Yet Another Obama Administration Aviation Security Failure

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  March 6th at 05:15 PM  | 

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has failed us again.  Her hostility to allowing pilots to be armed against terrorists is going to make our nation less safe.  On Monday, Napolitano’s vision for a “risk based” security system failed to keep a box cutter off a commercial aircraft in Houston. Secretary Napolitano said recently at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing that she is proposing a 50% cut | Read More »

Did You Know Your Airport Can Opt Out of TSA Molestations?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  November 16th at 09:51 PM  | 

Byron York has good news for people around the country. Your local airport can opt out of having the Transportation Safety Administration handle security at your local airport. Instead, you can contract out to the private sector. It was one of the ingenious and little noticed provisions the Republicans dropped in the post-9/11 legislation creating the TSA. With a move to unionize the TSA and | Read More »