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Behavior Detection Officers SPOTing Trouble in Detroit

February 29, 2008
Transportation Security Officer (TSO) Tomas Cruz and others discovered almost $900,000 while screening checked baggage at the Antonio Won Pat-Guam International Airport Thursday morning. Two passengers were destined for Manila, Philippines when their trip was interrupted by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials after the discovery by the astute TSOs.
TSA Guam Federal Security Director [...]

Myth
Foreign citizens are taking flight lessons in the U.S. without being checked by TSA.
Truth
Each and every foreign national that applies for flight training at any FAA-certified school anywhere in the world is checked by TSA prior to beginning that training.
In 2004, TSA assumed responsibility for the Alien Flight Student Program from the FBI. This program [...]

February 27, 2008
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WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today an agreement to provide enhanced whistleblower protection for transportation security officers (TSOs). The memorandum of agreement was signed by TSA and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).
Under the agreement, TSOs will be able to appeal whistleblower retaliation complaints to the MSPB. [...]

February 26, 2008
Yesterday at Miami International Airport, security officers observed a passenger as he approached the security checkpoint for Terminal D. As the passenger presented his boarding pass and identification to trained travel document checkers, he continued to exhibit suspicious behaviors, which caused the behavior detection officers to confer with their colleagues, now closely examining [...]

August 5, 2008
At TSA we are piloting a variety of innovations at the checkpoint to improve security by focusing on people, technology and process.
In the process arena, TSA launched a Black Diamond Self-Select Lanes pilot in February 2007 in Salt Lake City, Utah, which has now grown to include more than 30 airports. The program [...]

February 20, 2008

The Clearwater man pleads guilty, saying he had forgotten about the box cutter.
The X-ray image of a box cutter inside Benjamin Baines Jr.’s backpack caught the attention of federal officers Sunday morning at Tampa International Airport.
But it was the packaging that really jolted them: a hollowed-out book that hid the razor-sharp tool. Also [...]

Air Marshals Train In Charlotte To Blend In On Flights, React To Dangerous Situations (wsoctv.com)

February 11, 2008

TSA will pilot new airport employee screening procedures at seven airports across the country starting in May 2008. All employees who work in the seven selected airports will be subject to the new procedures.
Congress allocated up to $15 million for the pilots – required under the Omnibus Appropriations Act passed in January 2008. [...]