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Tweet Pick: The sequester is really hurting air travel. There aren't enough TSA agents milling around joking with each other to get us through security. - @dwangelo

The sequester is really hurting air travel. There aren't enough TSA agents milling around joking with each other to get us through security.

Therapy Dogs Roaming LAX Wag Travel Stress Goodbye

If you find yourself in a panic anytime soon at Los Angeles International Airport, be it thanks to your poor planning, the inhospitality of your airline or a handsy TSA agent, do not despair. Starting today, there exists friendly, furry, tail-wagging relief at LAX. Pets Unstressing Passengers is here for you, keeping your travel anxiety at bay. [ more › ]

Vacationing Cop at Airport Tackles Crazed Passenger in the Security Line (VIDEO)

Post by Ericka SóuterIt was a scary scene at the Honolulu International Airport a few days ago. A woman suddenly attacked a female TSA agent. Apparently there was no other security personnel around at the time and a vacationing off-duty cop had to come to her rescue. Show More Summary

Off-Duty Cop Tackles Woman Who Allegedly Attacked TSA Agent At Honolulu Airport

Nobody knows better to say something if they see something than a cop. But one off-duty cop on vacation in Hawaii took that “say something” and changed it into a “do something” when he saw a woman assaulting a Transportation Security Administration agent at Honolulu International Airport. The man relayed his side of events, wherein he had just taken off … [More]

Newark TSA Agents Fired, Suspended For Lax Screening

In 2011, the Transportation Security Authority conducted an internal investigation of their employees to see how many followed proper security procedures, and unsurprisingly, they discovered that the answer was not many. Yesterday, the...Show More Summary

TSA Agent Pepper Sprays 5

A TSA agent delayed security checks at John F. Kennedy International Airport after he mistakenly shot himself and five other agents with pepper spray. Agent Christ-Yves Dabel, 27, of Brooklyn found the canister on the floor and thought it was a laser pointer. "They were playing around with it," said one Kennedy Airport official.

TSA agent accidentally pepper-sprays colleagues, 6 hospitalized

TSA screener accidentally pepper sprays fellow agents

A TSA agent who accidentally sprayed five fellow employees left JFK Airport with mud in its eye. According to the New York Post, the stinging substance that is meant to be shot in the eye, sent all six airport security screeners to the hospital. The Post reports, "The agent, Chris Yves Dabel, discovered the device [...]

Pepper Spray Mix-Up at JFK Sends Six TSA Agents to Hospital

A TSA agent delayed security checks at John F. Kennedy International Airport after he mistakenly shot himself and five other agents with pepper spray. The security agent, Christ-Yves Dabel, 27, of Brooklyn, N.Y., “found the canister on the floor and thought it was a laser...

Airline sticker for art supplies

Plein Air magazine created this label to explain your art supplies to TSA agents. In the comments, I'd love to hear your stories about carrying your art supplies through airline checkpoints.

Six TSA agents hospitalized after screener pepper-sprays co-workers while 'playing around' at JFK

An airport security worker who discovered a container of pepper spray at JFK sprayed five of his colleagues with the chemical as he was 'playing around' with the canister.All six TSA screeners were taken to hospital, and security checks...Show More Summary

TSA Agent Fiddling With Pepper Spray Sends Six To Hospital

Our latest installment in the popular "TSA Follies" security theater series comes to us from JFK Airport, where a TSA agent foolishly discharged pepper spray that was discovered at a checkpoint. A Port Authority source tells the Post...Show More Summary

TSA Agent ‘Playing Around’ With Pepper Spray Sends Six To Hospital

The agent at JFK Airport in New York fired at five other TSA agents. The agent, Chris Yves Dabel, discovered the device at the Terminal 2 security checkpoint and tried to determine if it was real, a source told The Post. He told Port Authority cops that he “found the canister on the floor and [...]

Double Amputee Humiliated By TSA Agents, US Congressman Says

A double amputee was humiliated by Transportation Security Administration agents who made him take off both his legs and refused to help put them back on, a US Congressman wrote to the TSA. In his letter to the TSA, California Representative Duncan Hunter wrote that several Marines from returning to San Diego from Arizona on [...]Show More Summary

Covered at Reason 24/7: TSA Forced Wounded Marine to Remove Prosthetic Limbs

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) has registered a complaint after TSA agents forced a wounded marine to remove his prosthetic limbs while his wheelchair was examined at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor airport. From The Washington Times: Transportation...Show More Summary

TSA Agents Humiliate Wounded Marine

Washington Times: Transportation Security Administration inspectors forced a wounded Marine who lost both of his legs in an IED blast and who was in a wheelchair to remove his prosthetic legs at one point, and at another point to stand painfully on his legs while his wheelchair was examined, according to a complaint a congressman [...]

TSA Agent Gets Past Newark Airport Security With Hidden Fake Bomb

An undercover investigator with a fake bomb hidden on his body last week passed through a metal detector, went through a pat-down at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty Airport, and was never caught, the Transportation Security Administration said today. “It’s sort of like a red teaming...

Keshia Knight Pulliam -- TSA Doesn't Need New Outfits ... They're Plenty Cute

Keshia Knight Pulliam thinks it's wasteful for the Federal government to drop $50 mil on TSA uniforms in the wake of massive spending cuts.As the "Cosby" star was leaving LAX this AM, she eyed a few TSA agents and concluded they were cute enough as…

Report of TSA’s 7-Inch Limit for Sex Toys Is Greatly Exaggerated

It was no surprise to learn, courtesy yesterday’s New York Post, that traveling with sex toys in your carry-on bag can yield funny looks, more frequent hand searches, and creepy notes from TSA agents. (If only because the Post previously reported on the phenomenon when it happened to writer Jill ... More »

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