Free Talk Live - Airport

TSA Confiscates Camera, Deletes Footage of Checkpoint

alisium — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:36:57 +0000

Despite the TSA admitting on its own website that there is no law which prevents people from filming TSA checkpoints, a man traveling through San Juan airport in Puerto Rico had his camera confiscated and footage deleted.

British pair arrested in U.S. on terror charges over Twitter jokes

iconoclast2007 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:04:35 +0000

Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to 'destroy America' and 'dig up Marilyn Monroe'.

Report: TSA Interrogates Travelers Carrying Gold and Silver

alisium — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:42:04 +0000

Just when you thought your silver and gold coins were portable and outside of the realm of government intervention and scrutiny, we learn that the Transportation Security Administration may very well be starting to scrutinize possession of such coins if you travel through checkpoints, be they at airports or other public venues:

TSA Agent Pats-Down 8 Year Old Boy

Takeshi Kovacs — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:32:15 +0000

TSA Agent Pats-Down 8 Year Old Boy to find out if he is a terrorist or not.

Cash-sniffing dogs now being used at airports

brill — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:21:03 +0000

US Customs, a division of Homeland Security, is now using cash-sniffing dogs at airports for international travelers. A dog was able to detect one passenger's $400 in currency from among numerous travelers.

Sea-Tac Café Is Now Refusing to Serve TSA Agents

Bizurke — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:00:51 +0000

A Cafe near Sea-Tac (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) has banned TSA Agents from entering. On occasion they have even called the police to have agents removed. According to the Cafe about 90% of customers, and even the police, believe that they are doing the right thing.

TSA Breast Milk Screening Harassment

Takeshi Kovacs — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:03:37 +0000

"New Mother Harassed and Threatened by TSA because she requests alternate screening for her breast milk. As a repeat traveler, the TSA singled her out to make an example out of her. She spends over an hour in the "Special Inspection" area and is forced to miss her flight."

TSA airport screeners gone wild in San Diego- again

jl12345 — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:27:10 +0000

Sam Wolanyk says he was asked to pass through the 3-D x-ray machine. When Wolanyk refused, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel told him he would have to be patted down before he could pass through and board his airplane.

Wolanyk said he knew what was coming and took off his pants and shirt, leaving him in Calvin Klein bike undergarments.

“It was obvious that my underwear left nothing to the imagination,” he explained. “But that wasn’t enough for the TSA supervisor who was called to the scene and asked me to put my clothes on so I could be properly patted down.”