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National Defense
September 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Terrorist Loophole: Explosives Under Clothing at Airport Checkpoints "One of the hard lessons we've learned is that there is no single technology that is going to detect everything," Clark Kent Ervin, former DHS inspector general and now director of the Aspen Institute's homeland security program, said in an interview.   |
National Defense
October 2007
Grace Jean |
Airports Test Alternative Technologies for Checkpoints An influx of screening systems marks a coming of age in the security industry. |
National Defense
March 2007
Grace Jean |
U.S. Airports Still Lack Technologies to Detect Liquid Explosives Despite known terrorist threats, it could be years before airports in the United States are equipped with scanners to detect liquid explosives hidden on passengers and inside carry-on luggage. |
National Defense
April 2006
Grace Jean |
Aviation Security Remains Under Scrutiny Aviation security measures adopted since 9/11 have not significantly made passengers safer or have been cost effective, experts contend. They also noted that many weaknesses in the previous system remain, despite billions of dollars being spent to enhance air safety. |
National Defense
April 2006
Grace Jean |
Explosives at Forefront of Airport Security Measures The Transportation Security Agency's recent modification of prohibited items in carry-on luggage marks a shift from its post-9/11 focus. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2011
Ritchie S. King |
How 5 Security Technologies Fared After 9/11 Developed, deployed, and sometimes deep sixed |
National Defense
August 2010
Stew Magnuson |
No Revival for Airport Puffer Machines Used to Detect Explosives The Transportation Security Administration has no plans to continue research into puffer machines that were designed to detect trace amounts of explosives on passengers. |
National Defense
July 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Beleaguered TSA May Wind Up Loser In Budget Battles As the Department of Homeland Security agency that comes into contact with the general public most often, the Transportation Security Administration has become one of the government's primary punching bags. |
PC Magazine
January 31, 2007
Angela Chang |
Prepared for Takeoff A new airport checkpoint boosts security and reduces wait times. |
Reason
March 2005
Poole & Harper |
Transportation Security Aggravation Debating the balance between privacy and safety in a post-9/11 aviation industry. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2011
Rich Smith |
Investing Post-Osama Congress lets its guard down, lowering investors' hopes in the process. |
National Defense
April 2010
Austin Wright |
TSA Takes to the Blogosphere to Set the Record Straight At the airport, the Transportation Security Administration goes after potential terrorists. In cyberspace, it targets bloggers who may be spreading misinformation. |
Reason
April 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
State of Insecurity Interview with Bruce Schneier, the go-to guy for fresh ideas about all kinds of digital and physical security issues. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2009 |
L-3 supplies TSA with millimeter wave imaging portals for airport security Officials of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration sought airport security systems that use active millimeter wave technology to identify concealed threats, including metallic items. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2005 |
Homeland Security Briefs Ahura Corp. develops first militarized chemical identification system for first responders... TSA certifies Lockheed Martin's explosives detection-system upgrade kit... TSA orders 32 Explosives Detection System machines from L-3 Communications... |
Fast Company
October 19, 2011
Emma Haak |
The TSA Spent $56.8 Billion To Keep Us Safe. Did It Work? The Transportation Security Administration has spent $56.8 billion on air travel since 9/11. Here, a look at who's getting a cut, and whether it's really paying off. |
Salon.com
October 30, 2001
P. Smith |
Search for bombs, not nail clippers A commercial pilot says that security checks are laughably misdirected... |
BusinessWeek
December 15, 2003
Gene G. Marcial |
Analogic: Screening Even The Checked Luggage Analogic, which makes explosives detectors, got battered when Dalton Chandler at Needham downgraded the stock in mid-October -- from a strong buy to a buy. But some big investors haven't cooled off. |
National Defense
November 2005
Grace Jean |
First New U.S. Airport Built Since 9/11 Gets Off the Ground The new facility will replace Florida's Panama City-Bay County International Airport and is being designed to incorporate advanced security features and technologies seamlessly into the infrastructure. |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004
Paul Magnusson |
The Hard Lesson Of Madrid There are too many holes in the safety net. Here's what the U.S. still needs to do |
Reason
June 2002
