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This Week in Food and Travel: Wanna skip airport lines? Here’s which program is worth it

How to make the most of your time and money at the airport.

Double standard emerges as activists see special airline boarding pass designation

By Creede Newton
The SSSS designation and its corresponding “selectee list” was created — like the no-fly list — in the aftermath of 9/11. The designation suggests placement on a watchlist.

Losing Global Entry is easier than you think. Here are 4 common mistakes travelers make.

By Laura Ratliff
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency released a list of reasons why Global Entry membership was revoked.

The 7 best deals in America in 2017

By Rob Wile
If you want to stretch your dollar to its maximum possible extent, check out these seven great deals.

CAIR sues FBI, TSA for placing Utah imam on no-fly list before he returned to the US

By Sarah A. Harvard
Yussuf Abdi has been an U.S. citizen since 2010.
By Alex Orlov

This is the summer to get TSA PreCheck — here's why and how

Do this before airport security lines get longer this summer.

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A US air marshal accidentally left her loaded gun in the plane's bathroom

By Anna Swartz
A passenger found the weapon and gave it to the flight crew.
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Southwest Airlines pilot arrested after bringing loaded gun to Albany airport

By Stacey Leasca
The airline industry can't catch a break.

These devices are okay on planes — unless you're bringing them from these Muslim countries

By Sarah A. Harvard
If you're flying from Casablanca on Royal Air Maroc, don't expect to watch Netflix on your iPad.

These are the pictures of security during the inauguration that you didn't see

By Natasha Noman
28,000 security personnel were employed.
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By Brianna Provenzano

The TSA Made $765,000 From Your Loose Change in 2015

The TSA is making money off travelers' forgetfulness.

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The TSA Spent $1.4 Million on an App That Selects You for Screenings

By Ruth Reader
The app could theoretically be built in a day.

The TSA Is No Longer Using the Word "Anomaly" for Trans People — Here's the New Term

By Ellie Krupnick
"TSA has implemented this change in terminology ... ."

Woman's Expulsion From Florida Airport Is Just One Example of Everyday Transphobia

By Jamilah King
Flying while trans.

Muslims and Sikhs Respond to a White Man With an Assault Rifle at the Atlanta Airport

By Zak Cheney-Rice
We have a major problem, America.
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By Tom McKay

Undercover TSA Investigation Finds 96% of Fake Weapons Got Through Airport Security

"Security theater" at its worst.

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When Racial Profiling at the Airport Has Nothing to Do With Your Appearance

By Khalid El Khatib
"Why'd your parents give you such a sinister name?"
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The U.S. Government Can Legally Search Your Digital Life Every Time You Go on Vacation

By Natasha Noman
If you have "exaggerated yawning," you could be a target.
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12 Photos Reveal the Insane Things People Try to Bring Onto Airplanes

By Gregory Krieg
These could have been on a plane with you.
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The TSA Is Considering Changing Its Most Annoying Rule Yet

By Jordan Valinsky
This would be so great.
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By Jenna Kagel

The Simplest Solution for Speeding Up Airport Lines Is Right Under the TSA's Nose

The TSA is offering $15,000 for the best ideas to improve those awful waits. Here's an easy one.

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See the TSA-Friendly Weapons You Can Build At Your Local Airport

By Nina Ippolito
Videos by software developer and "independent security researcher" Evan Booth show why we desperately need to reconsider our current airport security regime.
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NSA Memo Tells Domestic Surveillance Defenders to Mention 9/11 Over and Over

By Mike Mulraney
Following the leaks provided by Edward Snowden, the NSA's internal document to those headed to justify the program mentions the September 11, terrorist attack as a talking point that resonates.
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Pilots Union Memo Warns of Possible Terrorist "Dry-Runs" on U.S. Flights

By Scott Challeen
An incident on a flight from Washington D.C. to Orlando reminds us why the security measures we hate are there in the first place: to ensure the safety we love.
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Another TSA Horror Story: You'll Never Guess What An Agent Did This Time

By Robinson O'Brien-Bours
Nna Alpha Onuoha, the same TSA agent who was previously suspended for harassing a teenage girl at LAX, has been arrested for making threats against the Los Angeles airport.
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By Brett Scruton

TSA "VIPR Teams" Will Soon Be Patting You Down Outside the Airport

The Transportation Security Administration will soon be adding many more members to its so-called VIPR teams in pursuit of terrorists. But they're expanding their search outside the airport.

The TSA Is Turning Us Into a Stop-And-Frisk Nation

By Uchechi Kalu
A special unit of the TSA has moved out of airport and into communities all around the country. Will they turn us into a stop-and-frisk nation?
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TSA Patdowns Coming to a Concert Near You

By Pierce Willans
No longer confined to airport security, the TSA has expanded its role to other forms of transportation ... and basically anywhere it wants.

For $85, This TSA Program Will Make Flying Suck Just a Little Bit Less

By Maggie O'Neill
The TSA is extending a program to the general public, for only $85, that will expedite the security process. Less procedure and shorter lines await those who agree to background checks.
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The Verdict Is In, And TSA's $1 Billion Surveillance Program is a Colossal Flop

By Maxime Fischer-Zernin
A new report finds that there is little evidence that the $1 billion airport passenger screening program, believed to promote racial profiling, screens passengers objectively.
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