TSA

Policy

Nobel Prize Winner Talks About Getting Hassled by TSA

Zenon Evans | 10.14.2014 2:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Truth or Gaffe? Biden Admits U.S. Faces No Existential Threat From Terrorism

Lucian McMahon | 10.3.2014 3:05 PM

Policy

Lawsuit: TSA Agents Opened Urn and Spilled Ashes Throughout Suitcase

Zenon Evans | 10.3.2014 11:10 AM

Politics

MLB's New Metal Detectors Are Pointless Security Theatre

Anthony Fisher | 9.24.2014 2:33 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Our New War, With John Bolton, Thaddeus McCotter, and Michael Weiss; Plus Cuddle Parties, White House Jumpers, Confessions of an Asset-Forfeiture Judge, the Steve Hayes Terrorist Threat, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 9.23.2014 8:04 PM

TSA

ACLU: TSA Now Using 'Hypothetical Threats' to Assign Passengers to Watchlists

Scott Shackford | 9.23.2014 4:45 PM

Policy

No-Fly List Defenders Have a New Excuse: ISIS

Lucian McMahon | 9.19.2014 9:30 AM

Civil Liberties

TSA Demands to Search Man AFTER Plane Lands. He Filmed His Response.

Zenon Evans | 9.15.2014 2:40 PM

Civil Liberties

The TSA…for Kids!

Propaganda video of the day.

Jesse Walker | 9.7.2014 3:40 PM

Policy

Your TSA Security Fees Just Doubled, But Security Won't Improve

Zenon Evans | 7.21.2014 3:01 PM

Policy

Colorado Cannabis: 'You Can't Take It With You.' Wanna Bet?

Jacob Sullum | 7.17.2014 4:09 PM

TSA

TSA Wants Electronic Devices Charged on US-Bound Flights Originating Overseas, Because of Terrorism

Ed Krayewski | 7.8.2014 12:21 PM

Policy

Take a Bow

Charles Oliver | 7.7.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Take a Bow

Charles Oliver | 7.7.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: No-Fly Takes a Walk, Border Kids Seek Lawyers, Cheney Goes Nukular, Rand Paul Re-Enfranchises Felons, Veterans Get Screwed, Gary Oldman Comes out…Plus Amity Shlaes on Obama's FDR Impression, and Sultry After-Show

Matt Welch | 6.24.2014 8:22 PM

War on Terror

Judge Declares Secretive No-Fly List Process Unconstitutional

Scott Shackford | 6.24.2014 5:30 PM

Politics

Does TSA = Troyer Squeezing Administration?

Nick Gillespie | 6.18.2014 7:10 AM

Politics

"Keep Telling Yourself That You're Free" #TSA Thought for the Day

Nick Gillespie | 5.14.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

Tonight, on a Can't Miss Episode of The Independents: Paul Wolfowitz, Tom Ridge, and John Bolton Get Interrogated on Foreign Policy (Bumped/Updated)

Matt Welch | 5.2.2014 8:46 PM

The Independents

Tonight on The Independents: Up in Your Business! And Immediately After, Watch Matt Welch Debate Pot Prohibitionists on Hannity

Matt Welch | 4.25.2014 2:54 PM

Politics

TSA Reportedly Searched Man's Luggage for Bitcoin

Alyssa Hertig | 3.4.2014 6:23 PM

Culture

TSA Agent Not Sure DC Driver's License Counts as Valid ID

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.28.2014 12:30 PM

Civil Liberties

TSA Criticized After Cancer Patient is Humiliated at Checkpoint

Wife of the patient, who wears a diaper because of prostate cancer, claims a TSA agent laughed at him

Reason Staff | 2.11.2014 7:50 AM

TSA

TSA Banning All Liquids Headed to Russia After Toothpaste Threat

Olympics!

Reason Staff | 2.7.2014 10:55 AM

Policy

That Woman Who Has Been Fighting To Get Off the No-Fly List for Years? It Was Due to a Paperwork Error.

An FBI agent literally checked the wrong box and ruined a woman's life

Scott Shackford | 2.6.2014 6:30 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Anthony Weiner, the Federal Reserve, Super Bowl Commercials, the Debt Ceiling, Joe Namath's Fur, TSA Confessionals, Heroin Overdoses, North Korea Sneak-Peak, Plus Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 2.3.2014 8:03 PM

Civil Liberties

Here's What It's Like to Work for the TSA

Peter Suderman | 1.31.2014 10:35 AM

Policy

The Investigators

"Premium pay" at the TSA

J.D. Tuccille | 1.31.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

TSA: We Screened 1.7 Million Passengers a Day in 2013

No so humblebragging

Reason Staff | 1.24.2014 4:40 PM

Policy

Lawmaker Wants to Force TSA Agents to Be More Polite

Godspeed to you, Rep. Gerry Connolly

Reason Staff | 1.15.2014 2:30 PM

Civil Liberties

How Do I Loathe the TSA? Let Me Count the Ways.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.14.2014 8:42 AM

Policy

TSA Found 1,828 Guns Among Air Travelers in 2013

20 percent increase from 2012

Reason Staff | 1.13.2014 6:20 PM

Policy

NY Man Caught Trying To Bring Loaded Gun Onto Plane

Stopped by the TSA

Reason Staff | 1.13.2014 2:50 PM

Policy

TSA to Expand Reach to Aircraft Repair Stations

Yes, let's increase the coverage of an organization that has failed to catch any terrorists whatsoever

Reason Staff | 1.10.2014 6:20 PM

Policy

U.S. Customs Destroy Rare Instruments, Livelihood, Won't Apologize

Zenon Evans | 1.6.2014 9:30 AM

Policy

Unattended Box Leads to Scare at Minnesota Airport

Terminal cleared for two hours

Reason Staff | 12.20.2013 4:40 PM

Policy

Armed TSA Agents Supported by Majority of Americans

59 percent want to see TSA agents given guns following the fatal LAX shooting

Ed Krayewski | 12.13.2013 10:39 AM

Politics

Poll: 59% of Americans Want TSA Agents to Carry Guns

Emily Ekins | 12.12.2013 2:20 PM

Politics

Poll: 59% of Americans Want TSA Agents to Carry Guns

Emily Ekins | 12.12.2013 2:10 PM

Politics

Budget Deal Would Hike Airline Security Fees

But don't call it a tax increase!

Reason Staff | 12.11.2013 6:50 PM

Policy

TSA Launches Charm Offensive

But the usual humiliations and violations continue

Reason Staff | 12.10.2013 10:20 AM

Policy

TSA Agent Confiscates Cowboy Sock Monkey's Pistol

Reportedly said someone would not be able to tell the difference between the toy and a real gun

Reason Staff | 12.9.2013 8:10 AM

Policy

TSA Expands Airport Pre-Check Program

Taking bribes for less intrusive searches

Reason Staff | 12.4.2013 5:00 PM

Policy

House Passes Bill to Allocate TSA-Collected Loose Change to Airport Military Groups

Hundreds of thousands of dollars a year

Reason Staff | 12.3.2013 7:20 PM

Policy

Homeland Insecurity

TSA everywhere!

Brian Doherty | 11.30.2013 7:00 AM

Policy

J.D. Tuccille Talks Bogus TSA Spidey Senses and Security Theater on RT

J.D. Tuccille | 11.17.2013 11:15 AM