TSA
Checkpoint badge wearers
The TSA is the Transportation Security Administration, a U.S. federal agency created after the September 11, 2001 attacks to oversee airport security.
TSA agents staff checkpoints where travelers pass through metal detectors, have bags X-rayed, and sometimes undergo pat-downs or additional screening.
The agency has become synonymous with the hassles of modern air travel: I got held up at the TSA checkpoint, TSA confiscated my water bottle. (Lowercase tsa is not a standard term.)
Aviation passenger facility
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- boardingEntering a vehicle
- departureAct of going away
- arrivalAct of reaching destination
terminal · gate · carry-on · layover · delay · domestic · international · passenger
Evaluative selection process
Guarding against harm
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- riskPossibility of harm
- precautionPreventive safety measure
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
enforcement · compliance · regulations · authority · badge · uniform · confiscation · contraband
Divided governmental authority
- counterterrorismCombating organized political violence
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
administrator · workforce · badge · authority · jurisdiction · mandate · policy · bureaucracy
Government-issued travel credential
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
- verificationProving something accurate
- expirationEnd of validity
airport
Aviation passenger facility
arrival · terminal · gate · carry-on · layover · delay · domestic · international · passenger · traveler
screening
Evaluative selection process
protection
Guarding against harm
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- riskPossibility of harm
- precautionPreventive safety measure
safeguard · enforcement · compliance · regulations · authority · badge · uniform · confiscation · contraband · alert
federal
Divided governmental authority
- counterterrorismCombating organized political violence
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- complianceAdhering to requirements
enforcement · administrator · workforce · badge · authority · jurisdiction · mandate · policy · bureaucracy · administration
passport
Government-issued travel credential
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
- verificationProving something accurate
- Government Programswelfare program, Great Society, healthcare reform, Medicare, Medicaid
- national securityCIA, FBI, NSA, Pentagon, DHS
- agenciesOgilvy, FDA, travel agency, employment agency, news agency
- airportterminal, gate, gates, runway, baggage claim
- airportsairports, airport, terminals, terminal building, runway
- airport securitysecurity, security checkpoint, screening, security screening, metal detector
TSAterrorists
Those using violence politically
hijackers · security threats · smugglers · attackers · infiltrators
- TSA checkpointsFederal travel screening stations
- TSA agentAirport security checkpoint worker
- TSA lockLuggage lock with master key
- TSA PreCheckPre-approved airport screening bypass
- TSA screeningFederal travel inspection process
- TSA securityFederal travel screening agency