Security has a real cost
Finally, nine years after 9/11 and people are starting to understand the real economic impact of security. Today, CBS news reported that a 2008 survey showed that 41 million trips were avoided due to security hassles resulting in a cost of $28 billion to the U.S....Playing with Fire
Absurd: wildly unreasonable, illogical or inappropriate. Pick one of these descriptors and they all apply to the recent news about Erroll Southers, President Obama’s appointee to head TSA. So now some information has come out about Erroll Southers and that he...Fixing the System
As more and more news reports begin to come out about this incident, along with the inevitable “what needs fixing,” stories, let’s take a look at what really needs fixing. The No-Fly and TIDE List TIDE is the Terrorist Identities Datamart...Attempted Bombing
The attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 brings aviation security back to center stage. The attempt of course brings many questions back to the forefront about aviation security, questions I have addressed in this blog previously. So, let’s use an...
