TSA

TSA defended its procedures after a Republican lawmaker circulated a critical report. 

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) said Wednesday the Transportation Security Administration was taking too long to implement new standards for its explosive detection equipment and procedures.

Touting a study from the Government Accountability Office, Mica said that the TSA was several years behind schedule in updating its guidelines for testing luggage for bombs.

“Not only has TSA failed to complete implementation of the 2005 standards, now the 2010 standards will be delayed, leaving the whole process in disarray,” Mica said in a statement released by his office.

A passenger at New York's JFK airport was caught attempting to board a flight with stun guns in his carry-on luggage. 

Your morning transportation speed-read:

A Transportation Security Administration employee in Florida was arrested for allegedly stealing a passenger's iPad and stuffing it in his pants.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is pushing for more enforcement of distracted driving laws.

A stun gun was found on a Jet Blue airliner that landed at Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J.

Sioux City, Iowa's, Sioux Gateway Airport is gaining passengers because of flooding on the Missouri River.

Laura Adiele said agents notified her after going through a full-body scanner her hair needed to be inspected. 

Terrorists could attack airplanes using passengers who have bombs implanted in their bodies, a U.S. security official warned Wednesday. 

A political party in one of the nation's largest swing states is calling for Transportation Security Administration officials to be arrested.

The Florida Libertarian Party wrote a letter on July 4 to the sheriffs of all 67 counties in the Sunshine State demanding TSA officials at Florida airports be taken into custody for controversial hand searches.

TSA hand searches, commonly referred to as pat-downs, and other airport security techniques are "egregious violations of the United States Constitution," the Libertarian Party said.

"Every single day, TSA employees conduct electronic and bodily searches upon tens of thousands of Florida citizens and visitors at airports, and more recently at bus terminals, rail stations, and highways," the Libertarian Party said. "They are searching the persons and seizing the effects of travelers without warrant or probable cause. Specifically, they are in blatant violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution."

The GOP presidential candidate will also introduce a bill to force the agency to follow existing laws against inappropriate contact.

Republican Peter King wants an investigation into reports that a man used an expired airline boarding pass in New York.

The GOP sponsor called the bill part of a "fight for liberty"; Democrats called it a "petty political" maneuver.