more nuanced than dark-skinned or Muslim, or we may just have to go running to the ACLU. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Airports to Get Tougher Screening in Aftermath of Christmas Attack

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2010 Passengers traveling to the US from or by way of certain countries on the U government's naughty list, which includes Yemen and Cuba, will be subject to "enhanced screening" starting Monday (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

TSA Screenings

Chlamydia Climbing

TSA Massages Its Technique

Administration Approves Profiling at Airports

Airports to Get Tougher Screening in Aftermath of Christmas Attack