May 02, 2008 -Air marshals assigned to protect flights have been denied access because their names appeared on the no-fly list, according to The Washington Times .
Apr 22, 2008 -The Department of Homeland Security has issued a proposed rule requiring that airlines and cruise lines collect fingerprints from foreigners before they depart the United States.
Apr 03, 2008 -The TSA says the work of its behavior detection officers led to the arrest of a man carrying bomb-making materials in his suitcase on Tuesday.
Mar 28, 2008 -London Heathrow Airport scraps a plan to fingerprint all departures at a new domestic terminal after a government watchdog voices opposition.
Mar 26, 2008 -The agency says that the number of flights covered by federal air marshals is in the thousands and that the marshals are deployed on particular flights based on intelligence and risk.
Mar 20, 2008 -A civil liberties group has taken the Israeli government to court, challenging the common practice of ethnic profiling in airline security.
Mar 17, 2008 -The airline industry says fingerprinting foreign visitors leaving the United States is a government function the private sector should not bear.