TSA Collective Bargaining Could Endanger Americans
Over Thanksgiving weekend of 2006, airport screeners in Toronto began meticulously searching every carry-on bag by hand. The delays caused security lines to pile up…. Read More
Sacramento Airport to Bid TSA Adieu
Late last week, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials announced that they had preliminarily approved Sacramento International Airport to begin moving forward with privatizing their screening… Read More
Patting Down the TSA Bloat and Bureaucracy
Tomorrow, the House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing on “TSA’s Efforts to Fix Its Poor Customer Service Reputation and Become a Leaner,… Read More
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Time to Take Down TSA
Want to cut government spending? Without compromising security? The Ryan budget is a good start, but we can do more. How about rethinking the Transportation… Read More
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
Icelandic Volcano Should Be A Wake-Up Call for Air Cargo Security
Flights in Europe are grounded as people wait for the ash from the recent eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano to settle out of the air. … Read More
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Using Intel to Target Terrorists: Not a Novel Concept
It’s difficult to know how to react to the ‘new’ TSA security rules announced by the Obama Administration. On one hand, the good news is… Read More
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An Opportunity for Leadership
The TSA’s announcement that citizens of fourteen countries – Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen… Read More
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Unionizing TSA Is A Security Mistake
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has placed a hold on President Obama’s nominee for Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Erroll Southers. Since the attempted… Read More
New TSA Procedures Are Not The Answer
Today, TSA announced a new round of security checks for international flights. Extra security in the wake of the failed underwear bound bomb for Detroit made… Read More
