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TSA Pockets Over $500,000 In Change Left by Travelers at Security Gates!

John McKay — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:18:57 +0000

The TSA has been taking your money!

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TSA Workers Told to Save Themselves in Case of Airport Emergency

John McKay — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:00:19 +0000

If there's a major terrorist event at an airport, don't depend on the TSA to save your butt!

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TSA Claims Congress Has No Jurisdiction Over It

John McKay — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:30:36 +0000

The Transportation Security Administration is again flexing its muscle in telling a Congressional committee it doesn't have to show up for a hearing.

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TSA Pulls Dozens of 'Naked Body' Scanners After Vendor Accused of Fraud

John McKay — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:31:25 +0000

The Transportation Security Administration is again taking fire after one of its body scanner vendors is accused of faking tests on its machines.

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Traveling? Watch Your Luggage At Sea-Tac – One Of Worst For TSA Employee Theft!

John McKay — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:30:15 +0000

You might want to fly direct from Pasco, Spokane, and avoid the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

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TSA Firing 25 Workers, but Not Because of That Horrible Security Report or All the Stealing

Mike Adams — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:30:17 +0000

According to reports from the Transportation Security Administration, the agency plans to clean a little house at the Newark International Airport by firing 25 employees and suspending 19 others for alleged misconduct.

In a seemingly related pair of stories, a recent internal TSA investigation revealed frequent security failures, while an ABC News story investigated rampant theft at the TSA.

However, both of these things have nothing to do with the 25 firings, according to the TSA.

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TSA Workers Fired For Bribing Instructor In Proficiency Test

John McKay — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:30:21 +0000

Cheating in school is bad enough, but here comes the TSA -again- with another example of how not to protect America.

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How To 'Fix' TSA–Allow Liquids, Knives(!)–Focus On Terrorist Plots

John McKay — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:00:26 +0000

According to a former administrator of the TSA, the way to 'fix' the many issues with the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) is to quit focusing on the minutia--allow knives, liquids, and lighters--and focus on the bigger picture such as terrorist plots.

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TSA Agent Accused Of Stealing i-pads From Travelers Luggage!

John McKay — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:30:41 +0000

A TSA inspector working at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport has been indicted on allegedly stealing i-pads from passengers luggage over the last 8 months.

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The Federal No-Fly List Has Increased By How Much in the Last Year?

Kathy Landin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:53 +0000

The federal government’s secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or in the US has more than doubled over the last year, despite President Obama’s administration’s insistence that they are close to defeating al-Qaeda.

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TSA Trained Hot Dog Vendors In Anti-Terrorism At Super Bowl

John McKay — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:49:45 +0000

Talk about utilizing the nation's finest. Nothing against hot dog vendors, but the TSA has gotten nutty with tax dollars.

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Sen. Rand Paul Reportedly Detained by TSA in Nashville

John McKay — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:00:21 +0000

According to media reports, and information from his own camp, Senator Rand Paul-son of Presidential candidate Ron Paul--was being detained by the TSA.

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You Won't Believe What the TSA Confiscated in 2011

Kathy Landin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:00:21 +0000

We haven’t heard anything from the TSA about how many actual terrorist plots it prevented in 2011. In fact, we have no real report on how much safer it was to fly around the country in 2011 because of the efforts of our favorite, invasive security agency. What we do have, though, is a list of the ridiculous things they have taken from Americans who dare to forget what they’ve been carrying in their carry-ons.

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Traveling? Get Ready for More TSA Intrusions

John McKay — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:06:17 +0000

The TSA-they're not just for airports anymore-expanding to train, bus, other mass transit means

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TSA Confiscates Cupcake-Deemed Terrorist Threat

John McKay — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:00:24 +0000

apparently the frosting was too "gel" like--

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TSA Worker Jailed For Bringing Gun Into Airport

John McKay — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:00:39 +0000

In our continuing series of seemingly never-ending gaffes, mistakes and serious crimes committed by TSA workers, a TSA employee was arrested in Miami for attempting to bring an unlicensed gun into a restricted area of the airport.

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Official Who Created TSA Now Wants To "Dismantle" It

John McKay — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:00:37 +0000

Like it or not, the TSA, or Transportation Security Administration, is what we have to deal with in a post-911 America. But the lawmaker who was behind it's creation is not happy with it and wants to completely remake it.

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TSA No Longer Able To View Your Birthday Suit

John McKay — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:26:48 +0000

For most travelers it will come as welcome news--if you're intent on showing off your newly diet-remodled body, you're out of luck. The TSA is now implementing new digital software that will eliminate the 'naked' image of travelers being screened.

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Seized Items From TSA Being Sold By Government

John McKay — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:11:00 +0000

Don't try to bring a snowglobe on an airplane-the TSA will confiscate it as part of the 'no liquids' policy on airplanes. But will you see it again? Probably not. By the time you track it down, it will probably be sold...by the Government.

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