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...
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 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...
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...
There was really interesting piece recently posted on CBS4.com posing the question, are we safer than we were before 9/11 from terrorists attacks in our airports? The article examines a highly criticized practice relating to airport safety called “security theater.”...