Terror probe: Why is threat level still yellow? | csmonitor.com The investigation into a potential Al Qaeda plot in the US has triggered a raft of warnings from federal authorities about suspicious activity around stadiums, hotels, and train stations, among other places. But it hasn’t moved the color-coded terror alert system. The Department of Homeland […]
IG: TSA employees are well-informed on privacy issues – Nextgov The Transportation Security Administration has made progress educating employees on protecting private data stored on computers, but could further strengthen security by deploying technology that automatically monitors systems for breaches, according to a new report from the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general.
By Stewart Baker
According to Stratfor the terrorist who attacked Prince Mohammed bin Nayef was able to get through security searches because he hid the IED in what the organization delicately describes as his “anal cavity.” Of course it’s hard to do much damage with the amount of explosives you can get in there, so the attack only lightly wounded the prince.
TSA and its critics: fish, barrel, and foot – Skating on Stilts TSA has taken another couple of steps to improve air security. For starters, airline ID checkers are actually checking IDs — with black lights and magnifying glasses. And now they’re getting ready to scan boarding passes in order to make it harder to […]
Brad Elrod, the manager of global supply chains for Pfizer, one of the world’s leading drug producers, says that any company shipping valuable cargo — especially cargo that requires climate controls — should participate in TSA’s Certified Cargo Screening Program. It’s the only sure way to control the integrity of your product, he said.
On the Road – Airport Security Still Needs More Work – NYTimes.com Thanks mostly to the efforts of the agency’s former administrator, Edmund S. Hawley, who left the job in January, security lines at airports are flowing more smoothly, tempers flaring less often. After about eight months without a permanent head, the agency is expected […]
National Journal Online — Transportation Experts — How Can We Improve Transportation Security? Last week the country marked the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, when terrorists hijacked commercial airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and, in the only thwarted attempt, a field in western Pennsylvania. The attacks […]
American To Begin Collecting Secure Flight Data American Airlines tomorrow will begin collecting Secure Flight data from passengers at the point of sale, making it the first major domestic airline to announce that it is collecting new passenger data to meet requirements of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s new passenger prescreening program.
9/11 is the motivation for the people on the front lines in our nation’s airports and to this day the agency’s mission is to prevent such an attack from ever happening again. The focus of the agency is to protect the transportation network and prevent another act of terror. It is also about the resiliency of the transportation network so that if something happens in air, transit, or rail, that the system is not crippled.
Air Transport Association Says TSA Certified Cargo Screening Program Key to Meeting… | Reuters The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, in a letter to air cargo shippers regarding the congressionally mandated August 2010 deadline for 100 percent screening of all cargo on passenger planes, outlined […]
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