WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Transportation Security Administration on Monday delayed a controversial policy change that would have allowed small knives to be carried onto airplanes for the first time since September 11, 2001. Full story
An off-duty police officer from California is being hailed a hero after surveillance video captured him rushing to the defense of a TSA agent at Honolulu International Airport who was being attacked by a homeless woman. KHNL’s Keoki Kerr reports.
When a homeless woman attacked a TSA officer guarding a secure area at the Honolulu International Airport, the TSA worker was struggling to stop the attacker from entering the checkpoint when an off-duty police officer who was traveling with his family leaped over a barrier and tackled the assailant
The TSA is facing mounting opposition from many of the biggest players in aviation safety, including flight attendants and its own screeners. NBC’s Tom Costello reports.
The TSA is continuing to insist it will allow small knives on planes because they pose little threat, in spite of mounting opposition from TSA officers, air marshals, pilots, and flight attendants. NBC’s Tom Costello reports and TSA administrator John Pistole comments on the controversy.
NBC’s Tom Costello reports on TSA administrator John Pistole’s defense of allowing small knives onto airplanes.
The TSA continues to insist that it will allow small knives with blades shorter than 2-and-a-half inches – because they pose little threat. Confiscating them slows down checkpoints and the TSA needs to concentrate on finding explosives. NBC’s Tom Costello reports.
Two U.S. troops died Monday in Afghanistan following an apparent insider attack while President Hamid Karzai stated his belief the U.S. and the Taliban were working together. Rep. Pete King, R-L.I., joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the latest in the country, the capture of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-l
An undercover TSA inspector got through two security checkpoints at Newark Airport with a fake bomb in his pants. This happened just as TSA decided to draw down passenger restrictions and allow certain knives back on planes. The Cycle hosts spin on travel rules and safety.
Toure gives this week’s award for the worst idea of the week to TSA – asking why they would allow small knives on planes.
Sue Dubitsky shows the bite marks she says were left by a TSA bomb-sniffing dog on May 2.
The Transportation Security Administration's Federal Security Director Mark Hatfield speaks about how the TSA is using canine explosive detection teams and TSA behavior detection officers to conduct screenings of airline passengers to improve security, efficiency and passenger experience at Miami I
Transportation Security Administration behavior detection officer Shawn Hurley directs his dog Lewie to conduct screenings of airline passengers at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT ANIMALS POLITICS)
Singapore Airlines flight crew make their way through Transportation Security Administration security in the Tom Bradley International Terminal to board flights at Los Angeles International Airport , in Los Angeles, California April 24, 2013. Federal Aviation Administration furloughs, which starte
