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Securing Air Cargo; the air cargo bomb lottery

by Jeff Price | Nov 1, 2010 | Air Cargo, Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening

The recent attempt to either bring down aircraft using air cargo, or mail letter bombs via air cargo (we’re still not sure but I’ll go with the Brits on this and agree it was likely an attempt to bring down a plane) has shed light on a little known part of...

TSA vs Privatized Screening

by Jeff Price | Nov 1, 2010 | Aviation Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Introduction to Screening

The issue with privatized screening is very interesting and very misunderstood by the public. Pre 9/11, the screening was given to private companies who were contracted by the airlines at the lowest bidder. The standards were “upheld” by the FAA and those...

Air Cargo Bombs

by Jeff Price | Oct 29, 2010 | Air Cargo, Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats

The jury is still out on the air cargo threat that has been the talk of the news outlets today. We still do not know if this is an aviation specific threat or test of the security system, or a mail bomb with a specific delivery address in mind. It could also be a...

Napolitano speaks in Denver on new threats

by Jeff Price | Oct 29, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs

Napolitano calls on local police to become first preventers The threat lives among us. That was the message from Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano to a Denver audience on October 28th. Napolitano was the featured speaker, in an...

Remove Security from 1st Class? Seriously?!

by Jeff Price | Oct 19, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security

Today the airlines decided to ask TSA to move air marshals from the first class seats so they could make a few more bucks! This is absurd! This is the path to the last 9/11 so apparently some sharp folks at the airlines, you know, the same ones that charge you a fee...
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25 Years After 9/11: What Aviation Security Got Right — and What Comes Next

by Jeff Price | September 8, 2026 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism | 5 Comments

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, aviation security in the United States looks dramatically different....
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