Read more TSA stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7045/tsa.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:34:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69742/airports-crack-down-on-powder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAir travelers have yet another thing to worry about when packing their bags: powder. Federal authorities haven’t banned or even restricted baby powder, makeup, talcum powder, and the like, but the TSA is outfitting airports around the country with new kits to test such seemingly innocuous material for explosives. If...http://www.newser.com/story/69742/airports-crack-down-on-powder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 13:06:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69202/8-years-on-critics-call-airport-security-theater.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBillions of dollars in spending since 9/11 has given airport security officers plenty of ways to catch terrorists—but are critics right in calling it "security theater"? Take the “millimeter wave whole body imager,” which pinpoint “anomalies” on your person: Sure, it will spot a handgun, or a sharp object,...http://www.newser.com/story/69202/8-years-on-critics-call-airport-security-theater.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 18:17:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53815/congressional-run-ins-with-tsa-continue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s not quite a David Vitter, but Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio had his own run-in with airport security this week, the Washington Post reports. DeFazio, one of the architects of the Transportation Security Administration, had to endure what he thought was an unnecessary search. But when he told the screeners...http://www.newser.com/story/53815/congressional-run-ins-with-tsa-continue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Mar 2009 13:08:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42278/families-line-up-here-if-you-have-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAirports will allow families to line up in more leisurely security lanes for the coming holiday season, the AP reports. The checkpoints, which have proven popular in tests at 48 US airports, allow slow-moving families to stick together and less seasoned travelers to avoid scrambling for standard Transportation Security Administration...http://www.newser.com/story/42278/families-line-up-here-if-you-have-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Nov 2008 18:32:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40586/military-opens-15m-dog-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf GI Rover gets injured in Iraq, chances are he'll end up at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, where the "Walter Reed of the veterinary world" has just opened. The base has long been training pups for service in all branches of the military, but its old animal hospital...http://www.newser.com/story/40586/military-opens-15m-dog-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Oct 2008 12:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39003/tsa-set-to-flush-liquid-restrictions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe oft-frustrating 3-ounces-in-a-baggie restriction on carrying liquids through airport security could be gone within a year, the Wall Street Journal reports. After testing out X-ray technology that detects bomb-making fluids, the Transportation Security Administration’s only remaining step is making sure the software works. “It’s not ready yet, but we are...http://www.newser.com/story/39003/tsa-set-to-flush-liquid-restrictions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Oct 2008 14:31:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32419/us-terror-watch-list-tops-400k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWashington's terror suspect list has topped the 1-million milestone, Reuters reports. That adds up to 400,000 people, including duplicates, about 50,000 of whom are tagged with “no-fly” status. The American Civil Liberties Union slammed the list as poorly managed and too long to be effective. The ACLU has...http://www.newser.com/story/32419/us-terror-watch-list-tops-400k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31350/new-bags-let-laptop-users-fly-through-security.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEagerly awaited "checkpoint friendly" luggage is at last in the pipeline, and travelers will be able to clear airport security without removing laptops from their bags by September or October, the New York Times reports. The TSA-approved bags allow security personnel to see computers on X-ray machines through either protective...http://www.newser.com/story/31350/new-bags-let-laptop-users-fly-through-security.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Jul 2008 16:10:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28166/security-could-get-a-bit-easier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a few months, travelers likely will be able to take their laptops through airport security without removing them from their cases—if they buy special new cases, that is. The Transportation Security Administration will probably begin accepting new forms of carrying cases that allow unobstructed x-ray views of the...http://www.newser.com/story/28166/security-could-get-a-bit-easier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 May 2008 17:05:21 CDT