Indian Diplomat’s Turban + Airport Security = International Incident

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2010 As India’s top UN diplomat, Hardeep Puri is not supposed to have a hard time getting through the airport, but a trip through Houston found the Sikh in a polite showdown with security officials who wanted to search his turban Puri is the third (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Orders Diplomats to Stop Telling Truth

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Dec 6, 2010 In the first major policy fallout from the WikiLeaks disclosures, the State Department has ordered all U.S. diplomats to "cease and desist telling the truth until further notice." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Where Is Obama Going?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 2, 2010 Is President Obama's strategy of offering pre-emptive concessions destined to make enemies of his potential friends in the electorate without winning over any of his adversaries? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Much Ado About Touching

Staff / Truthdig Nov 25, 2010 It’s D-Day for pat-down protests and so far it looks like most people just want to get where they’re going AP reports that waits at major airports Wednesday morning were surprisingly short -- the TSA estimates 20 minutes or less . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pat-Downs Hit Middle America Where It Counts

David Coleman / Truthdig Nov 25, 2010 What has emerged from the TSA pat-down kerfuffle is recognition that it is psychologically demeaning to be subjected to physical touching of private areas of the body by someone not invited to do so. Now, the psychological treatment of men of color is being brought home to middle American men.The recent outrage expressed by white males and females over intrusive airport pat-downs may have an upside. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

A Childish Tantrum Over TSA Rules

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Nov 24, 2010 Some of the loudest howls of outrage over the new airport security rules emanate from those who would be quickest to blame the Obama administration for not doing enough to protect us if a bomber did slip through. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Granny Gets Searched

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Nov 23, 2010 It's hard to love the Transportation Security Administration, especially now that airport personnel seem so intent on touching people's junk. But the TSA's job isn't to be adorable, it's to be infallible -- and also, apparently, to suffer being unfairly maligned. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Dear Abusive Travelers, TSA Workers Are People, Too

Staff / Truthdig Nov 23, 2010 Seriously, people, it's not like John Q. TSA Worker woke up this morning jonesing to goose you. The union that represents the unfortunate patters-down says its members have been subjected to verbal abuse and even acts of physical violence since the new travel rules took effect. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Touch My Junk: Body Scans and Pat-Downs for Everyone

Staff / Truthdig Nov 22, 2010 To paraphrase the government's reaction to the backlash against new airport screening measures, "We hear you. Tough it up." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Bad-Touched by TSA

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2010 How's that touchy-feely thing working for you, TSA? It apparently doesn't work for some Americans. Other headlines making their way onto this week's edition of "Left, Right & Center" include GM's IPO, tax break shenanigans and Afghanistan withdrawal confusion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Poultry Pat Down

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