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Congressman Admonishes DHS for Neglecting Public Concerns Over Screening Technology

02/03/2010 - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must pay closer attention to whether passengers are comfortable with future screening technologies before they are deployed to airports, a lawmaker said today.
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9-11 Commission Co-Chairs: Mass of Data, Analysis Failures Main Culprits of Christmas Day Attack

01/20/2010 - The botched terrorist attack on Christmas Day was a failure of intelligence analysis and not information sharing, the two former chairs of the 9-11 Commission testified today.
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U.S. Airline Industry Fears Security Fee Hikes

01/20/2010 - In reaction to the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack, U.S. airlines can expect the Obama administration and Congress to push for a hike in security fees to pay for the security upgrades, reports Bloomberg.
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Senator Warns of Boarding Pass Sleight of Hand

01/19/2010 - A confluence of loopholes involving online ticketing and security screening has Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) worried that terrorists could exploit these long-known-about weaknesses to strike commercial aircraft even if their names appeared on the federal no-fly list.
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U.K.: Twitter Joke Lands Man in Jail

01/19/2010 - In a world where civilian aviation is perpetually under threat of terrorist attack, it may be smart to avoid making jokes on social networking Web sites that someone else may confuse as a threat.
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Another Montana Airport Looks into Private Security Companies After Breach

01/14/2010 - The inability of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners to identify a gun inside a carry-on bag may have tested the patience of a Southwest Montana airport security chief for the final time.
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Polls Show Americans Support Harsher Aviation Security Measures

01/13/2010 - Two USA Today/Gallup polls inside of three days show the American public favors the use of fully body scanners as well as profiling passengers that fit the demographics of known terrorists.
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Airport Security Upgrades Too Expensive for Most African Nations

01/11/2010 - The ability of African airports to adequately screen passengers has come under scrutiny after failed Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab began his journey to the United States by boarding a plane in Lagos, Nigeria, reports The Boston Globe.
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Is Whole Body Imaging the Answer to Passenger Screening?

01/06/2010 - A rising chorus of government officials and security experts say yes, but one aviation security analyst argues the technology is only as good as the human manning it.
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Pilot Angered He Was Not Notified of Attempted Attack While in Air

01/05/2010 - A U.S. pilot who learned of the failed attempt to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas while airborne is angered at federal authorities for not notifying him of the attempted attack.
Daily Headline : Airport Security

Enforcement Woes on First Day of New Screening Rules

01/05/2010 - Some international airports with flights bound for the United States admitted yesterday that they had not implemented new passenger screening rules announced on Sunday, reports The Associated Press.
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Anatomy of a Security Breakdown

12/30/2009 - Multiple security failures allowed a 23-year-old jihadist to board Northwest Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas.
Beyond Print: Airport Security

Passenger Screening

12/23/2009 - The Transportation Security Administration is still unsure whether passenger screening systems at airports are effectively addressing the greatest aviation threats, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office.
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