Site Map - Airport Security

05/02/2008 - Air marshals assigned to protect flights have been denied access because their names appeared on the no-fly list, according to The Washington Times .

04/22/2008 - 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.

04/03/2008 - 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.

03/27/2008 - A bill (H.R. 1413) that would establish an airport security pilot program has been approved by the House of Representatives and is now pending in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The program, which would be carried out at five commercial airports. would screen all airport workers with access to sensitive areas within the airport and would then conduct a vulnerability assessment of each airport to determine how well the screening programs worked.

03/26/2008 - 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.

03/17/2008 - The airline industry says fingerprinting foreign visitors leaving the United States is a government function the private sector should not bear.

03/12/2008 - JetBlue's new terminal at JFK International Airport reflects the security concerns of a post-September 11 world.

01/28/2008 - With CNN in tow, a TSA tester smuggled an IED past security at Tampa International Airport.

01/09/2008 - The FAA says hackers may be able to use the plane's broadband Internet access to break into the plane's computer system which controls the plane's vital functions.

01/07/2008 - Three American Airline passenger planes at JFK will test anti-missile systems to deflect shoulder-to-air missiles fired by terrorists.

01/04/2008 - A larger explosive detection budget for U.S. airports will be a boon to a number of well-positioned EDS companies.

01/01/2008 - The Department of Transportation's new ban on lithium batteries will rarely make traveling a hassle for those with cellphones and laptops.

12/21/2007 - The x-raying of carry-on luggage, the taking off of shoes, and the confiscation of small items is of dubious value to airport security, says a new report from Harvard.