Compiling TSA screw ups and overreaches
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I can post these in sections since each one is nearly a page in Word or if you have a favorite file sharing site I’ll upload the Word document there.
I’ll post the first section below. Let me know if this is not what you’re looking for and I won’t tie up thread space with the rest.
I’ll post the first section below. Let me know if this is not what you’re looking for and I won’t tie up thread space with the rest.
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Every time there is an incident, many in the press hound TSA and Congress people to "do something" about it. More often than not, the right answer is to do nothing.
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Great! I'll post the other sections this morning.
Security & Weapon Detection Failures
The TSA failure to detect a handgun five times at a DFW checkpoint.
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/TSA...116497568.html
Passenger Carries JetBlue Pilot's Gun Aboard Flight at JFK
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...l?KEYWORDS=TSA
Failure to detect a loaded gun that passed through security in IAH.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...cal&id=7848683
TSA screeners miss another knife - NYPOST
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/t...-rss&FEEDNAME=
Three box cutters make it aboard an aircraft at JFK.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/...-jfk-safer-11/
Security Breach Closes Checkpoint At Newark Liberty International Airport
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/...rt-checkpoint/
Police Arrest 'Suspicious' Man At Airport – Miami
http://www.justnews.com/news/26535234/detail.html
Passenger Ronald Wong steals boarding pass and fools the TSA
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/i...lp6MkhecjM5s4J
http://online.wsj.com/article/APa5d2...0f4270682.html
The 27 screeners under investigation in HNL for failure to screen bags for four months.
http://www.kitv.com/r/27048822/detail.html
What's the TSA's current failure rate?
http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulli...reat_detection
Secure Air Cargo Solutions-TSA Ripped At Security Conference
http://www.secureaircargo.com/article.php/tsa1
Sea-Tac security problems remain
http://www.komonews.com/news/problem...115254959.html
TSA officials confirm string of Newark airport security lapses
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...ty_lapses.html
TSA orders Richmond airport to give security clearance to felon
http://www2.wsls.com/news/2010/feb/0...ear-ar-371878/
TSA Fails to Stop Wheelchair User Placed on the Wrong Flight by Delta
http://blog.ncpad.org/2011/02/24/tsa...ight-by-delta/
2 BWI checkpoints briefly shut
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/loc...efly-shut.html
Flight of Brockton suspect documents US security gap
http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...p1=Local_Links
DHS delivers job offers on gas pumps, pizza boxes (explains the above)
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid...=2000678&pid=0
Security & Weapon Detection Failures
The TSA failure to detect a handgun five times at a DFW checkpoint.
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/TSA...116497568.html
Passenger Carries JetBlue Pilot's Gun Aboard Flight at JFK
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...l?KEYWORDS=TSA
Failure to detect a loaded gun that passed through security in IAH.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...cal&id=7848683
TSA screeners miss another knife - NYPOST
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/t...-rss&FEEDNAME=
Three box cutters make it aboard an aircraft at JFK.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/...-jfk-safer-11/
Security Breach Closes Checkpoint At Newark Liberty International Airport
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/...rt-checkpoint/
Police Arrest 'Suspicious' Man At Airport – Miami
http://www.justnews.com/news/26535234/detail.html
Passenger Ronald Wong steals boarding pass and fools the TSA
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/i...lp6MkhecjM5s4J
http://online.wsj.com/article/APa5d2...0f4270682.html
The 27 screeners under investigation in HNL for failure to screen bags for four months.
http://www.kitv.com/r/27048822/detail.html
What's the TSA's current failure rate?
http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulli...reat_detection
Secure Air Cargo Solutions-TSA Ripped At Security Conference
http://www.secureaircargo.com/article.php/tsa1
Sea-Tac security problems remain
http://www.komonews.com/news/problem...115254959.html
TSA officials confirm string of Newark airport security lapses
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...ty_lapses.html
TSA orders Richmond airport to give security clearance to felon
http://www2.wsls.com/news/2010/feb/0...ear-ar-371878/
TSA Fails to Stop Wheelchair User Placed on the Wrong Flight by Delta
http://blog.ncpad.org/2011/02/24/tsa...ight-by-delta/
2 BWI checkpoints briefly shut
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/loc...efly-shut.html
Flight of Brockton suspect documents US security gap
http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...p1=Local_Links
DHS delivers job offers on gas pumps, pizza boxes (explains the above)
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid...=2000678&pid=0
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Passengers abuse in two sections.
