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The Transportation Security Administration plans to train screeners at 40 major airports next year to pick out possible terrorists by engaging travelers in a casual conversation to

additional security measures or explain how airport security was deficient. "If you are concerned about airline security , you should contact your carrier directly to ascertain what

behalf of our client, a private airport security screening company. The issue is whether the company's employees have the right to collectively bargain given that federal screeners

behalf of our client, a private airport security screening company. The issue is whether the company's employees have the right to collectively bargain given that federal screeners

have asked what I think the airport security experience is going to be like next year, with the new rules and new technology. Also, the security agency is forming partnerships with

on helping Indonesia to improve its airport security . The United States Transportation Security Administration has found Bali's main airport at Denpasar does not meet international

report said. Australia concerned over Bali airport security ABC Asia Pacific - Discuss this story Australia has reissued a travel warning for Indonesia after the United States

After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Congress mandated a passenger screening process to keep criminals and imposters from entering the United States. But that program did not

Last night, while training at the dojang, I thought about the reaction of other martial artists to the TSA and their idea of airline "security." After a moment's consideration, I decided that reaction might be, "Works for me." Disarming everyone ELSE give

As covered on our home site, www.asinsider.com, TSA searchers just failed yet another test--at 21 airports. I have stood near security point operators and observed their x-ray machines at work and I decided years ago that no human can find weapons at anyw

The TSA's idea of security is to disarm everyone. If that works, if making everyone on board Disarmed & Defenseless works, then why do most passengers want armed Federal Air Marshals and armed Federal Flight Deck Officers (pilots) on their flights? In

Just last week, the martial arts school I train and teach at (Kreimer's Karate) held a belt-advancement test for black belts. On the testing board were well-known martial artists from our area: one nationally-ranked 9th-degree Grand Master (Ralph Kreimer)

It's official. The TSA has declared that it trusts passengers more than it trusts the pilots, flight attendants, and ground employees that it, the FAA and the airlines themselves have fingerprinted and background checked for years. On June 20, the TSA's R

From The Counterterrorism Blog, by Douglas Farah..."A Waning Interest in Terror Finance and Other Issues. It seems, from my recent converstations with some senior folks in government, that there is a growing sense of dismay--across party lines--at the wan

Don't you love euphemisms? The loudspeakers at the "security" point in Dulles airport continuously blare, "You are about to enter a security screening checkpoint." No, you're not. First, finding hidden weapons in the baggage or on the persons of the 600 m

Finally. The TSA will test Behavior Pattern Recognition. This tactic, pioneered by the Israelis (who know a thing or two about combating terrorists), seeks to identify troublemakers by observing subconscious, unintentional acts. These may be as simple as

House Resolution HR 4452 and a Senate companion bill, soon to be introduced by Senator Hillary Clinton, seek to prevent the TSA from removing small scissors and tools from the airline travel Prohibited Items list. If Congress passes a bill and President B

HonoluluAdvertiser.com posts a story on a man who held a cell phone cord in his hand while staring at an infant whom, he allegedly told a flight attendant, he wanted to kill. The tension lasted for HOURS. When the man lunged toward the cockpit, several pe