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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TSA continues to tell the American people how well they are doing a difficult job, and how safe their full body scanners are. Ned Levi examines their claims of how well they’re performing their mission, and reports that their AIT scanners aren’t as safe as TSA claims.
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Ned Levi welcomes DHS’ announcement it’s dropping TSA’s draconian security screening measures for passengers flying to the US, in favor of real-time, threat-based intelligence based screening, a hallmark of the Israeli security model, but laments TSA domestically still clings to technology to scan for banned items for primary screening, instead of looking for terrorists themselves.
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In his letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, Ned asks for TSA to stop using the “politics of fear,” and instead “make-over” DHS/TSA, its rules, regulations and policies using the “politics of courage.” Ned suggests a number of steps Secretary Napolitano can use to transform DHS/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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Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, just finished a wide ranging discussion of the state of national security ranging from the status of securing maritime cargo and secure flight to foreign repair station rules and TSA unionization. All these subjects have been bandied about for some time, but one subject is reaching a critical point — what to do about Real ID.
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In statements at the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus breakfast, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano outlined an agenda for the coming year. She claims that DHS covers five areas and had seven travel sector issues on which it plans to focus.
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The Department of Homeland Security has proposed new US-Visit exit procedures for foreign nationals which could seriously impact US travelers. Ned Levi examines issues raised by the airlines and General Accounting Office.
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