It was post-9/11 security theater — the performative illusion that mass ritualized inconvenience will make us safer.

Aviation security expert Jeff Price explains the failed 2001 shoe bombing that triggered the TSA's decades-long shoe removal ...

There's some good news for travelers going through TSA screening areas at Jacksonville International Airport: your shoes can ...

"We expect this change will drastically decrease passenger wait times at our TSA checkpoints, leading to a more pleasant and ...

The shoe removal process was implemented in 2006 "in response to an attempt by an airline passenger to conceal a bomb in his ...

For nearly 20 years, millions of bare feet have marched through security checkpoints at airports around the country, a motley ...

Would Americans be padding across the gross airport floors forever, just because of Richard Reid? Better technology should ...

The Transportation Security Administration has relaxed one of its policies for boarding domestic flights. Passengers are no ...

Travelers are no longer required to remove their shoes during TSA security screenings, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi ...

Passengers at airports in Connecticut and the rest of New England are no longer required to remove their shoes during ...

That’s because the Transportation Security Administration recently eliminated its no-shoes policy, meaning the extra step of taking off your shoes will no longer be required at TSA-operated airports.