CLEAR lanes closed effective immediately
Verified Identity Pass, the company behind the “CLEAR” security lanes program at many airports across the United States, has ceased operations effective as of 11pm...
TSA
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TSA “proves” value of the ID checks at airports
For years now the TSA has been trying to convince the traveling public that showing an ID at the airport checkpoint is actually somehow helping...
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“Exposing” the TSA strip search machines
It is very rare that any media outlet summons the integrity to publish an article critical of the TSA. After all, “they are there for...
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More fun with airport “security”
What happens when two guys, armed with orange reflective vests and clipboards walk through an unlocked door on the fence line of a major international...
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Keeping the TSA busy – gate searches making a comeback
The TSA ruffled a lot of feathers several years ago when they initially started searching bags as folks boarded planes. Surely if the passenger was...
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Some annoying “security” stories from this week
I’m just now getting back connected after my jetlag study trip (more on that to come over the weekend) and finally catching up on a...
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Ridiculously easy Thanksgiving travel
Yes, choosing to fly on Thursday morning rather than Wednesday evening made things a bit easier. But still, I never expected the travel today to...
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TSA wasting passenger time for no results
Hardly a surprise, really, as I don’t think anyone with critical thinking skills expected that a bunch of TSA employees could suddenly become behavior detection...
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Odds and ends
I’m off on another, albeit much more reasonable, trip this weekend just for the miles, heading out to Sacramento for about an hour tonight and...
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An eloquent mocking of the TSA
Sure, I poke fun at them all the time, but I don’t write so good all the time. But this guy wrote a rather coherent...