Transportation Security Administration

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that exercises authority over the security of the traveling public in the United States.

TSA Tests High-Tech Check-in Machines

The Transportation Security Administration has started testing new hi-tech check-in systems that will scan and verify passenger boarding passes with photo IDs, marki...
Reforms to TSA Searches Needed?

Psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig and Clinical Psychologist Dr. Kathryn Smerling on the changes needed to the TSA ’s pat-down procedures and Attorney General Holder saying we need to “brainwash” people’s thinking on guns.
TSA Eases Screening Protocol on Elderly Fliers

The U.S. group with oversight over the domestic airline check-in process started testing on Monday a less invasive screening method for elderly passengers.The Transp...
Blogger Shows How to Sneak Anything Past TSA ’s Body Scanners

The United States Transportation Security Administration recently invested $1 billion in body scanner technology it claimed would make air travel safer, but the scan...
Obama Budget Plan Calls for Higher Airline Passenger Fees

President Barack Obama's budget plan for fiscal year 2013 proposes to collect $25.5 billion in additional fees from airline travelers over the next 10 years, with mo...
Increase Airline Passenger Fees To Reduce Debt

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's budget plan for fiscal year 2013 proposes to collect $25.5 billion in additional fees from airline travelers over the next 10 ...
Dietl on Premier of “Act of Valor”

Bo Dietl of Investigations.com on the film starring active duty Navy SEALs.
More Airports Adopt TSA's Quick-Screen Program

The new passenger screening program intended to speed up check-in times at airports has been expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports as the pilot continues to gain m...
TSA To Expand Pre-screening To More Airports

The Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday that it will expand a passenger pre-screening program designed to speed the security process to several doz...
Should We Privatize Airport Screening Services?

House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. John Mica is proposing a bill that would allow private companies to take over screenings at airports.
2012 Republican Race Heats Up

Listeners give their take on the remaining GOP candidates and President Obama’s State of the Union address.
TSA Abuses the Hallmark of a Police State?

Reason Magazine-Editor-in Chief Matt Welch on why repeated abuses of power by the TSA mean it’s time for civil disobedience

Is Media Revealing Too Much About Latest Underwear Bomber?

FOX News Contributor KT McFarland on efforts to fight terrorism and the media’s role in leaking information.
Rep. Engel: Not Right to Hire Based on Social Media

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) on his support of a bill banning employers from checking potential hires’ social media accounts.
How to Fix the TSA

Former TSA Administrator Edmund “Kip” Hawley suggests allowing knives on board and getting rid of the banded items list as a way to retool airport security .
Dietl: Veterans Can’t Get a Job

FBN Contributor Bo Dietl on the importance of finding work for veterans returning from war.
Should TSA Repeal its Pat-Down Techniques?

Former TSA Administrator Kip Hawley on the steps to improving airport security .
Ann Coulter on the Obama Administration’s Scandals

“Demonic” author Ann Coulter on the recent scandals in Washington such as the Secret Service.
TSA's New Efforts to Improve Relationship with Travelers

The Transportation Security Administration is under fire again - this time the heat is coming from its former director, Kip Hawley. Claiming that "airport security i...