Posts tagged TSA

New Airline Safety Measures To Be...

By ToPhOrN on January 5, 2010
New Airline Safety Measures To Be Announced By Obama

President Barack Obama is announcing new measures Tuesday to beef up airline security after an alleged terrorist attempt to destroy a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner on Christmas Day. Fresh off a Hawaiian vacation dominated by news of the incident, Obama scheduled a meeting Tuesday afternoon with... [+]

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05Jan

The Terrorists' Secret Weapon

By ToPhOrN on December 30, 2009
The Terrorists’ Secret Weapon

Intelligence experts have heard chatter for months about the explosive allegedly used by the underwear bomber. So why has the U.S. cut back on machines that detect it? U.S. security officials had become increasingly worried in the months leading up to the attempted airplane bombing... [+]

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30Dec

Republican senator DeMint holds up...

By ToPhOrN on December 29, 2009
Republican senator DeMint holds up nomination for TSA chief

Wondering where the TSA chief has been since the attempted Christmas bombing? There is no TSA chief: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has a hold on the White House’s nominee for the position, Erroll Southers, citing fears that Southers would allow TSA workers to join a... [+]

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29Dec

Who's running the TSA? No one,...

By ToPhOrN on December 28, 2009
Who’s running the TSA? No one, thanks to Sen. Jim DeMint

An attempt to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day would be all-consuming for the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration — if there were one. The post remains vacant because Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., has held up President Barack... [+]

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28Dec