The 9/11 Tenth Anniversary report is out discussing and rating the status of the progress made in implementing the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations. Ned Levi has reviewed the report in depth, and reports on it and whether or not progress has been made on issues affecting travelers.
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This weekend we take a closer look at the planned Russian space hotel and their new shuttle that will replace the one we are abandoning, a proposal for a new DHS citizen database and Newark Airport delays.
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I’ve had enough. Someone has to put some controls on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). We are facing a runaway bureaucratic train. More and more money has been poured into this bureaucracy and it is not being spent wisely.
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There is more to our security than only operations at airports. It is going on every day in thousands of police stations, on the beat and during patrols through city streets. This video is a first look at the security industrial complex that has grown in the name of protecting us.
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At first, I wasn’t much of a fan of the whole-body scanners. I thought that we Americans should be allowed more dignity than to be stripped naked when we planned to board a plane. The whole-body scanners to me were an expensive strip-search solution that created as many problems as it solved. But over time, I have realized that there are many pluses to these contraptions.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is having some problems with its air marshal program. It seems that office politics has resulted in allegations of illegal discrimination, retaliation and mismanagement within the agency and airlines are pushing back against having to always provide first-class seats to marshals.
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Surprise! Despite assurances of the the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) whole body scanners (euphemistically referred to as “advanced imaging devices by these organizations) evidently can store images of scanned passengers.
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Trapped skier burns money to get saved, rail projects need more than trains — new stations too, DHS loses hundreds of firearms through carelessness
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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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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is having its share of problems. Their intricate systems failed to uncover the Christmas panty bomber. Passengers are rebelling against being virtually stripped naked in order to get through security. GAO note they have not even tested these new strip-search machines to see if they can identify PETN (the explosive used in the Christmas bomb). And now the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Management, Investigations and Oversight finds uncontrolled spending.
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