Going through all the security checks and procedures at an airport can be both stressful and annoying. What items does the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ban or allow you to bring? Will ...

A traveler says her tampon triggered an alarm in a TSA body scanner, and the story is resonating with menstruating passengers who suspect the machines might be detecting far more than officials admit.

Leaked Images Belie Our Implicit Pact with TSA Gizmodo's Joel Johnson writes, "At the heart of the controversy over 'body scanners' is a promise: The images of our naked bodies will never be public." ...

For more than five years, the Transportation Security Administration has been deploying full-body imaging scanners in our nation's airports. About 700 scanners have been deployed in nearly 190 ...

With one of the year’s busiest traveling days fast approaching, the Obama administration’s top transportation security official on Monday urged passengers angry over safety procedures not to boycott ...

Thanksgiving break, when many students return home and spend time with their families, is one of the busiest times of year for airport travel. But even students who have traveled by air many times ...

Passengers can decline a facial scan and request a standard ID verification process instead. It is also legal to opt out of the full-body scanner, which will result in a physical pat-down by a TSA ...

Beginning in 2007, full-body scanners were installed at the nation's airports to address concerns that terrorists could smuggle explosives hidden in their clothing — or, in one infamous case, their ...

Ever since the tragedy of 9/11, the Transportation Security Administration has been implementing more and more ways to enhance airport safety, including explosives detection systems, canine teams, and ...