Mr. Padilla, 39, is a security screener at Kennedy International Airport.

I probably could have handed my Glock to the brain-dead security screener and picked it up on the other side of the metal detector.

The police said they had been tipped off by a security screener and a security supervisor who reported having smelled alcohol on the co-pilot's breath.

That pilot, from Atlantic Southeast Airlines, was also flagged by a security screener.

It looked like everything was going fine until the security screener picked it up.

A security screener asked Cloyd to throw away his coffee cup, but Cloyd refused.

A security screener went over the controller with a hand wand and waived her through, failing to find the gun.

One woman at Bradley was caught trying to get a hamster on board her plane, but a security screener saw the flap on her coat pocket move.

A security screener opened my bag and removed the knives.

A new shipping service may solve a vexing problem air travelers have faced since Sept. 11: what to do when a security screener confiscates a personal item.