Archive for April, 2008
Monday, April 14th, 2008
22,500 in U.S. Too Dangerous to Fly
Of the 450,000 names on the terrorist watch list, 22,500 of these people — deemed too dangerous to fly — are believed to be in the United States. Audrey Hudson reports for The Washington Times:
Since last year, the Homeland Security Department has received nearly 24,000 requests to be removed from the terrorist watch list […]
No Comments » - Posted in Airport Security & Screening by Annie Jacobsen
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
FAA Grilled by Congress, Told to Clean House
Congress wants the FAA to get rid of unethical managers and clean house "from the top down" after hearings today revealed that top FAA supervisors have lost their moral center.
Safety Inspectors testified that that oversight has been tossed to the wayside. One FAA whistle blower received death threats. Airlines and lobbyists appear to have […]
No Comments » - Posted in Behind the Scenes, U.S. Homeland Security by Annie Jacobsen
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Airline Passenger Arrested with Pipe Bomb Components
UPDATE:10:20 a.m. PST: Inside Kevin Brown's bag, "federal agents found two bottles filled with nitro-methane, a highly explosive liquid," according to Orlando news station WESH-2. And according to an affidavit, Brown told the FBI he wanted to build pipe bombs like he built in Iraq. The FBI has not yet determined if Brown ever served […]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S. Homeland Security, Airport Security & Screening by Annie Jacobsen
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Pistol Packing Pilots Say TSA Program is “Flawed”
There are 85,000-90,000 pilots and crew members eligible to carry a gun in the cockpit of a domestic aircraft as part of the Federal Flight Deck Officers (FFDO) Program run by the TSA. Approximately 10% of these folks currently fly armed. USA Today is running an article on the subject today.
Now, in a loud-and-clear […]