Ned’s TSA holiday tips: before leaving for the airport

During the holiday season, many who don’t fly at other times of the year are off to the airport to visit family and to vacation while their children are “off” from school for the Christmas/New Year’s break. Especially if you’re traveling with...

Can unsafe, ineffective TSA security methods make us safe?

On Wednesday, November 2, TSA Administrator John Pistole testifying at a Senate hearing told senators that TSA would finally conduct an independent study of their backscatter x-ray full body scanners. Now that a new Inspector General report is about to be released,...

TSA workers being fried by radiation

Over the past year and certainly over the last few months, fears about the effects of radiation on passengers passing through whole-body scanners have been splashed across newspaper headlines. The bottom line from researchers: Its OK — It would take something like...