Are full body scanners the answer when it come to averting potential terrorist attacks when going through airport security?
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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced last week that they have ordered another 150 whole-body scanners with stimulus money to add to their scanner arsenal that strips passengers naked. If I sound a bit negative about the idea, you are hearing me correctly. There is no need to have passengers march through security naked. The controls already in place are doing their job.
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We have all faced the indignities of passing through TSA security screening. We know the routine — shoes off, belts off, coats off, sweaters off, cell phones out of pockets, computers out of bags, change tossed into a bin. Here’s a bewildered traveler faced with a devious security screener that will bring a smile to your face.
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Continental Airlines is testing a check-in system that allows passengers to display an encrypted bar code on the screen of their handheld mobile device — instead of a paper boarding pass — as they pass through security.
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What does a country owe you when its customs agents give you the once-over at the border, even though you’re completely innocent of any criminal activity? Should it refund your vacation? Christopher Elliott tells us.
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The Transportation Security Administration, roundly mocked (fairly or unfairly) for its security procedures, may be on to a good one this time. As part of an experiment at select airports, the TSA has designated checkpoint lanes for families.
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