Transportation Security Administration

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The Homeland Security Department's inspector general said the Transportation Security Administration has not established any sense that agents are exercising good judgment in deciding which travelers they screen. (Associated Press)

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Members of the press gather around Transportation Security Administration representatives after a briefing concerning sequestration at Reagan National Airport in Washington on Feb. 25, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Airline passengers go through the Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on Aug. 3, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano, accompanied by Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole, announces the expansion of a passenger pre-screening initiative on Wednesday.

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, accompanied by Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole, announces the expansion of a passenger pre-screening initiative on Feb. 8, 2012, at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Transportation Security Administration chief John S. Pistole. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Airline passenger Don Heim (right) of Alpharetta, Ga., is briefed by Transportation Security Administration trainer Byron Gibson before going through a new expedited security line on Oct. 4, 2011, at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this 2011 file photo, passenger Donna Pederson (left) of Atlanta chats with Transportation Security Administration officer Myra Watts after going through a new expedited security line at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. (Associated Press)

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Transportation Security Administration chief John S. Pistole on Thursday welcomed the unionization of his agency's 47,000 airport screeners. The move has proved controversial, with critics arguing that, as a security agency, TSA should not allow collective bargaining. (Associated Press)

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Transportation Security Administration Administrator John S. Pistole testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing examining ongoing transportation security threats. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole says he is looking into airport scanning technology used overseas. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer pats down a traveler as he works his way through security at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in Bloomington, Minn. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)