ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - TSA launches program allowing non-travelers past security
Gateside by TSA PreCheck is now available at 13 airports across the U.S.
Gateside by TSA PreCheck is now available at 13 airports across the U.S.
Before 9/11, anyone could just walk through airport security and greet or say goodbye to friends and family right at the gate.
An officer also discovered a plastic sandwich bat in an exterior pocket of the briefcase containing pills. Field testing returned a presumptive positive result for cocaine and fentanyl, the affidavit states.
The Transportation Security Administration is expected to screen more than 3 million passengers on Thursday ahead of an expectant busy travel weekend for Independence Day.
"You could see this potentially scale in other places," Rich Davey said.
Driven in part by the chaos of the last shutdown, the government is expanding efforts to use private security staff instead of federal employees at more airports.
U.S. — Now that the TSA is fully funded thanks to the end of the partial government shutdown, sources confirmed that air travel was already back to being awful for its usual reasons.
Replacements require four to six months of training before they can perform regular duties at airports.
A suspect has been arrested after firing shots at a security screening area at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night.
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