Big aviation security proposals not sure thing
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Airlines and airports remain prime targets for extremists nearly 6 years after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, but the U.S. government has yet to determine whether sweeping security proposals could ever be put into practice.
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To defend against future attacks, airports may soon get new tools to help ID hidden explosives
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Software maker aims to fix one place where leaks could occur, but the proposal itself may not be so bulletproof.
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Federal officials are concerned that terrorists could try to down aircraft by blinding pilots with laser beams during landing approaches.
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Federal transportation officials are considering controversial solutions for overcrowding at airports, including auctioning landing spots to airlines for the first time, to prevent
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The Transportation Security Administration is trying again to reconcile the privacy rights of non-dangerous airline passengers with the security need to identify potentially dangerous ones.
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Two-way filtering is touted as a new security feature, but Preston Gralla discovers it's impossible to practically configure outbound filtering.
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The Federal Government plans to spend an extra $48 million tightening security at regional airports, but the Opposition says that will still leave dangerous gaps terrorists could take advantage of.
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The statement said the security arrangements at TIA were &quot;capable of avoiding any possible unfavourable situation&quot;. It added that the airport had been beefing up security provisions and urged passengers to carry on with their scheduled travel plans.
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With a deadline looming, the government has yet to come up with guidelines for commercial airports that want to replace federal baggage and passenger screeners with privately employed workers.
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A long-delayed upgrade to the airline watch list system faces another three-year wait, a top Homeland Security official says. But this time the government really has it figured out. In 27B Stroke 6.
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Asia-Pacific officials are today considering how to increase security at nuclear facilities in what the top UN nuclear watchdog has called a race to prevent terrorists from getting weapons material.
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As airport security tightens, checkpoint lines grow and tempers fray amid fears of devastating airborne attacks, more and more Britons are calling for the use of profiling to decide which travelers should be singled out as possible threats.
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Concerns arise that the massive bomb-resistant vehicles may not be practical outside Iraq.
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THE Federal Government&#39;s regional aviation security package was inadequate and permanent screening devices for passengers and their luggage were needed to ensure security on regional flights, Opposition Leader Mark Latham said today.
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US-bound air passengers may have to board their planes an hour before takeoff to allow for more rigorous security checks, according to proposals outlined yesterday by a senior US official.
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An airport security company is offering $500,000 to anyone who can figure out how to speed up security lines. Can you build a better screening system?