Trans-portation security
Transmissions
Published 12/16/2010
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
http://www.ebar.com/columns/column.php?sec=transmissions&article=153'Tis the season, as they say. The time of year when ornaments are placed on pine trees – not to mention bell ringers, packed shopping malls, and the same 15 songs you've heard every December since you were a child. In amongst all of these is the potential for holiday travel – and no time in recent history has travel been wrought with so much controversy.
This year, the Transportation Security Administration has added what it characterizes in its own press releases as "an unpredictable mix of security layers," including an increase in "advanced imaging technology" and a new, more intrusive pat-down procedure for those traveling by airplane.
