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  • February 2008

    • Travelers Rage Over Seized Laptops

      Washington Post  |  Feb 7, 08 12:18 PM CST

      Travelers Rage Over Seized Laptops

      (Newser) - US border agents tell travelers there’s no difference between a laptop and a suitcase; both are fair game for searches. People crossing into the US have found their electronics confiscated, and their data copied, the Washington Post reports, all without explanation. “The government is going well beyond its traditional role of looking for contraband,” said one irate lawyer. More »

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      privacy  • homeland security  • airport security  • border control  • electronic surveillance laws

  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • Want to Make Your Flight? Chill Out

      Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 18, 07 1:05 PM CST

      Want to Make Your Flight? Chill Out

      (Newser) - Nervous fliers, beware: Some 600 security guards at 40 US airports are scanning crowds for passengers who exhibit unusual stress or fear. The federal program aims to create “a new layer of unpredictability” at checkpoints, says the TSA administrator, but has civil rights advocates crying foul and security experts unconvinced. Still others say behavior detection is more likely to nab common criminals. More »

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      airport security  • ACLU  • TSA

    • UK Probe Finds 6K Illegals in Security Jobs

      BBC  |  Dec 13, 07 2:07 PM CST

      UK Probe Finds 6K Illegals in Security Jobs

      (Newser) - UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith came under fire today after an investigation revealed that as many as 11,000 illegal immigrants are employed in or have been cleared for security jobs, including one man who guarded the PM's car. Of those workers, 6,653 were found to have no permission to work in the UK, while another 4,447 had yet to prove their immigration status. More »

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      United Kingdom  • airport security  • illegal immigration  • Jacqui Smith  • security guards

  • November 2007

    • Fliers Thankful for Few Delays

      New York Times  |  Nov 22, 07 8:37 AM CST

      Fliers Thankful for Few Delays

      (Newser) - The Thanksgiving travel rush was smoother than expected, reports the New York Times , thanks to good weather, added airline agents, and the federal government giving   commercial airliners access to military airspace for the holiday. Many travelers helped reduce the crush Wednesday, the busiest single travel day of the year, by flying on Tuesday. Twenty-seven million Americans are expected to be airborne during the holiday period. More »

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      air travel  • Denver  • airport security  • Thanksgiving travel

    • Airport Screeners Miss Bombs

      Associated Press  |  Nov 14, 07 8:29 PM CST

      Airport Screeners Miss Bombs

      (Newser) - Airport screeners fared poorly in an undercover test in which government investigators smuggled liquid explosives and detonators past checkpoints, the AP reports. As a troubling bonus, the investigators learned how to make the explosives on the internet and bought the parts for less than $150, showing that would-be terrorists could cheaply and fairly easily wreak havoc in the skies, the AP says. More »

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      Department of Homeland Security  • airport security  • TSA  • airline safety  • airport screener

  • October 2007

    • Tests Confirm: Airport Security Isn't Working

      USA Today  |  Oct 18, 07 11:45 AM CDT

      Tests Confirm: Airport Security Isn't Working

      (Newser) - You might have hoped interminable lines and indignities of shoe removal might have contributed to safer airplanes, but a study by the Transportation Security Administration shows screeners missing fake bombs at an alarming rate. USA Today obtained a copy of the classified report, whose rate of failure stunned officials: at LAX, about 75% of the dummy explosives got through security. More »

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      terrorism  • airport security  • TSA

    • Body-Imaging Scanner Enters Airport Testing

      Associated Press  |  Oct 11, 07 2:45 PM CDT

      Body-Imaging Scanner Enters Airport Testing

      (Newser) - The federal government today begins testing a device that could replace metal detectors and pat-downs at airports around the country, the AP reports. The scanners produce full-body images of passengers, sans clothing. Privacy advocates are feeling sheepish. “These are virtual strip searches,” one said. “If Playboy published them, there would be politicians out there saying they're pornographic.” More »

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      privacy  • homeland security  • airport security

    • Fatal Plane Crashes Fall 65%

      New York Times  |  Oct 1, 07 10:38 AM CDT

      Fatal Plane Crashes Fall 65%

      (Newser) - The fatal domestic plane crash rate has fallen 65% in the last decade. It's not quite the 80% decrease over 10 years the government demanded in 1996 after two crashes killed 375 people, but it's a significant improvement, the Times reports. The decline rests on tighter air traffic control, better equipment, and a focus on accident prevention. More »

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      airplane  • FAA  • airport security  • airline safety  • air disasters

  • September 2007

    • MIT Student Wears Fake Bomb to Airport

      Boston Globe  |  Sep 21, 07 12:48 PM CDT

      MIT Student Wears Fake Bomb to Airport

      (Newser) - An MIT student was arrested today at the Boston airport wearing a device that appeared to be a bomb. Police armed with machine guns took her into custody and determined that the circuit board on her chest was harmless. “Thankfully because she followed our instructions, she ended up in our cell instead of a morgue,” said a police spokesman. More »

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      War on Terror  • Boston  • MIT  • airport security  • Logan Airport

  • August 2007

    • New Focus of Airport Safety: Your Smile

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Aug 17, 07 2:12 PM CDT

      New Focus of Airport Safety: Your Smile

      (Newser) - Put on a brave face the next time you're at the airport; your expression might be under scrutiny. New security programs at more than a dozen airports are using undercover personnel who watch passengers' faces for indications of criminality. When trying to deceive others, a criminal still exhibits flashes of fear or scorn that officers are being trained to detect. More »

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      airport  • security  • homeland security  • airport security  • officer

  • July 2007

    • Ice Packs Helped Prompt TSA Bulletin

      ABC News  |  Jul 27, 07 9:46 AM CDT

      Ice Packs Helped Prompt TSA Bulletin

      (Newser) - This week's TSA bulletin warning of a possible attempt to penetrate security checkpoints with "peculiar items" was caused in part by an incident involving a 66-year-old woman and the ice packs she uses on her bad back. The clay-filled, tape-wrapped packages ignited hazmat suspicions, though their owner says she's been traveling with them for years, ABC News reports. More »

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      terrorism  • travel  • Osama bin Laden  • security  • airport security  • flight  • TSA

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