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Passenger Anger Over Full-Body Scanners, Pat-Downs Erupts
I flew through Pittsburgh, PA back in October, and had my first encounter with the full-body scanner. Outside of grumbling that it took quite a long time to get through the system and that TSA didn’t...
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TSA Administrator Acknowledges “Invasive” Pat-Downs, Screeners
The head of the Transportation Security Administration acknowledged in a Congressional hearing today that the new pat-downs being used by TSA personnel were “more invasive” than previous procedures....
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TSA Bends a Bit on New Pat-Down Procedures
The Transportation Security Administration has begun to buckle under the pressure of the “gate rape” allegations and mass outcry. Making the rounds on the morning shows today, TSA Administrator John...
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Establishment Media Tells Airline Travelers to Shut Up
Traditional media has definitely circled the wagons on the whole TSA story, ay? Editorial boards across the country are telling their readers to “Shut up and be scanned”, in some cases literally....
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TSA Administrator Pistole: No New Procedures for Screening for the Moment
John Pistole, the TSA Administrator, spoke to reporters on a conference call just now, and confirmed that in general, no changes to airport security procedures have been instituted since the outcry...
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Opt-Out Day Showing Little Impact, But Ideas Behind It Still Resonate
It’s going to be hard to get a handle on the impact of national “Opt-Out Day,” given the tens of millions of passengers and hundreds of airports involved. Most reports I’ve seen rate the impact as...
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TSA Tests Less Invasive Body Scanner Software
During the “Don’t Touch My Junk” brouhaha, many observed that the technology already existed for scans that produced essentially a stick figure instead of a precise snapshot of the body. At the time, I...
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