Passenger Abuse
The frisking of a 9 year old and his family in Savannah after they got off a train.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1B3AubsTBo&NR=1
The strip search of a 6 year old in SLC that TSA denied until it posted on You Tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWYwe0ziqLg
TSA touching children's bodies is intolerable
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articl...NION-103100368
Eight-Year-Old on TSA Terrorist Watchlist Gets Frisked
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...-on-watchlist/
TSA Harasses Mother Over Breast Milk
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed...video/67637693
Valley Woman's TSA Pat Down at Sea-Tac Sparks Petition
http://articles.ktuu.com/2011-03-08/tsa-agent_28670413
Violated by TSA at Tampa airport
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...a-airport.html
It’s Not So Bad Until TSA Happens To You!`
http://www.womenonbusiness.com/it%E2...appens-to-you/
“She’s an opt out,” the TSA Gestapo yelled.
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/155887
Stay Classy, TSA
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2011...ay-classy-tsa/
Airport security hassles are not just for Philly
http://www.philly.com/philly/columni...117918344.html
TSA Abuse of Disabled, Elderly & Those with Medical Conditions
The Sky Is the Limit for People With Disabilities
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shanth..._b_831021.html
The TSA discriminates against people with chronic disease
http://www.healthcentral.com/diabete...discriminates/
TSA agent forces elderly woman to empty colostomy bag
http://www.deadseriousnews.com/?p=676
Heart patient demands apology from TSA
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...jnv1BecqQ.cspx
The AK Rep Cissna incident.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/cissna-vs-tsa
Letter: Enhanced pat-down was humiliating experience
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamaz...own_was_h.html
TSA Patdowns Feel Fake Parts
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/...aspx?id=568391
Airport Screening went too far when an officer reached inside a traveler's underwear
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/tsa-res...ry?id=12208932
TSA targets elderly for "special fondling”
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/20...ecial-fondling
Sex-crime victims' take on TSA
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/21...s-take-on-tsa/
TSA Refuses Scan
http://www.komonews.com/younews/1114...corder=reverse
No excuse for what these three had to endure while at mercy of airport security
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/mar/...ree-had-to-at/
Passenger Abuse
The frisking of a 9 year old and his family in Savannah after they got off a train.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1B3AubsTBo&NR=1
The strip search of a 6 year old in SLC that TSA denied until it posted on You Tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWYwe0ziqLg
TSA touching children's bodies is intolerable
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articl...NION-103100368
Eight-Year-Old on TSA Terrorist Watchlist Gets Frisked
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...-on-watchlist/
TSA Harasses Mother Over Breast Milk
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed...video/67637693
Valley Woman's TSA Pat Down at Sea-Tac Sparks Petition
http://articles.ktuu.com/2011-03-08/tsa-agent_28670413
Violated by TSA at Tampa airport
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...a-airport.html
It’s Not So Bad Until TSA Happens To You!`
http://www.womenonbusiness.com/it%E2...appens-to-you/
“She’s an opt out,” the TSA Gestapo yelled.
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/155887
Stay Classy, TSA
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2011...ay-classy-tsa/
Airport security hassles are not just for Philly
http://www.philly.com/philly/columni...117918344.html
TSA Abuse of Disabled, Elderly & Those with Medical Conditions
The Sky Is the Limit for People With Disabilities
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shanth..._b_831021.html
The TSA discriminates against people with chronic disease
http://www.healthcentral.com/diabete...discriminates/
TSA agent forces elderly woman to empty colostomy bag
http://www.deadseriousnews.com/?p=676
Heart patient demands apology from TSA
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...jnv1BecqQ.cspx
The AK Rep Cissna incident.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/cissna-vs-tsa
Letter: Enhanced pat-down was humiliating experience
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamaz...own_was_h.html
TSA Patdowns Feel Fake Parts
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/...aspx?id=568391
Airport Screening went too far when an officer reached inside a traveler's underwear
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/tsa-res...ry?id=12208932
TSA targets elderly for "special fondling”
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/20...ecial-fondling
Sex-crime victims' take on TSA
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/21...s-take-on-tsa/
TSA Refuses Scan
http://www.komonews.com/younews/1114...corder=reverse
No excuse for what these three had to endure while at mercy of airport security
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/mar/...ree-had-to-at/
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Celebrity Complaints about TSA Scans & Groping
Khloe Kardashian says TSA screening like rape
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/405545...entertainment/
'Baywatch' babe Donna D'Errico a TSA full-body scan?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/goss...body-scan.html
India diplomat gets 'humiliating' pat-down at Mississippi airport
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...port-/134197/1
Rihanna's Full Body Airport Search
