Knives on a Plane

John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Mar 12, 2013 Dig deeper

TSA

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Mar 11, 2013 Dig deeper

TSA Relaxes Rules

Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Columbus Dispatch Mar 9, 2013 Dig deeper

TSA to Lift Ban on Small Knives

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 6, 2013 The Transportation Security Administration will allow passengers to carry small pocketknives onboard commercial planes for the first time since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the agency announced Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hired Gun

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Mar 5, 2013 Dig deeper

TSA to Phase Out ‘Naked Scanners’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 19, 2013 The airport security agency will discontinue the use of scanners that show travelers’ naked bodies, amid widespread cries of privacy violations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

TSA Commissions Study of X-Ray Body Scanners

By Michael Grabell, ProPublica Dec 20, 2012 After months of congressional pressure, the Transportation Security Administration has agreed to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to explore the health effects of the agency's X-ray body scanners. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major Airports

By Michael Grabell, ProPublica Oct 20, 2012 The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly removing its X-ray body scanners from major airports over the last few weeks and replacing them with machines that radiation experts believe are safer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TSA Firings

Jeff Parker, Cagle Cartoons, The News-Press, Ft Myers, FL Jun 9, 2012 Dig deeper

Forget Fear of Flying, Fear Airport Screening

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 29, 2012 Just getting to your airplane these days may present a greater risk to your health than the actual flight. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Suleiman’s Travels

Susan Zakin / Truthdig Sep 28, 2011 A flight attendant’s voice had come over the loudspeaker, asking my husband and another guy with a common Muslim name to get off the Delta flight scheduled to depart from JFK It is the 10th anniversary of 9/11A voice had come over the loudspeaker asking my husband to get off the Delta flight scheduled to depart from JFK. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Former Miss USA Alleges TSA Abuse

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2011 Two and a half weeks after an airport pat-down of a 6-year-old ended up on YouTube and in the mainstream media, the Transportation Security Administration is in the middle of another controversy. In a new video on YouTube and other websites, a tearful former Miss USA charges she was sexually violated during a TSA search. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )