NEWSTALK 860 » TSA http://ksfa860.com Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 TSA Reveals List of Weird and Scary Items Confiscated This Year http://ksfa860.com/tsa-items-confiscated/ http://ksfa860.com/tsa-items-confiscated/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:51:28 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=133167 We all gripe about having to take our shoes off when we go through airport security, but according to a list of items confiscated this year by the TSA, footwear may be the least of its concerns.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/tsa-items-confiscated/feed/ 0 Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images Should TSA Have Patted Down a 3-Year-Old In a Wheelchair? http://ksfa860.com/tsa-pats-down-three-year-old-in-wheelchair/ http://ksfa860.com/tsa-pats-down-three-year-old-in-wheelchair/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:46:47 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=110585 In a video that won’t be making the already unpopular TSA any new friends, a 3-year-old toddler in a wheelchair is seen being searched by a TSA agent at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/tsa-pats-down-three-year-old-in-wheelchair/feed/ 0 YouTube Major Airport Will Evict TSA Screeners http://ksfa860.com/major-airport-will-evict-tsa-screeners/ http://ksfa860.com/major-airport-will-evict-tsa-screeners/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:49:18 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=52568 Orlando Sanford International Airport officials say they will take advantage of a new law, and try again to opt out of using TSA workers to screen passengers.  They want to hire their own screeners to do that, but using federal standards and under federal oversight.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/major-airport-will-evict-tsa-screeners/feed/ 0 via John Moore, Getty Images White House Sides With TSA in Rand Paul Standoff http://ksfa860.com/white-house-sides-with-tsa-in-rand-paul-standoff/ http://ksfa860.com/white-house-sides-with-tsa-in-rand-paul-standoff/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:26:37 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=42037 The White House is standing by the Transportation Security Administration in its standoff with Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, and his father, Republican Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron of Texas.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/white-house-sides-with-tsa-in-rand-paul-standoff/feed/ 0 Sen. Rand Paul -- via Mark Wilson/Getty Images You Won't Believe What the TSA Confiscated in 2011 http://ksfa860.com/tsa-confiscated-2011/ http://ksfa860.com/tsa-confiscated-2011/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:56:21 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=69289 We haven’t heard anything from the TSA about how many actual terrorist plots it prevented in 2011. In fact, we have no real report on how much safer it was to fly around the country in 2011 because of the efforts of our favorite, invasive security agency. What we do have, though, is a list of the ridiculous things they have taken from Americans who dare to forget what they’ve been carrying in their carry-ons.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/tsa-confiscated-2011/feed/ 0 Ethan Miller, Getty Images TSA Officers Arrested on Drug Charges http://ksfa860.com/tsa-officers-arrested-on-drug-charges/ http://ksfa860.com/tsa-officers-arrested-on-drug-charges/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:40:12 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=13050 Federal prosecutors in Connecticut say a state trooper, a police officer and three Transportation Security Administration officers based at airports have been arrested on charges of conspiracy to distribute tens of thousands of highly addictive painkiller pills.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/tsa-officers-arrested-on-drug-charges/feed/ 0 David McNew, Getty Images TSA Pat-down Bill is Dead – For Now http://ksfa860.com/legislature-lets-tsa-pat-down-bill-die/ http://ksfa860.com/legislature-lets-tsa-pat-down-bill-die/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:11:53 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=6498 Texas lawmakers adjourned their special session Wednesday without passing a ban on Transportation Security Administration pat-downs, to the dismay of staunch conservative critics of the agency.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/legislature-lets-tsa-pat-down-bill-die/feed/ 0 Jeff Topping, Getty Images TSA Defends Frisking Baby at KC Airport http://ksfa860.com/tsa-defends-frisking-baby-at-kc-airport/ http://ksfa860.com/tsa-defends-frisking-baby-at-kc-airport/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 14:58:18 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=4491 Federal officials say screeners at Kansas City International Airport were just doing their jobs when they frisked a six month old baby, and attracted worldwide attention after a cellphone picture of the pat-down was posted on Twitter.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/tsa-defends-frisking-baby-at-kc-airport/feed/ 0 Jeff Topping, Getty Images Note to Self: Don't Video People in Line at Airport Security http://ksfa860.com/note-to-self-dont-take-pictures-of-people-in-line-at-airport-security/ http://ksfa860.com/note-to-self-dont-take-pictures-of-people-in-line-at-airport-security/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 15:14:08 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=4400 Four people were arrested and taken to jail after a suspicious incident Saturday at Denver International Airport.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/note-to-self-dont-take-pictures-of-people-in-line-at-airport-security/feed/ 0 John Moore, Getty Images