{"id":20646,"date":"2013-06-06T09:14:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T13:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=20646"},"modified":"2013-06-06T09:14:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T13:14:21","slug":"tsa-drops-effort-to-allow-knives-on-planes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/tsa-drops-effort-to-allow-knives-on-planes\/","title":{"rendered":"TSA drops effort to allow knives on planes","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19856\" style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 4px;margin-left: 12px;margin-right: 12px\" alt=\"No-Knives-on-Planes_medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/No-Knives-on-Planes_medium.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Facing strong opposition from flight attendants and lawmakers, the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday that it was abandoning a plan to allow passengers to carry small knives on board.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal would have loosened some of the restrictions created after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. John S. Pistole, the agency\u2019s administrator, argued that the plan would allow airport security agents to focus on \u201chigher threat\u201d items. Looking for small pocketknives that pose little threat to an airliner, he said, was time-consuming and potentially distracting to agents looking for explosives that can bring down a plane, for instance.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/06\/06\/business\/tsa-drops-an-effort-to-allow-some-knives-on-planes.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facing strong opposition from flight attendants and lawmakers, the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday that it was abandoning a plan to allow passengers to carry small knives on board. 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