Getting TSA out of Our Luggage
Members of Congress have said it before, and they are saying it again: It’s time for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to allow new members… Read More
Congress’s Unrealistic Demands on Air Cargo Security Continue
Congress is at it again. Earlier this month, Representatives Bennie Thompson (D–MS), Edward Markey (D–MA), and Sheila Jackson Lee (D–TX), sent a letter to the… Read More
Unionized National Security Agencies Are a Mistake
Do you think that a government union would make the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) more effective? President Obama does. The White House recently decided to… Read More
TSA Gets A Pat-Down on Screener Privatization
Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released a scathing report that deconstructed the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) claims regarding the Screening Partnership Program (SPP)…. Read More
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Morning Bell: Putting Politics Over Security, Obama Moves to Unionize TSA
Last night, on a purely partisan 47–51 vote, the Senate rejected an amendment that would have stopped government unions from organizing Transportation Security Administration (TSA)… Read More
TSA Has Its Security Priorities in the Wrong Place
There is absolutely nothing wrong with full-body scanners. In fact, the more we innovate and introduce new security technologies, the more we can stay one… Read More
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Morning Bell: Stop Treating Everyone As An Equal Threat
The Associated Press reported yesterday that “cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport… Read More
“Don’t Touch My Junk” and Intelligence-Based Security
“Don’t Touch My Junk.” The anthem of one furious airport passenger has become a rallying cry for airport passengers around the United States. Who can… Read More
Napolitano is Getting it Wrong on TSA
For two years now, President Barack Obama’s administration has been on a concentrated mission to expand the size and scope of the federal government. Of… Read More
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Screaming About Screening
There is a lesson to be learned in the tempest against TSA: be careful what you ask for. After the underwear bomber tried to take… Read More
