Ned Levi examines TSA security in light of last week’s suicide bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport in its arrivals hall, and suggests how TSA might best react to the bombing.
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Ned Levi examines air travel safety and security this week, and looks at the question who is making air travel safer, TSA, or airplane passengers themselves. Among the questions asked are TSA’s regulations and methods making us safer or are they really “security theater.”
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Ned Levi follows up his recent article, “What’s the real lowdown on the full body scanners?” with new revelations about TSA’s scanner specifications, safety information, and whether all passengers can actually opt out of using the scanner.
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Since 9/11, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has had a program of random inspection of electronic media at the border. Without reasonable suspicion or probable cause, CBP has confiscated laptops and other electronic devices for weeks or even years. Ned Levi brings you up to date on the latest news about this serious problem for international travelers.
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General Robert Harding, former nominee to head TSA has suggested TSA increase their utilization of the Israeli security model in the US. Partly in light of General Harding’s testimony before the US Senate, Ned Levi explains and examines the Israeli security model and its potential usefulness for TSA.
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Ned has reviewed the new TSA rules, put into effect after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to set off an explosive device on Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Ned has concluded the rules do little to improve aviation safety, while causing passengers at best serious inconvenience, and for many real hardship.
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about the discussions and tests which were then ongoing in the UK, which many hoped would lead to the complete elimination of the liquid restrictions in airline carry-on luggage there. That day may come sooner than you think.
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