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  • U.S. Eases Rules for Liquids, Gels in Carry-On Bags

    National | Mima Mohammed | September 26, 2006
    The Transportation Security Administration is easing restrictions on bringing liquids, aerosols and gels aboard airplanes, officials said Monday, as long as they are purchased from shops past airport security checkpoints or are in small containers. TSA chief Kip Hawley, speaking at a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, called the changes a common-sense approach which will "keep us at a high level of security but make it a little bit easier for passengers.
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  • No More Bare Soles at Chicago Airports

    National | Brendan Mccarthy | August 17, 2006
    Responding to the latest airport security rule, the Chicago Department of Aviation on Wednesday moved to protect passengers' most well-traveled items: their feet.

  • Fixes Promised for Planned Airport Screening System

    National | Jon Marino | February 13, 2004
    The Transportation Security Administration, acknowledging criticism of its proposed computerized system for screening airport passengers, promised Congress on Thursday that it would make changes before any new program was implemented.

  • Ex-air marshal fired over leak sues TSA

    National | Nicole Gaouette | October 31, 2006
    A former federal air marshal filed suit Monday against the Transportation Security Administration for firing him after he revealed an unclassified plan to remove marshals from long-distance flights.

  • TSA Is Criticized on Passenger Data

    National | March 26, 2005
    The Transportation Security Administration misled the public about its role in obtaining personal information about 12 million airline passengers to test a new computerized system that screens for terrorists, according to a government investigation.

  • Bush Selects Nominee for Security Agency

    National | May 7, 2005
    President Bush nominated Edmund Hawley to be the fourth head of the Transportation Security Administration in as many years. Hawley, a supply-chain technology consultant, helped the administration start the TSA after Congress created the agency after the Sept.
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  • Airlines to pay less for passenger screenings
    Business | February 4, 2009
    Southwest Airlines Co., AMR Corp.'s American Airlines and 20 other U.S. carriers will see the fees they pay the government for screening passengers reduced after an appeals court ruled that a regulator overstepped its authority. The court in Washington found Tuesday that although the fees were proper, the Transportation Security Administration erred when it included the cost of screening nonpassengers in implementing the Aviation and Transportation Security Act.
  • TSA to allow laptops to remain in approved bags
    Business | August 6, 2008
    There's a new option for people annoyed at having to take their laptops out of their bags at airport security. The Transportation Security Administration will now allow travelers to leave their computers inside "checkpoint friendly" cases.
  • Transportation Security Administration halts airport pre-screening program over missing laptop
    Business | August 5, 2008
    The Transportation Security Administration suspended Verified Identity Pass Inc. from enrolling travelers in its pre-screening program after a laptop containing the records of 33,000 people went missing.
  • THE NATION - Passenger checks, cargo still airport security problems
    National | October 17, 2007
    The Department of Homeland Security has made some progress in making air travel more secure but has yet to implement recommended improvements in screening passengers and air cargo, a Senate panel was told Tuesday.
  • TRAVEL INSIDER - Security hassles will lessen -- someday
    Travel | James Gilden | September 9, 2007
    Love that ban on liquids on a plane? No? Well, you'll still have to throw out that water bottle before you hit the airline security checkpoint because the ban probably will be in effect at least through the rest of this year.
  • TSA, accused of mistreating a mom and child, releases video
    National | June 17, 2007
    The Transportation Security Administration is denying allegations that an airport screener seized a toddler's sippy cup and mistreated his mother, taking the unusual step of posting security camera footage on its website.
  • TSA loses hard drive with personal data on employees
    National | May 5, 2007
    The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 current and former employees.
  • Senate votes for right to bargain by screeners
    National | Joel Havemann | March 7, 2007
    The Senate voted Tuesday to allow airport baggage and passenger screeners the same rights to negotiate working conditions that other employees of the Department of Homeland Security -- including Border Patrol and Customs agents -- now have.
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