Oh, he passed background checks? Federal agencies knew that a man hired as a security guard at Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C. was an accused Somali war criminal, CNN reported Friday. Yusuf Abdi Ali, who served as a military commander during the Somali Civil War, has been accused of torturing civilians, burning villages, and conducting […]
Given that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is making a public statement by making airport security lines worse in order to secure more funding, Senator John Thune has a point about privatization: Studies and reports have shown that private contractors work better than TSA agents. Photo by queenkv
Oh, that’s comforting that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), whose mission is to provide security screening at U.S. airports, doesn’t really know how to provide adequate security: Lawmakers of the House’s Transportation Security Committee warned on Tuesday that commercial airline flights remain a “major target for terrorism” and that dangerous “gaps in security” screenings could […]
WASHINGTON — Apparently the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) knows no bounds. In addition to accusations of groping, theft and the like, TSA agents stopped a Star Wars actor from bringing his cane on a flight. Why? The former Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew brought his cane which was in the shape of the iconic Star Wars […]