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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...

Post 9/11 and Security Theater

by Jeff Price | Oct 6, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security

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.”...

Removing Security Screening from Airports?

by Jeff Price | Sep 21, 2010 | Aviation Security, General Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Introduction to Screening

There have been several reports in the news lately of airports across the country having their security screening equipment removed by the TSA.  This is actually pretty common as long as TSA is the owner of the equipment. Prior to 9/11 various entities were...

Airport Gates Left Open Not Uncommon

by Jeff Price | Sep 8, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security

The Associated Press recently reported on a story about 3 LAX terminals that were briefly shut down after an airport contract worker left an exit from a secure area unattended. The case of the open gate is unfortunately, but not all that uncommon. What’s...
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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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