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Shoes on, pockets empty: What has and hasn't changed at TSA checkpoints
The Transportation Security Administration will now allow passengers to leave their shoes on, but security screening is still ...
TSA to phase out shoes-off policy during airport security screenings: Sources
TSA began its policy of requiring airline passengers to take shoes off during security screenings in 2006, five years after a ...
Homeland Security ends mandatory shoe removal at airport screening
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that the mandate for passengers to remove their shoes at screening ...
TSA's shoe removal policy is over. Here's why it started in 2006.
The shoe removal rule was first implemented in 2006, but its origin dates back to a 2001 “shoe bomber” plot aboard an ...
The End of Airport Shoe-Screening Is Populism Theater
Now, by closing the curtain on the shoe requirements, Noem has indulged in a rival form of spectacle: populism theater. Her ...
Opinion
Finally! Keep your shoes on at the airport | Editorial
It’s about time! The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has lifted the requirement that most airline travelers take off their shoes as part of the airport screening process — ...
TSA tells airline passengers to keep shoes on at airport security in major change
Taking off shoes at airport security became a requirement in 2006, several years after “shoe bomber” Richard Reid’s failed ...
T.S.A. to Let Travelers Keep Their Shoes On, Ending Hated Rule
Most passengers had been required to remove their footwear at checkpoints since 2006, a policy later eased only for members ...