U.S. Planes Seen Vulnerable Over Bomb Screening Gaps
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U.S. airlines are vulnerable to the  same kind of mid-air bombings that apparently blew up two  Russian planes because most travelers are not screened for  explosives, industry experts and officials said on Tuesday.
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European officials yesterday joined the chorus of concern over a U.S. screening program that creates risk profiles for every air traveler entering or leaving the United States, and sought assurances that the system does not violate European privacy rights.
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The Transportation Security Administration will compare the information against the names in its terrorist -screening database. By Larry Greenemeier.
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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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Amtrak passengers will be subjected to random screening of their carry-on bags as part of a new security initiative that will include armed officers and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains, an Amtrak spokeswoman said Monday.
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Bush administration efforts to screen U.S.-bound cargo for radioactive weapons are unlikely to stop a determined militant group from smuggling nuclear material onto American soil, experts said on Thursday.
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The Transportation Security Administration will test a system that will compare names of passengers on domestic airlines to those on terrorist watch lists.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates was cautious in his assessment of progress in the war as he prepared to meet Saturday with top U.S. military and civilian officials and the country's prime minister.
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Failure of the plot to blow up U.S.-bound planes saved the weakening economy from a major jolt. Now economists are keeping close tabs on consumers and businesses for lingering fears.
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Although some suspect missing WWII bomb may be the cause, Air Force officials say the warhead does not carry the plutonium needed for a nuclear blast but that it does carry 400 pounds of explosives.
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PHOENIX -- 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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The failure to detect uranium shipped by a news organization through two U.S. ports revealed serious deficiencies in the federal government's system for screening cargo, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general reported Thursday.
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The pilotless planes use devices designed to pick up traces of nuclear activity that are not accessible by satellites, officials say.
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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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Even with all the security gains since the Sept. 11 attacks, most airline passengers in the United States aren't screened for explosives before boarding a plane.
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Federal regulators' narrow approach to solving one of the United States' biggest post-Sept. 11 fears -- a terrorist flying a plane into a nuclear power plant -- is under attack for adding to public safety concerns.
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WASHINGTON - A gap in the airline passenger-check system permitted the former Cat Stevens to board a London- to-Washington flight even though he was on a federal no-fly list for suspected ties to terrorists, a Bush administration official said yesterday.