An undercover TSA agent made it through the full body scanners (advanced imaging technology) at Dallas/Ft Worth Airport with a handgun hidden in her underwear. Five Times. (Tip The Consumerist; Primary source, NBCDFW) View more videos at: http://www.nbcdfw.com

Whether or not you can be there in person for EPIC’s January 6 workshop The Stripping of Freedom: A Careful Scan of TSA Security Procedures, Twitter’s a great place to follow along — and join in the discussions if you’ve got a Twitter account.   Here’s a few key things to know: ScanTSA is the main… Continue reading »

We’re going to kick off a Facebook activism campaign in conjunction with EPIC’s January 6 workshop The Stripping of Freedom: A Careful Scan of TSA Security Procedures.   The conference has incredible speakers, and it’s being streamed online so it’s a great chance to get good information out there.  So one of the main goals of… Continue reading »

EPIC’s kicking off the new year with a bang on January 6 in Washington DC: This one-day public conference will be devoted to an assessment of the TSA airport security procedures and recommendations for reform. Experts in law, aviation security, and health safety, advocates for flyers rights, privacy protection, and religious freedom, as well as… Continue reading »

The Transportation Security Administration says that when working properly, the backscatter Advance Imaging Technology X-ray scanners emit an infinitesimal, virtually harmless amount of radiation. The problem is that the TSA offers no proof that anyone is checking to see if the machines are “working properly.” Further, the Homeland Security agency refuses to release exposure data… Continue reading »

I don’t usually admonish people.  I’m making an exception now. Stop whining about how horrible TSA screening are and do something about it. Stop flying. I mean it – stop flying.   All of you. I know, you have to fly for work, you want to see all of your relatives for the holidays, and you… Continue reading »

Following a highly publicized incident in which an air passenger with a medical condition was put through a humiliating pat-down, the Transportation Security Administration has embraced a new medical notification card that fliers can present to airport security screeners. The new cards do not exempt a passenger from screening, but they do provide a way… Continue reading »

Best practices for government interaction with the public via social media platforms such as dedicated blogs, Facebook, and Twitter have yet to gel, but they are already raising questions, specifically with respect to the proper conduct of the government employees behind such social media accounts. The TSA has been cautious to head off criticism about… Continue reading »

This is wrong on so many levels I don’t know what to say … so I’ll let the news reports speak for themselves. India’s ambassador to US has been pulled from an airport security line and frisked by a security agent in Mississippi, it has emerged.  The hands-on search took place last week even after… Continue reading »

We got on the train in Seattle’s King St. Station: a quick ID check, and that was it. No nude pictures. No irradiation. No groping. This is how travel should be. View from Amtrak’s Coast Starlighter