What the TSA seems to be saying is that 1) the scanners can capture a sharp image of your private parts, contradicting previous claims that the scans produce blurry results, and 2) that indeed, it requires a good shot of the family jewels before you can be cleared to fly. Alternatively, it needs to feel them.
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Security checkpoints of the future, airlines brace for more 787 delays, Delta resumes Aeromexico codeshare
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A TSA agent confiscated my 6 oz. jar of store-bought baby food which was unopened. They insisted on opening it to test for explosives. Now what?
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During the past few weeks, the national uproar about airport security enhanced pat-downs was especially shrill. During the leadup to Thanksgiving, the airwaves of both radio and TV were filled with chatter about these invasive TSA pat-downs. America’s airline passengers don’t like them at all. Neither do the TSA agents pressed into duty having to feel up hundreds of fellow citizens.
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On the eve of the busiest travel day of the year, faced with a traveler revolt like no other seen in the history of the U.S., dealing with congressmen who say his organization is going too far in patting down the genitals of the American public, John Pistole, Chief of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), had a press conference that answered none of the pressing questions Americans need answered.
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Ned Levi follows up his recent article, “What’s the real lowdown on the full body scanners?” with new revelations about TSA’s scanner specifications, safety information, and whether all passengers can actually opt out of using the scanner.
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What do foreigners traveling to the U.S. need to know? If it’s a maiden voyage, there’s a learning curve of dos and don’ts and changing rules and regulations.
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Possible Tsunami after quake in Chile, flight attendant fight leads to canceled flight, new camera alarms to improve watching passengers
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The Consumer Travel Alliance feels that this effort is a step in the right direction for airport and airline security. Unlike the whole-body scanners that have not been fully tested, that admittedly cannot detect many explosives in powder form or when hidden in body cavities, and that subject Americans to the indignity of a virtual strip search, ETD provides an acceptable layer of security. It is focused on explosives, it has been tested extensively over years of use, and the method is non-invasive, protecting personal dignity.
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