Archive for April 30th, 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Air Marshals on No-Fly List

Audrey Hudson reports exclusively for the Washington Times that bureaucratic errors have landed some Air Marshals on the no-fly list.
That would be the same no-fly list that has allegedly undergone a rigorous clean up — thanks to new rules according to Homeland Security's acronymed agency known as TERP, or the Terrorist Encounter Review Process. […]

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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

TSA Is Failing Armed Pilots on Psyche Test

My newest installment from Pajamas Media on TSA's secretive and bogus psyche testing policy — and why this should unnerve you: Unarmed Pilots, Unsafe Skies — Thanks to TSA.
Pilots who are licensed firearms instructors have been deemed unfit to carry weapons in the cockpit. Yet the TSA is fast-tracking unqualified screeners to become air […]

No Comments » - Posted in Government Secrecy, U.S. Homeland Security by Annie Jacobsen