Transportation Security Administration

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EVENTS (5)

September 21, 2004	The Transportation Security Administration announced that it plans to force airlines to provide personal information about passengers so that it can test a new system for identifying potential terrorists; in some cases the airline records will be compared with private databases.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: Reuters
April 10, 2004	A federal air marshall left her loaded pistol on a shelf in a public restroom at the Cleveland, Ohio, airport near gate C-3; a passenger found the gun and immediately contacted the proper authorities.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
March 27, 2004	The Transportation Security Administration searched an American Airlines flight to Dallas after a psychic called in a warning that a bomb might be aboard the plane.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: Associated Press
January 27, 2004	It was reported that the U.S. government plans to order airlines to provide background information on all passengers for a new screening system.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: Associated Press
January 7, 2004	The United States Transportation Security Administration decreed that passengers may no longer line up to use the toilet on airplanes.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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