Possible Tsunami after quake in Chile, flight attendant fight leads to canceled flight, new camera alarms to improve watching passengers
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The Consumer Travel Alliance feels that this effort is a step in the right direction for airport and airline security. Unlike the whole-body scanners that have not been fully tested, that admittedly cannot detect many explosives in powder form or when hidden in body cavities, and that subject Americans to the indignity of a virtual strip search, ETD provides an acceptable layer of security. It is focused on explosives, it has been tested extensively over years of use, and the method is non-invasive, protecting personal dignity.
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Student detained by TSA and the FBI for learning Arabic with flash cards; Canadian security says, “Put your hand in your pants”;The annual Running of Congress
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Though, this was the first time I had heard of studies attempting to unlock the secrets of how dogs smell, these studies have been being conducted for decades at our national labs and in private labs. A canine’s nose functionality is still a mystery for sensory scientists. Dogs have been trained to sniff and search for bodies under rubble, explosives, drugs, banned foods and even the presence of cancer.
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I just heard that the chances of being killed by a terrorist in the U.S. are less than the chances of being struck by lightning. Hummm. Probably about the same as the chances of surviving a free-fall from 35,000 feet.
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The Obama Administration announced their fiscal year 2010 budget proposal today. Under the administration’s proposal for DHS appropriations, the TSA’s annual budget would increase by more than a billion dollars from 2009 to 2011, with most of that going toward the purchase of “up to 1,000″ new virtual strip-search (”Whole Body Imaging” or, in the latest euphemistic language of the budget, “Advanced Imaging Technology”) machines.
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Ned Levi discusses packing your carry-ons defensively to to reduce passengers’ problems at security, and the risks of breakage or lost or stolen luggage by anticipating potential carry-on woes.
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Patience is a virtue for both passengers and TSA
A New York Times article states the obvious, passengers should be patient with security procedures and inspectors should be sensitive and patient with passengers. Learn your rights, pack carefully and be upfront.
More changes are expected to come to airports around the world as governments explore new security [...]
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After billions of dollars spent, a new bureaucracy, thousands of additional federal workers and slow-downs to air transportation TSA wants more money to stop the same threats. First we need control of the organization and get our intelligence services speaking with each other.
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Southers withdraws from TSA nomination to head agency, higher airline security fees to probably passes this session, IBM automates profiling of passengers
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