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SIG Sauer: Air Marshals to Carry Sig Sauer P250 Compact Pistol

Sig Sauer has announced a contract to equip air marshals with its .357 Sig Sauer P250 Compact pistol. The Sig Sauer P250 is small and powerful, and SIG is proud enough of the new contract to issue a TSA-approved...

Leaked TSA Documents Uncovered By Blogger, Investigation Launched

U.S. Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, is conducting an internal investigation after a blogger uncovered the existence of documents containing sensitive security information that were mistakenly...

TSA Secure Flight: Southwest Airlines Ask for Personal Info

Southwest Airlines is introducing Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight program. Southwest frequent flyers are asked to provide full name (matching government-issued photo ID), date of birth, gender, and TSA-issued Redress Number if applicable. The...

CNN Ridicules Airline Passenger For Standing Up For His Rights

Is the mainstream media so out of touch that anyone defending their legal rights is now open to ridicule?Recently a Ron Paul supporter dared to politely ask airport TSA officials if he was required by law to...

Ron Paul Official Detained at St. Louis Airport

Today, I came across news of a disturbing incident that took place March 29. It involved Steve Bierfeldt, director of development for Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty organization, and Transportation Security...

2D Barcode Boarding Symbology Tested By The TSA :: Symblogogy

" One's next set of secure ID documents … discarded! Image Credit: upgradetravelbetter.com2D Barcode Boarding Symbology Tested By The TSAAn automatic identification barcode symbology...

Fliers Complain About X-Rated Security Screenings: TSA Agents Forced Woman To...

"For arguing with a TSA agent, Robin Kassner wound up being slammed to the floor. She's filed a lawsuit. "I kept begging them over and over again get off of me ... and they wouldn't stop," Kassner said. And it...

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...

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...

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 --...

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...

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