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Nov 27 2015
News
Another TSA Fail: Man Nearly Boards Airplane With Stolen Boarding Pass
Between forcing grandmothers to strip, to missing tons of loaded guns, and confiscating Buzz Lightyear toys, the TSA has not been having a banner year in the headlines. That trend continued on Thursday, when a story broke about how earlier in November, a convicted sex offender in Utah using a stolen boarding pass was able to pass through security and nearly made it on to the airplane.
Townhall
Aug 01 2023
News
Hit-and-run arrest; Gun caught at Rapid City airport
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s Tuesday, August 1. Start your day with KELOLAND On The Go with everything you need to know in news and weather. A motorcyclist is dead, and a driver is charged in his death after a crash late Saturday night in Sioux Falls. A Brookings man is accused of strangling three cats. Two loaded handguns were recovered by TSA officers during screening at the Rapid City
Keloland
Jun 02 2015
News
Homeland Security Secretary Responds Forcefully After Details of Alarming TSA Report Are Leaked
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced in a statement Monday night that the acting director of the Transportation Security Administration Melvin Carraway had been reassigned.
The Blaze
Jun 02 2015
News
Acting TSA head reassigned after watchdog report reveals airport security failings
The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration was reassigned late Monday after a watchdog report revealed undercover agents were able to sneak fake explosives and banned weapons through checkpoints as part of an investigation that revealed a massive, system-wide security failure at America's airports.
Fox News (Online News)
Nov 29 2013
News
Interesting Legislation Would Require TSA to Spend Unclaimed Change on Military Lounges in Airports
Each year the TSA collects an average of 465,000 in unclaimed money from security checkpoints across the country.
Townhall
Jan 18 2023
Headline Roundup
TSA Reports Record Number of Guns Confiscated from Airline Passengers in 2022
On Tuesday, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that a record number of firearms were confiscated from airline passengers in 2022.
The Details: The airports with the highest number of confiscations were Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with 448; Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with 385; and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston
National Review (News)
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NewsNation
Sep 08 2014
News
‘Security Issue’: Why Are More People Being Funneled Through TSA’s PreCheck Line That Haven’t Gone Through the Application Process?
Standing in a lengthy airport security line, you might notice a significant number of people being ushered into the TSA’s PreCheck lane. Perhaps you’ve even been one of them even though you weren’t formally qualified by the Transportation Security Administration’s program.
The Blaze
Jun 09 2023
News
Loaded gun found in carry-on luggage at South Dakota airport is 4th such incident this year
Officials from the Transportation Security Administration in South Dakota stopped a passenger with a loaded handgun from getting onto a plane in the fourth such incident at the Sioux Falls Airport this year. During the routine screening of carry-on luggage this past Tuesday, a TSA officer at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport spotted a silhouette of a handgun on the X-ray screen, the
ABC News (Online)
Apr 04 2023
News
Newark Airport Worker Arrested With Gun At Security Checkpoint: Feds
A TSA officer spotted a 9mm handgun in the man’s backpack at the checkpoint X-ray machine in Terminal C on Saturday. The gun was loaded with eight hollow-point bullets, authorities said. The TSA officer altered Port Authority police, who came to the checkpoint, confiscated the gun and arrested the man on weapons charges. “The man was employed by a company at the airport and his employee badge
Patch.com
Apr 04 2023
News
Handful of guns seized at DTW Airport within a few days
ROMULUS, Mich., (CBS DETROIT) – In a span of four days, TSA officers at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) prevented five guns from making it onboard flights. All of them were loaded. Guns getting confiscated at checkpoints is pretty common at airports around the country. According to the TSA, it's about a dozen or so each day. What's unusual about the ones confiscated at DTW is
CBS News (Online)