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 ...

The image above showing examples of TSA full-body scans is authentic and was captured using the agency's backscatter unit, hundreds of which were installed in U.S. airports in 2010. The devices were ...

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." ...

Sure, airport body scanners are looking for threats, but here’s what else these security devices might reveal in the process ...

I just got home from Los Angeles. Almost everyone was being scanned by a low-level X-ray machine at LAX. My wife and I refused and got a pat down instead. I admit I am not a radiation expert, but, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...