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The TSA recently declared that it will debut a "trusted traveler" method at various airports. The Transportation Security Administration has come under an excellent amount of scrutiny and conflict lately. The TSA wants to speed up the security screening process for instance the controversial scanning and pat-downs for people who travel frequently. Article source - Trusted traveler program to be studied by TSA by Newsytype.com.

Flyers will not have as much of a hassle

The TSA might be changing a policy this fall that might help out frequent flyers. Reuters explained that the flyers can stay away from screenings in the future with one intensive background check. Many feel like the Transportation Security Administration screenings are too invasive and have been upset about them lately. U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee members heard from the Transportation Security Administration head, John Pistole, recently the Transportation Security Administration would be starting a new program with a few air carriers and airports. Business and frequent fliers would have a faster process getting onto the plane with the "trusted flier" method. A screening process, which contains an extensive background check, is something a person can enroll in. People can get through airport security checkpoints very easily if they pass.

Not everybody excited about the idea

A "favored traveler" class was declared wasn't something the Homeland Security Committee's newer members were happy about although it would be good news for those who travel frequently. Reason Magazine reports that Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) has a son named Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) who thought it was an excellent opportunity to talk about the TSA policies that are not very good while tearing apart Pistole. One example of this was a 5-year old boy who was pat-down by TSA screeners. The boy was from Paul's home town of Bowling Green, KY. A comparable incident sparked outrage in April of this year, according to NPR, when TSA personnel were filmed performing a search of a 6-year-old girl at a New Orleans Airport.

Beginning new policies due to past issues

During the hearing, John Pistole made an announcement for the Transportation Security Administration. He said the number of pat-downs of children will be slowed. Transportation Security Administration personnel were also found to have patted down an infant at Kansas City International Airport. Once the pat-downs and screenings were started, many disturbing incidents occurred. They were all brought forth. The TSA did an extensive search of a severely disabled man from Detroit that they thought was hiding explosives in his adult diaper, Fox reports. The Transportation Security Administration was sued by Lindsey Murley of Corpus Christi, Texas, for exposing her breasts during a search in 2008 and paid her $2,350 in damages, as reported by the Daily Mail. Laptops and digital cameras are lost a lot at the LA International Airport by TSA, The LA Times reports. In just three years, 132 cameras went missing. This does not compare to the 202 laptops that went missing. The property was something only 13 percent of laptop owners and 1 percent of camera owners were reimbursed for. The average laptop's claimed value was more than $1,400.

Citations

Reuters

reuters.com/article/2011/06/22/us-usa-security-aviation-idUSTRE75L4WH20110622?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

Reason

reason.com/blog/2011/06/22/rand-paul-smacks-down-tsa-admi#commentcontainer

NPR

npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=137344013

Fox

foxnews.com/us/2011/06/10/tsa-admits-bad-judgment-after-disabled-man-subjected-to-airport-pat-down/

Daily Mail

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393311/TSA-pays-just-2k-woman-breasts-exposed-patdown.html

Los Angeles Times

articles.latimes.com/2011/may/30/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-20110530