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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...

Dirty Harry flies without his gun, so far

by Jeff Price | Feb 15, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Policies and Procedures

There are nearly 1 million State and Local Law Enforcement Officers (LEO’s) in the United States, however, under federal regulations most of them are not allowed to carry firearms on board a commercial aircraft. Federal agents are allowed to carry their firearms...

The public is misinformed

by Jeff Price | Feb 15, 2010 | Air Cargo, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening

USAToday recently ran a few letters to the Editor about aviation security. It’s amazing how people cannot do some simple fact-checking. I remember the days when reporters were experts and had “beats.” They knew more about the subject they covered...

TSA officers to be informed; say, there’s a thought

by Jeff Price | Feb 12, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Introduction to Screening, Policies and Procedures

TSA announced today that approximately 10,000 of their workers will began the process of getting Secret clearances so they can receive better intelligence related to the current threats. Click here. While I applaud TSA’s latest action, I’m stunned that it...

Hands down the pants, hands down the pants, looking like a fool with your hands down your pants!

by Jeff Price | Feb 10, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Introduction to Screening

Hands down the pants, hands down the pants, looking like a fool with your hands down your pants! Recently, travelers in Canada have been asked to stick their hands down their pants, or in their pockets, so that screeners can swab their hands (after the fact) to...
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Man dead after accessing a runway at Denver International Airport (DIA) and being struck by plane

by Lisa Haas | May 9, 2026 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs | 0 Comments

Late Friday night, May 9th, a man accessed the airfield at Denver International Airport and was struck and killed by a...
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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/

#TSA #airportsecurity

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