Securing Freight
Dec 1, 2006
The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Energy (DOE) have announced the first phase of the Secure Freight Initiative, an effort to build upon existing...
Congressional Democrats lining up security issues
Nov 30, 2006
Better communication systems, improved rail security and more rigorous oversight are high on the list of Homeland security issues Democrats plan to examine when they assume control of Congress in January.
"You'll see a committee that is not afraid to take on tough issues," Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told The Associated Press in an interview....
Cargo screening tests to begin in Seattle
Nov 16, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security will begin testing air cargo screening technologies this fall at the Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport as part of its previously announced $30 million Air Cargo Explosives Detection Pilot Program (ACEDPP). The purpose of the Sea-Tac testing is to better understand the technological and operational issues associated with detecting hidden persons or explosives that could be in air cargo....
Washington rail corridor to include high-tech surveillance
Nov 16, 2006
Scores of surveillance cameras and sensors will be installed along a key eight-mile rail corridor in Washington D.C., to help protect passenger trains and rail cars carrying hazardous materials.
The National Capital Planning Commission signed off on the $10 million pilot project this month, allowing the Department of Homeland Security to begin installation.
If the project works out, says William Flynn, the DHS director of risk management, it might be replicated in other parts of the country....
Maryland transit deploys intelligent video
Nov 2, 2006
TWIC program may run into further delays
Nov 2, 2006
DHS proposes use of vicinity RFID for security at ports of entry
Oct 19, 2006
On the heels of President Bush's signing of the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act, authorizing $3.4 billion over five years for security measures, the Department of Homeland Security is proposing the use of vicinity RFID technology for further security at U.S. ports.
The vicinity RFID technology, to be compatible with the U.S. Department of State's new PASSport card, would allow a travel document to be read from several feet as a vehicle approaches inspection....
TSA may use 3-D X-ray technology for carry-on bags
Oct 19, 2006
The Transportation Security Administration may screen carry-on bags with new three-dimensional X-ray machines that are better at spotting liquid explosives, guns and other weapons...
DHS directs funding to radiation detection
Oct 5, 2006
Congress passes port security legislation
Oct 5, 2006
Transportation systems receive large grants
Oct 5, 2006
TWIC ID cards will be ready; readers will not
Sep 21, 2006
Special Report: Airline Terror Plot Foiled
Sep 7, 2006
Click here for our breaking news coverage of the terrorist plot against U.S. airlines....
Tight security produces seven flight security incidents in one day
Aug 29, 2006
Amid new anxiety about air travel and tough new regulations covering what passengers may bring on planes, seven U.S. flights were involved in security incidents on Friday of last week. In one case, a stick of dynamite was found to have been aboard a flight.
The rash of events, safety consultants and others say, reflect heightened emotions and appropriately tightened security in the wake of an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners thwarted this month by British authorities....
Agents fake their way through border checkpoints
Aug 24, 2006
Random bag searches outside subways upheld
Aug 24, 2006
A federal appeals court has ruled that random police searches of passengers' bags and backpacks outside New York subway entrances are legal....
New TSA unit focuses on suspicious behavior
Aug 24, 2006
The Transportation Security Administration is experimenting with a new squad whose members do not look for bombs, guns or knives. Instead, the assignment is to find anyone acting suspicious....
Debate in U.S., Britain over airline passenger profiling
Aug 24, 2006
Homeland security officials in both the U.S. and in Britain are calling for expanded government monitoring and airline passenger profiling. House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King, (R-N.Y.), even suggests pulling those of Middle Eastern descent out of airport lines for additional questioning....
'Clean bombs' may be the new focus of explosives detection
Aug 24, 2006
Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee, says the type of bombs that the alleged London terror group intended to use to crash planes into the Atlantic probably would have slipped through airport detection devices armed even with the latest technology....
Passenger Adjustment Period
Aug 10, 2006
U.S. airline travelers adjust to new rules after alleged terrorist plot foiled....
Front-Line Targets
By Paul Rothman
On an otherwise quiet Tuesday evening in July, the Indian financial capital of Mumbai is rocked by seven explosions on crowded commuter trains and in train stations. At least 464 people are injured — 174 are killed....
What's Wrong With Transportation Security?
By Michael Fickes
R. William Johnstone takes a different view of what went wrong with aviation security on 9/11. Instead of blaming intelligence failures that did not “connect the dots” in the months before the attack, Johnstone fingers failures of the security system in place that day. “That's my opinion,” he says. “It isn't necessarily a majority opinion.”...
Man finds port security hitch
Jul 27, 2006
