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Too Many Gadgets can make your Vacation a Disaster
Our electronic age has made many of us so dependent on gadgets that we may have withdraw symptoms if we don't take the laptop, cellphone, Blackberry, MP3 Player, GPS among other things when we travel. One day... Next Time you fly... you may as well fly... naked!
10 major US airports are installing body scanners machines. Those machines can see through your clothes, revealing your body and whatever is hidden under your clothes, as can be seen from the photo." BALTIMORE —... Woman forced to remove nipple piercings at airport
So is that where spies keep their microchips now? I used to work at the border...I must have missed that memo."LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by... TSA launches search for the perfect laptop bag
The TSA in the US come up with the design of a laptop bag, to avoid the routine of taking computers out of a bag and placing it in a tray:"
The Transportation Security Administration is interested in evaluating -- and eventually approving –- the design of certain laptop... Bush Wants Personal Info on European Tourists
Whether or not Washington admits it, the US economy is hurting. Scaring away tourists? Not helping. What would Americans say if, for example, Britain demanded info on would-be tourists from Iowa? A buck says they'd... Airline Seat Upgrades are Easier to Get; EU Carbon Trading for Airlines; and ...
Travelography World Travel News #89 podcast (.MP3 Download) Airlines in the US are offering more opportunities for upgrading to business and first class. Europe wants all airlines flying to and in the EU to participate in a carbon trading program. Now the US wants... Nightmare at Reagan National Airport: A Security Story to End all Security S...
UPDATE: TSA has posted a video in the incident on their website. You can read more about this video, the TSA incident report, and the incident itself HERE. If you travel enough, you've seen it all -- and... Security breach delays Charlotte/Douglas flights
"The Transportation Security Administration has delayed at least 15 outbound flights this morning at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport while they search for a man who got past a concourse checkpoint. Flights on...Sippy-Cup Saga Hits CNN
Here at NowPublic Global HQ, we were pleased to see the work of Bill Adler make it to CNN's Situation Room. Regardless of whose side one takes in the TSA/sippy-cup story, it's quite telling to see a site like... A Stream of Hate Mail -- the TSA Story Revisited
As a writer I'm accustomed to receiving letters and emails about my books. Some are good, some less so. But these letters pale in comparison to the rants, missives and simply hateful things that people have sent to me. I can only imagine what Monica Emmerson's inbox looks... Nightmare at National Airport -- an update
When I wrote about Monica Emmerson's story (click here to read the original story) and how she said she was harassed at Washington, DC's National Airport I didn't anticipate how much attention this story would... Analysis: Video of The Sippy Cup Incident
Our friends at Boing Boing have posted another article about what is now known as the Sippy Cup Incident. In this piece Mark Frauenfelder analyzes the TSA video.He starts with a simple summary: "The videos have no sound. The first video shows a woman pushing a stroller while...Nightmare at National Airport: TSA Incident Report Transcript
Here is the full transcript of the TSA incident report:On June 11, 2007 at approx. 13:45 TSO responded to a CIC check on lane four at center pier checkpoint. A female passenger traveling with a child in a stroller... Sippy Cup Terrorism: "They weren't fearful idiots back then"
The story of Monica Emmerson and her 20 month-old son has reverberated across the web.UPDATE: The TSA has posted its own version of events to its website. An account of this is here. Many are outraged at the... "It's Not Personal, It's Just Business"
Federal employee unions are not hesitant to issue press releases
condeming the administration or a policy that may have a negative
impact on some federal employees.
But the vitriol is not always confined to attacking Republicans.
Sometimes, it can be just as bad when they...
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