http://socialitelife.com/enlargedima...postid=1785212
TSA Wants a piece of J Lo
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=t...9-ea2a2d92d8fa
Al Lewis: The TSA 'Touched My Junk'
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2...-touched-junk/
Adam Carolla Talks TSA Grope Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HSkNAusvlQ
Cheryl Burke -- The Graphic Airport TSA Grope
http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/18/cheryl...gent-pat-down/
Brian Williams: TSA Groped ‘Dave And The Twins’ At LAX
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/...-twins-at-lax/
Michelle Bachmann fears TSA body scans
http://bltwy.msnbc.msn.com/politics/...n-9442.gallery
Humorist Dave Barry And His TSA Pat-Down
http://www.npr.org/2010/11/15/131338...ry-and-the-tsa
Chiefs were delayed by TSA over white powder
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...SPIB1HV1I3.DTL
Giada De Laurentiis says: "Just got a very frisky pat down
http://whocelebstweet.com/twitter/GD...1853984305152/
Khloe Kardashian says TSA screening like rape
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/405545...entertainment/
'Baywatch' babe Donna D'Errico a TSA full-body scan?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/goss...body-scan.html
India diplomat gets 'humiliating' pat-down at Mississippi airport
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...port-/134197/1
Rihanna's Full Body Airport Search
http://socialitelife.com/enlargedima...postid=1785212
TSA Wants a piece of J Lo
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=t...9-ea2a2d92d8fa
Al Lewis: The TSA 'Touched My Junk'
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2...-touched-junk/
Adam Carolla Talks TSA Grope Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HSkNAusvlQ
Cheryl Burke -- The Graphic Airport TSA Grope
http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/18/cheryl...gent-pat-down/
Brian Williams: TSA Groped ‘Dave And The Twins’ At LAX
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/...-twins-at-lax/
Michelle Bachmann fears TSA body scans
http://bltwy.msnbc.msn.com/politics/...n-9442.gallery
Humorist Dave Barry And His TSA Pat-Down
http://www.npr.org/2010/11/15/131338...ry-and-the-tsa
Chiefs were delayed by TSA over white powder
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...SPIB1HV1I3.DTL
Giada De Laurentiis says: "Just got a very frisky pat down
http://whocelebstweet.com/twitter/GD...1853984305152/
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TSA Lies & Deception
Refusal to release scanner safety data to Congress.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...tsa09_ST_N.htm
TSA 'Cooked Books' On Private Screeners
http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/top...ers_72745.html
TSA Never Tested Full-Body Scans For Mass Transit, Except When It Did
http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenber...medium=twitter
TSA's Blogger Bob and the many angry comments
http://washingtontechnology.com/Blog...-comments.aspx
TSA Blogger Bob gets a lesson in complete reporting
http://fcw.com/blogs/insider/2011/02...-comments.aspx
TSA tells FOIA requestor to define 'complaint'
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/...fine-complaint
TSA Christmas memo defies facts
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/31611
TSA backs down on shirtless boy story
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50...gency.html.csp
TSA Admits Bungling of Airport Body Scanner Radiation Tests
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...test-bungling/
TSA's 4 biggest scandals
http://theweek.com/article/index/212...ggest-scandals
TSA Plan To Body-Scan Pedestrians, Train Passengers
http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenber...in-passengers/
Homeland Security looked into covert body scans
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...ans04_ST_N.htm
Amtrak vs. TSA - Forums - Trains Magazine
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/p/188504/2059127.aspx
TSA 'Cooked Books' On Private Screeners
http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/top...ers_72745.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fed...ng_priv_1.html
Refusal to release scanner safety data to Congress.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...tsa09_ST_N.htm
TSA 'Cooked Books' On Private Screeners
http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/top...ers_72745.html
TSA Never Tested Full-Body Scans For Mass Transit, Except When It Did
http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenber...medium=twitter
TSA's Blogger Bob and the many angry comments
http://washingtontechnology.com/Blog...-comments.aspx
TSA Blogger Bob gets a lesson in complete reporting
http://fcw.com/blogs/insider/2011/02...-comments.aspx
TSA tells FOIA requestor to define 'complaint'
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/...fine-complaint
TSA Christmas memo defies facts
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/31611
TSA backs down on shirtless boy story
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50...gency.html.csp
TSA Admits Bungling of Airport Body Scanner Radiation Tests
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...test-bungling/
TSA's 4 biggest scandals
http://theweek.com/article/index/212...ggest-scandals
TSA Plan To Body-Scan Pedestrians, Train Passengers
http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenber...in-passengers/
Homeland Security looked into covert body scans
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...ans04_ST_N.htm
Amtrak vs. TSA - Forums - Trains Magazine
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/p/188504/2059127.aspx
TSA 'Cooked Books' On Private Screeners
http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/top...ers_72745.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fed...ng_priv_1.html
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Last batch, lawsuits & legislation.
