AIRPORT SECURITY
THE NEW FORTY Scanning my "horizon"...
There is quite an uproar about the full body scans the TSA has implemented and its alternative - the full body pat down. I can understand folks angst over both procedures as they both seem very invasi...
Posted on 11/24/10 at 12:08 PM
Among travelers on Sept. 11, unease and confidence 
Some travelers were plainly jittery about flying Sunday. Others weren't worried, confident that security would be tight on the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11. And some figured, well, whatever happens, happens.
By Eric Tucker , September 11, 2011
Minneapolis airport security stepped up after Moscow blast
Security at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is being stepped up after a suicide bombing at Moscow's busiest airport.
By Associated Press , January 24, 2011
Official: Boxing promoter Don King stopped in Ohio for ammo in bag
WOIO-TV in Cleveland first reported the incident and said Don King was in Cleveland for his wife's funeral.
By Associated Press , December 13, 2010
Edward Halas, Grand Forks, letter -- New rule: Shake hands, get searched
Because I shook hands with Herald staff writer Ryan Bakken at the beginning of the interview, I had to go through the whole pat-down procedure again. It was not any better the second time.
By Edward Halas , December 05, 2010
Man strips down to Speedo at Salt Lake airport
A college student has posted a video of himself on the Internet stripping down to a Speedo bathing suit at the Salt Lake City airport in a protest of security patdowns.
By Associated Press , November 24, 2010
Smooth sailing (or flying)
One of the busiest airline travel days of the year went smoothly at Grand Forks International Airport on Wednesday. There was one oddity, however. Using a bullhorn, a protester outside urged arriving passengers to join in “National Opt Out Day,” a national movement against the use of body scanners. The problem? Grand Forks is not one of the 68 U.S. airports that have a scanner. When the metal detector at airport security checkpoints is activated, the only option is a pat-down. There’s no choice.
By Ryan Bakken , November 24, 2010
Airport lines move smoothly despite warnings
The lines of Thanksgiving travelers moved quickly and smoothly at airports around the country this morning despite an Internet campaign to get passengers to gum up the works on one of the busiest days of the year by refusing full-body scans.
By Michael Tarm , November 24, 2010
Travelers report short waits at MSP airport
The lines of passengers were moving swiftly and smoothly through the security checkpoints at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport today.
By Associated Press , November 24, 2010
Bachmann calls on TSA to make changes
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is criticizing new federal security measures at U.S. airports, saying "not everyone should be considered guilty" during the screening process.
By Mark Sommerhauser , November 24, 2010
TSA urges Thanksgiving airport security compliance
Holiday travelers dismayed by airport body scans planned protests at bustling airports today, while the head of the nation's transport security agency urged passengers to comply with searches to reduce the possibility of delays on one of the busiest travel days of the year.
By Michael Tarm , November 24, 2010
- Airport security
- MONDAY: TSA chief says body scan boycott would be mistake
- MONDAY: Airport pat-down leaves Michigan man covered in urine
- MONDAY: Delta says let flight attendants skip scanners, too
- SUNDAY: Security protest could disrupt Thanksgiving travel
- SUNDAY: Backlash grows against airport security measures
- Talk about this topic
- Security scans: How they work (PDF)
- Airport lines move smoothly despite warnings
Airport pat-down leaves Michigan man covered in urine
A bladder cancer survivor from Michigan who wears a bag that collects his urine said a security agent at a Detroit airport patted him down so roughly, it caused the bag to spill its contents on his clothing.
By Associated Press , November 22, 2010
OUR OPINION: Heed the full-body backlash
State lawmakers in New Jersey have it right: Congress should halt the use of full-body scanners in airport security screening and direct the Transportation Security Administration to find less-intrusive ways of making flying more secure.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , November 16, 2010
SECURITY: Scanners and pat-downs upset airline passengers
Nearly a week before the Thanksgiving travel crush, federal air security officials were struggling to reassure rising numbers of fliers and airline workers outraged by new anti-terrorism screening procedures they consider invasive and harmful.
By Joan Lowy and Adam Goldman , November 15, 2010
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