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Suicide by Small Plane

by Jeff Price | Feb 19, 2010 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, General Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, General Aviation Airport Security

We’re heard the term before – suicide-by-cop. This is where someone threatens the police with a gun to get the police to kill the individual. On February 18, we witnessed suicide-by-small-plane. We did not witness a terrorist attack. We barely witnessed an...

Plane crashes into office building

by Jeff Price | Feb 18, 2010 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs

The word is just coming out now about an airplane that crashed into an office building in Austin, TX. Already the reporting is all over the place about the intentions of the pilot, how the plane was flying (“full throttle” by one account, but how does...

Jihadists continue to look for aviation security weaknesses

by Jeff Price | Feb 18, 2010 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs

According to a CBS news report Jihadists continue to attempt to exploit gaps in aviation security. One website invites members to post methods of circumventing aviation security and how to bypass screening, while others ask about the capabilities of screening...

Fixing the System

by Jeff Price | Dec 29, 2009 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats

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...

The Father, Son and Holy Ghost Hijacker

by Jeff Price | Sep 15, 2009 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism

Whenever there is a security incident, it compels us to evaluate our existing tactics and strategies. Recently, the hijacking in Mexico, which turned out to be one man bluffing about a bomb and claiming that he and the Holy Trinity were hijacking the plane to warn of...

Mexico Hijacking — Could it happen here?

by Jeff Price | Sep 9, 2009 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism

The recent hijacking in Mexico let’s us know that it is still possible to hijack an aircraft. In fact, there have been a few attempted hijackings each year since 9/11, but we rarely hear about them. Plus, no attempts in the U.S. since 9/11 that were valid. But,...
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Beyond the Checkpoint: Shifting the Risk in TSA’s New Gold+ Initiative

by Jeff Price | June 1, 2026 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, The Role of Government | 0 Comments

The Transportation Security Administration is moving forward with its new "TSA Gold+" program, an operational shift...
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A year later, the bill proposing to abolish the TSA is sitting in committee taking a very long nap. This is the way Congress quietly disposes of ideas it doesn’t want to touch (S.1180 – Abolish TSA Act of 2025 has been in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation since March 27). The bill raises an important question: if the TSA were dismantled, what would replace it? The blog article below, written last year, still offers some useful perspective as you consider your own position on the issue.

https://leadingedgestrategies.com/the-unseen-shield-what-we-lose-if-we-dismantle-the-tsa/

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