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TSA’s Islamic, America-Hating Screener By Debbie Schlussel Do overbearing, shoe-removing searches at the airport make you feel safe? How about the crisp black and white uniforms of screeners since Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) took over? Sadeq Naji Ahmed is Exhibit A that you are not safer, that the TSA isn’t screening the screeners. He’s also proof positive that radical Muslims in the military can get away with say anything, while other soldiers cannot. For almost two years, Ahmed was a baggage screener at Detroit’s Metro Airport, despite his frightening background. Ahmed, a Yemeni Muslim since indicted in federal...

Filipinos protest loss of airport jobs in US Posted: 9:59 PM (Manila Time) | Sep.. 09, 2002 INQ7.net HUNDREDS of Filipinos who lost their jobs as airport screeners in the United States as a result of stricter security policies following the September 11 terrorist attacks are protesting the alleged discrimination, a television report said on Monday. GMA Network's "Frontpage" newscast, reporting from New York City, said hundreds of Filipinos who did not hold US citizenship were fired from their jobs as airport screeners because of the Airport Screeners Act enacted after last year's September 11 attacks. Many of the workers...

<p>HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- An airport screener who is a registered sex offender faces life in prison after a weekend rampage in which he fired shots throughout his apartment complex and then set fire to one of the buildings, officials said.</p>

A five month trial of new eye-recognition technology at passport control started at London's Heathrow Airport this week. The experiment, which involves identifying passengers by iris recognition, is designed to speed up passport checks in arrivals areas. Two thousand travelers, who fly frequently through Heathrow with both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, are taking part in the trial. The equipment, provided by US company EyeTicket, has been installed in the Immigration Hall at Terminals 3 and 4, where Virgin and BA operate their North Atlantic services. Heathrow's Managing Director, Mick Temple said: "Heathrow is always looking at new and innovative...