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[Thad]

Rand Paul refuses patdown, misses flight.

I've been saying for some time now that Republicans are our best hope for reversing the TSA excesses because Democrats are too afraid of being called soft on terrorism.

Hoping we see Paul take this to the Senate, but he's not the ideal leader on the subject given that his party has spent months (years?) attacking his father for being soft on terrorism because he doesn't want to invade Iran.

[McDohl]

http://reason.com/blog/2012/04/24/conquering-the-terrorist-threat-one-terr#commentcontainer

Little girl passes through TSA checkpoint, breaks protocol by running back to hug grandmother.

GETS BRANDED A TERRORIST FOR LIFE.

[Mongrel]

Man with "World's Largest Penis" stopped by airport security.

If you're going to touch junk, well, go big or go home, I suppose!

Let the unfortunate jokes commence?

[Classic]

"It was probably harder on them than it was on me."

Yes, yes indeed.

[Büge]

American Airlines staff kick a disabled veteran's service dog, call him a "retard".

[A²]

American Airlines staff kick a disabled veteran's service dog, call him a "retard".

A disabled veteran and his service dog were abused by United Airlines staff, he has claimed.

That said, on the subject of mocking a disabled vet, and abusing his dog because it "startled you"

fuck this gay earth

[Brentai]

This gay earth's holes have been getting pretty abused lately.

[Cthulhu-chan]

It was asking for it.  Showing off those huuuuge tracts of land like that.

[Thad]

Ars: Court orders TSA to justify year-long defiance of the law

Critics of the full-body scanners have questioned whether the machines protect the health and privacy of travelers, and whether the machines will prove effective at stopping terrorists. Ordinarily, those concerns would be raised during the formal rule-making process that federal agencies are required to conduct before they establish new regulations.

The TSA appears to believe these requirements do not apply to them. So in 2010, the Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a lawsuit challenging the use of the scanners. In July 2011, the DC Circuit agreed with EPIC that the TSA needed to begin a formal rule-making process, as the law requires.

When the one-year anniversary of that order rolled around, the TSA appeared to have completely ignored the court. So EPIC asked the court to compel the TSA to explain its inaction. On Wednesday, the court granted the request and ordered the agency to explain its actions by the end of August.

[Thad]

ABC News ran a sting against dirty TSA inspectors by leaving behind iPads (with tracking spyware) at ten airport checkpoints known for theft and following them electronically. One iPad, left at an Orlando checkpoint, moved 30 miles to the home of Andy Ramirez, a TSA inspector at the airport. Initially, he denied stealing the iPad, then he blamed his wife. He has since been fired from the TSA.

I'm sure that he was the only crook working in the entire agency and now we're all safe. Thank goodness.

[Büge]

If you touch my afro I am going to have you arrested

[Classic]

...
...
But you can't actually hide a stiletto or anything like that in an afro, can you?
Even if you could wouldn't that air-puff technology reveal it?

[Thad]

TSA terminates contract with Rapiscan, is going to swap out the nude-photo-style scans for stick figures.

Yeah, that sounds literally cartoonish in its lack of efficacy to me, too.  But I figure it's still a step up -- it can't be any more ineffective at catching weapons than the existing scanners were anyway, and this way poorly-trained government officials aren't keeping naked pictures of people.

[Büge]

HEY!

ARE YOU TRAVELING INTO/OUT OF THE U.S. BY AIR?

Here's some handy advice: Don't

-carry condoms
-carry "sexy" lingerie
-be a woman

http://rabble.ca/news/2013/04/sexism-border-personal-account

[Classic]

As furious as I am about that story and the stories like it in the comments, I'm actually relieved that the comments so far are only horrifying for their related stories, not for incredibly unintelligent bullshit being leveled at the author.

[Büge]

The TSA (maybe) won't touch your junk if you pay them $85.

[Mongrel]

Ahahaha, finally we get down to brass tacks.

Or is that tax?

[Mazian]

But TSA Administrator John Pistole on Friday announced that all travelers will soon be able to join PreCheck – as long as they pay $85 for a five-year membership, ...

There are a few programs for expedited travel across international borders, like the joint US CBP/Canadian CBSA NEXUS setup.  I've got that, and in addition to letting me zip across the US/Canada border a lot faster, it also adds faster clearance back through US airports from any country, and even though it's not a TSA program it somehow adds in PreCheck access as part of the deal.

NEXUS costs $50 for five years.

[Disposable Ninja]

It's like a reverse prostitute.