WASHINGTON — A House committee said Monday that the head of security operations at the Transportation Security Administration has been replaced. “Kelly Hoggan has been removed from his position as head of security at TSA,” the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform posted on Twitter. Meanwhile, The Associated Press obtained a memo sent by […]
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Video: TSA urges passengers to travel without weapons
BANGOR — Standing next to a table covered with brass knuckles, power drills, circular saw blades, baseball bats, ski poles, throwing knives and even a knife disguised as a small pistol, representatives of the Transportation Security Administration said on Thursday that travelers should be aware of what’s in their luggage this holiday season. The collection […]
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Portland Jetport agents find handgun in carry-on
PORTLAND — Transportation Security Administration officials say they found a handgun in a passenger’s carry-on luggage at Portland International Jetport. WCHS6 reports the gun — a .32-caliber Beretta — was detected at the security checkpoint. Officials say they found the gun in the luggage of a man who was flying from Portland to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta […]
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Men stopped for guns at Bangor airport
BANGOR — Transportation Security Administration officers say they have stopped two people who attempted to bring guns past a security checkpoint at Bangor International Airport in the last several days. The agency said Thursday that officers stopped a man on May 21 after finding a firearm among his clothing in a suitcase. They also said […]
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Two men in five days stopped at Bangor airport with guns in carry-on luggage
BANGOR — Two men were stopped at Bangor International Airport security checkpoints over a five-day span when Transportation Security Administration officers detected firearms in their carry-on luggage. On May 16, TSA personnel detected a firearm in a man’s carry-on luggage as he passed through security, the TSA said in a statement Thursday. On Wednesday, security […]
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LAX suspect set out to kill multiple TSA officers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unemployed motorcycle mechanic suspected in the deadly shooting at the Los Angeles airport set out to kill multiple employees of the Transportation Security Administration and hoped the attack would “instill fear in their traitorous minds,” authorities said Saturday. Paul Ciancia was so determined to take lives that, after shooting a […]