Part 4 of Laura’s treatise on dealing with disasters. In this segment she focuses on manmade disasters with tips on surviving strikes, civil wars, terrorism, political unrest and nuclear disasters.
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I do not like nor do I enjoy the current TSA screening procedures. But I think they are the best available option that the TSA has at present to protect the flying public.
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Ned Levi examines TSA’s new random hand swabbing program to detect explosive residue on airplane passengers and finds that it’s unlikely to work, despite claims of security experts, mostly because they’ve focused on the equipment, and not the overall security program of which they are a part.
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American Airline and military officials reported that two Royal Air Force fighter jets were dispatched for a flight bound for Heathrow International Airport Tuesday. This action was provoked by a female passenger who was trying break into the cockpit.
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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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Continental US North American Aerospace Defense Command Region (NORAD) is going overboard on escorting diverted airliners to airports. What in the world can they possibly add to the security equation except the chance for a horribly catastrophic error?
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I listened attentively to President Obama’s presentation and the discussions with Janet Napolitano, Director of Homeland Security, yesterday and sadly, I heard no different rhetoric. This speech by President Obama could have been delivered by President Bush, however, Bush would have thrown the word “terrorism” into the mix.
Americans have heard the same speeches coupled with the same knee-jerk band-aid responses that won’t make anyone safer, but will complicate travel.
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It seems that the Department of Homeland Security and the Obama administration has abandoned the silly and counterproductive non-profiling mantra that has been hindering airline security since 9/11. The government is instituting heightened screening for a group of 14 nations, almost all Muslim countries.
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Are full body scanners the answer when it come to averting potential terrorist attacks when going through airport security?
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Diane Gandara cancels her vacation to New Delhi after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. But her insurance company won’t honor her claim because she wasn’t visiting Mumbai. Is the $7,300 she spent on her trip lost?
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