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The Transportation Security Administration Warns Of Terrorist Practice Runs at Airports

The Transportation Security Administration says passenger checkpoints are making flights safer, but a security adviser says those measures are "security theater." Lesley Stahl reports.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is joining with The Advertising Council today to launch a national public awareness and education campaign designed to build awareness of...

An Israeli firm develops a step-on scanner that saves airline passengers having to remove their shoes for security checks. The scanner is used in conjunction with existing airport security checks to spot weapons or suspicious metal components concealed in footwear and an explosives-sniffing version is now being developed. The current version costs around 5, 000 dollars. The equipment is already being used in almost 20 countries around the world and is being assessed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration.

(Chicago, IL) The Transportation Security Administration hopes new uniforms will project more authority and put the flying public more at ease. As CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports, the uniforms were unveiled on this seventh anniversary of 9/11.

(Chicago, IL) The Transportation Security Administration says it wants the flying public to feel safer as of this seventh anniversary of 9/11. CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports.

(Dallas, TX) The Transportation Security Administration is taking steps to close a loophole in airport security as inspectors are doing more to check out airport employees who have easy access to planes and luggage.

Air travelers whose cell phones get e-mail now have more airports where they can utilize paperless boarding passes for Continental Airlines flights. (May 28)

Last spring, KCTV5 News sent an undercover producer to KCI Airport to put security screening to the test. Since then, the Transportation Security Administration has changed security procedures. See what happens when we tested them again.

(Denver) The Transportation Security Administration will be testing color coded security lines at Denver International Airport, Karlyn Tilley reports. The lines will be divided by travelers level of expertise.

(Denver) The Transportation Security Administration will try to make flying smoother this holiday. It's hired extra security officers. Karen Brown also has tips for traveling.

(Denver) Transportation Security Administration officials and Denver International Airport authorities offered tips to holiday passengers so they can get through security faster and got to flights on time.

The Transportation Security Administration is stepping in to help the security lines go faster with the latest campaign; it is about packing.

(Denver) Terrorists could slip past Transportation Security Administration screeners and, with a few readily available components, assemble an explosive that could cause severe damage to an airplane, Rick Sallinger reports.

(Dallas) A new dog is patrolling DFW International Airport to keep you safe in the skies. It's all part of a special program by the Transportation Security Administration. The program is also a way to honor the first responders and victims of 9/11.

(Los Angeles) Transportation Security Administration special agents were monitoring the nation's infrastructure. Jaime Garza reports.

The federal Transportation Security Administration has announced stepped-up security in eight cities as some 41 million people are expected to travel this July 4 holiday. (July 3).

(Denver) The Transportation Security Administration wants to remain air travelers about restrictions for plane passengers before the busy summer travel season, Michelle Griego reports.

(Denver) The Transportation Security Administration wants to remain air travelers about restrictions for plane passengers before the busy summer travel season, Michelle Griego reports.

The Transportation Security Administration has announced a policy change: New, unfilled pocket lighters can be packed in checked luggage on commercial flights. In April, the TSA had banned all lighters from being taken onboard aircraft. For the makers of Zippo pocket lighters, which are sold without fuel - this is good news, as it is for collectors and customers. This revised policy applies only to checked luggage. Lighters are still prohibited in the passenger cabin. For additional information on articles permitted and prohibited on commercial aircraft, visit www.tsa.gov.

September 11th, 2001 forever changed the way security is handled at airports around the country. The Transportation Security Administration or TSA is now charged with checking and screening every piece of luggage or item that is loaded or carried onto an aircraft. The past six years many of us have witnesses the transformation of security as we've flown and passed through security. Today TSA officials in Minot rededicated themselves to protecting the safety of airline travelers. At a ceremony at the International Airport, TSA officials retook the oath to serve and protect, were issued badges to be worn on their uniforms and unveiled the new TSA uniforms that will be standard issue starting September 11th. John Hershey, the Federal Security Director for TSA, says the devotion and dedication of terrorists is formidable and never ending, which is why the TSA must maintain its vigilance and ability to evolve... (John Hershey, Federal TSA Security Director) But as technology closes more gaps so this evolving threat is never going away, the reliance more and more on you people and your experience and your expertise and your professionalism becomes more and more a factor. Today's program was part of the the checkpoint evolution program that has been underway for the past six years.

7-29 (CNN) Congress is cracking down on the Transportation Security Administration's terror watch list. Congress wants CNN's Drew Griffin and thousands of others who don't belong on the list taken off and now the TSA is asking the airlines to step in. Here's Drew Griffin with the story

July 24: The Transportation Security Administration is putting the blame on airlines for many of the 'false positives' when passengers inadvertently show up on terror watch lists. NBC's Pete Williams reports.