Black Diamond Self Select Lanes
Helping Passengers Move at Their Own Pace
Our Approach
TSA is listening to passenger feedback to improve the checkpoint experience. That is why TSA launched the “Black Diamond” self-select program in Salt Lake City, Utah in February 2008. Since then the program has rapidly expanded. To date, 50 airports have [...]
TSA Partners with Airlines and Houston Airports to Resume Air Service Interrupted by Hurricane Ike
News & Happenings
September 17, 2008
More than 370 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers and staff from across the country were deployed to the Houston area before the arrival of Hurricane Ike and have been working around the clock ever [...]
September 13, 2008
Two weeks after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) prepared for evacuations of the Gulf Coast ahead of Hurricane Gustav, TSA officers and staff have mobilized to respond to Hurricane Ike. Currently, more than 370 Transportation Security Officers and TSA staff have deployed to coastal airports including Houston Hobby and George Bush [...]
AT is a catch phrase for a group of advanced X-ray technologies that will improve carry-on bag screening and enhance airline passenger security. ATs provide clear, high-definition X-ray images that improve TSA security officers’ ability to detect potential threat items. Some AT units also employ multiple X-ray angles (views), provide high-definition zoom and/or have automated [...]
September 11, 2008
Starting September 11, 2008, transportation security officers at airport checkpoints nationwide will begin wearing new uniforms and badges. The new uniforms and badges are another step in the ongoing evolution of TSA, an agency that was created in the wake of September 11, 2001 to federalize airport security.
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Three Found Guilty in August 2006 UK Liquid Explosives Plot
News & Happenings
“…the men planned to inflict heavy casualties, ‘all in the name of Islam’. ‘These men were, we say, indifferent to the carnage that was likely to ensue. Some of the men you see in the dock are those who were prepared to sacrifice their [...]
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