U.S. Tests Plan for Speeding Airport Security Checks
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An estimated 10,000 people have  enrolled in a government-run test program for speeding  passengers through U.S. airport security checkpoints, Homeland  Security Secretary Tom Ridge said on Friday.
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A program being launched at 10 U.S. airports this year will expand existing identification checks for visitors, including requiring 10 digital fingerprints, but still operate under strict privacy rules, a senior U.S. official said Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- It began as one of the Bush administration's most ambitious security efforts, a passenger screening program designed to use commercial records, terrorist watch-lists, and computer software to assess millions of travelers and target those who might pose a threat.
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Travelers setting off for the Fourth of July holiday can expect tighter security at U.S. airports in response to an attack Saturday on the Glasgow airport in Scotland.
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Heathrow Airport introduced a new security system for some of its passengers Friday, requiring them to undergo iris scans and be fingerprinted before boarding their flights.
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Undercover investigators were able  to slip explosives and weapons past security screeners during  tests at 15 U.S. airports, USA Today reported on Thursday,  citing an investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland  Security.
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The incoming Senate Judiciary chairman pledged greater scrutiny Friday of computerized government anti-terrorism screening after learning that millions of Americans who travel internationally have been assigned risk assessments over the last four years without their knowledge.
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The US is rushing to address security risks posed by airline hand luggage in the wake of the London arrests.
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Packages taken to airline ticket counters for shipment on passenger planes will have to go through the same security screening as checked baggage, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced Thursday.
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TSA will collect domestic passenger records for June 2004; data will be used to test program aiming to hunt for terrorists. -The Washington Post
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A program that offers a special security checkpoint for frequent travelers hasnât rolled out at nearly the pace originally predicted.
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Undercover investigators were able  to slip explosives and weapons past security screeners during  tests at 15 U.S. airports, according to a 2003 investigation by  the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Sky Harbor International Airport here will test a new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies to detect concealed explosives and other weapons.
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All passengers at U.S. airports will  have to take off their coats during security screening and more  travelers will be subject to pat-down searches as part of new  procedures to check for explosives, security officials said on  Thursday.
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The Department of Homeland Security is looking for some live data to feed its new Secure Flight watch-list system, so it will order airlines to fork over a months' worth of passenger itineraries. By Ryan Singel.
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The Transportation Security Administration said yesterday that it expanded a program to conduct security checks that could affect more than 100,000 foreign students seeking flight training in the United States and U.S. certified pilots who are noncitizens.
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Technology at airports to check  luggage for bombs is now being used by the government in tests  for screening cargo loaded aboard passenger planes, officials  said on Tuesday.