TSA Lawsuits
Family of dead wheel-well stow-away to sue TSA
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/...w-away-sue-tsa
Jesse Ventura slams TSA with lawsuit
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/01/25...awsuit/?hpt=C2
Airport Staff 'Exposed Woman's Breasts, Laughed'
http://nation.foxnews.com/airport-sc...reasts-laughed
TSA Pays Off In Breast Exposure Suit
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documen...-exposure-suit
Indiana ACLU files lawsuit against
http://www.wlfi.com/dpps/news/indian...irport_3703942
Stacey Armato Responds To The TSA Post On Her Breast Milk Detention
http://www.sustainablemothering.com/...ilk-detention/
Rutherford Institute files second suit over TSA procedures
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2...-pr-ar-701379/
Tobey, TRI, take on TSA
http://www.readthehook.com/89256/rig...y-tri-take-tsa
Pilots say revised U.S. screening still too invasive
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...72H80620110318
Lawsuit against the TSA for 4th Amendment invasion of privacy
http://tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.co...n-and-corbett/
Four Sue TSA Over 'Aggressive' Pat Downs
http://www.koat.com/r/26198724/detail.html
EPIC vs. DHS on TSA Body Scanners
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/70391
Woman suing TSA over what she calls invasive search
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s1878468.shtml
Ex-TSA supervisor fired in 2005 fighting back
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article293897.ece
TSA Reform Legislation
N.J. lawmakers ask feds to back off full-body scans
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...scans/131296/1
Oklahoma Lawmaker Wants Tough Rules For TSA
http://www.ktul.com/Global/story.asp?S=13899272
http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=13907087
New Jersey lawmakers ask feds to back off full-body scans
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...scans/131296/1
Alaska Lawmakers Condemn TSA After Cissna Incident
http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-lawmak...,1878703.story
New Hampshire vs the TSA
http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com...re-vs-the-tsa/
New Legislation says “No!” to TSA in Texas
http://texas.tenthamendmentcenter.co...-tsa-in-texas/
Pennsylvania Bill makes Indecent assault during the course of body search a crime
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/...r=0852&pn=0881
TSA Lawsuits
Family of dead wheel-well stow-away to sue TSA
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/...w-away-sue-tsa
Jesse Ventura slams TSA with lawsuit
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/01/25...awsuit/?hpt=C2
Airport Staff 'Exposed Woman's Breasts, Laughed'
http://nation.foxnews.com/airport-sc...reasts-laughed
TSA Pays Off In Breast Exposure Suit
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documen...-exposure-suit
Indiana ACLU files lawsuit against
http://www.wlfi.com/dpps/news/indian...irport_3703942
Stacey Armato Responds To The TSA Post On Her Breast Milk Detention
http://www.sustainablemothering.com/...ilk-detention/
Rutherford Institute files second suit over TSA procedures
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2...-pr-ar-701379/
Tobey, TRI, take on TSA
http://www.readthehook.com/89256/rig...y-tri-take-tsa
Pilots say revised U.S. screening still too invasive
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...72H80620110318
Lawsuit against the TSA for 4th Amendment invasion of privacy
http://tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.co...n-and-corbett/
Four Sue TSA Over 'Aggressive' Pat Downs
http://www.koat.com/r/26198724/detail.html
EPIC vs. DHS on TSA Body Scanners
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/70391
Woman suing TSA over what she calls invasive search
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s1878468.shtml
Ex-TSA supervisor fired in 2005 fighting back
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article293897.ece
TSA Reform Legislation
N.J. lawmakers ask feds to back off full-body scans
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...scans/131296/1
Oklahoma Lawmaker Wants Tough Rules For TSA
http://www.ktul.com/Global/story.asp?S=13899272
http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=13907087
New Jersey lawmakers ask feds to back off full-body scans
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...scans/131296/1
Alaska Lawmakers Condemn TSA After Cissna Incident
http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-lawmak...,1878703.story
New Hampshire vs the TSA
http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com...re-vs-the-tsa/
New Legislation says “No!” to TSA in Texas
http://texas.tenthamendmentcenter.co...-tsa-in-texas/
Pennsylvania Bill makes Indecent assault during the course of body search a crime
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/...r=0852&pn=0881
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Great Minds Think Alike
I've done something similar with www.tsa-abuses.info
I haven't gone back in time to list historic abuses as the sheer volume of new abuses continues to blow my mind.
Also, my format is quite different. I try to link to representative source material, and add my comments.
Best of luck with yours, I'm adding a link within the next 60 seconds.
Frank
I haven't gone back in time to list historic abuses as the sheer volume of new abuses continues to blow my mind.
Also, my format is quite different. I try to link to representative source material, and add my comments.
Best of luck with yours, I'm adding a link within the next 60 seconds.
Frank