Christopher Bogoyevac |
X-Ray Specs There's some funny fodder in the latest in airport security: a prototype next-generation scanning system that works by looking through a person's clothes... |
Reason
February 2004
James Bovard |
"Dominate. Intimidate. Control." The sorry record of the Transportation Security Administration |
National Defense
March 2007
Grace Jean |
Focus on Checked Baggage Screening Has Detracted From Aviation Security Aviation security analysts say an explosives screening measure has diverted funds, attention, and resources from passenger and carry-on baggage screening checkpoints to the detriment of national security. |
National Defense
September 2011
Eric Beidel |
Homeland Security Market 'Vibrant' Despite Budget Concerns The abundance of small, medium and large firms vying for DHS contracts is creating healthy competition. |
Wired
September 2003
Beth Pinsker |
Confessions of a Baggage Screener I used the CTX 5500 to keep bombs off your plane. I also go elbows deep in your underwear. |
IDB America
August 2002
Paul Constance |
Laying the groundwork for safer air travel IDB grants help to strengthen security in Latin America's airports |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2010
John Hughes |
TSA Pat-Downs: Close Encounters of the Security Kind TSA chief, John Pistole, is grappling with a public insurrection over body scanners and frisking. |
Reason
January 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Bad Touch TSA screeners are overburdened with ineffective rules and regulations and miss real threats. |
Reason
June 2007
Jacob Sullum |
'No Fly' No Go In 2010, nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks brought home the importance of keeping suspicious characters off airplanes, the TSA hopes to launch a new system for distinguishing between harmless passengers and terrorists. If all goes well. |
Reason
July 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Ring Barers The Transportation Security Administration warns that incidents of female terrorists hiding explosives in sensitive areas are on the rise all over the world. |
National Defense
August 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Airport Screening Technology Market to Shrink, Analyst Says The Transportation Security Administration has been on a buying binge since 9/11, but the good days for airport screening technology vendors may be winding down, a Frost & Sullivan report said. |
National Defense
March 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Congress, DHS Turn Their Attention to Guarding Ground Transportation In the wake of 9/11, upgrading aviation security received justifiable attention. Last year, maritime security was addressed in the SAFE Port Act. Now, there is consensus in Congress that 2007 will be surface transportation's turn. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2005 |
Briefs U.S. Customs and Border Protection improves business operations with SAP... ImageWare Systems receives order for New Jersey State Police booking system expansion... etc. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2006
Dan Bloom |
OSI Systems' Rays of Hope Things may improve over the next two years for the technology conglomerate's Rapiscan division. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
December 17, 2009 |
TSA Web Snafu Prompts House Inquiry In the wake of the discovery that a sensitive TSA document has been publicly available online since early this year, lawmakers are calling for answers. |
National Defense
September 2010
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Lab Tries to Stay One Step Ahead of Bomb Makers Patrick O'Conner gets paid to make bombs for the Transportation Security Laboratory. |
PC Magazine
May 1, 2009
M. David Stone |
Are Your Scans Taking Too Long? Autofocusing is generally a desirable feature for scanners, because it ensures the scanned image will be in focus. |
Reason
March 2002
James Morrow |
French Miss Going Continental won't make air travelers safe... |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Kate Murphy |
Zipping Through Airport Security The Registered Traveler Program can get you to the front of the line, but for travelers, it boils down to what they value more -- convenience or confidentiality. |
National Defense
September 2013
Sarah Sicard |
Lawmakers Set Sights On TSA's Technology Acquisition Woes The Transportation Security Administration has come under scrutiny for long-standing problems associated with acquiring new technologies. |
National Defense
October 2014
Stew Magnuson |
TSA System May Make Boarding Passes Obsolete The Transportation Security Administration awarded MorphoTrust USA a contract to provide passport and driver's license scanners in airports, a step which will one day lead to the elimination of boarding passes. |
Salon.com
January 15, 2002
P. Smith |
The inherent danger of flying Shoe bombs and suicidal 15-year-olds are heightening fears about airline security. But aside from creating more chaos at airports, what can we do? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2004 |
Briefs T.F. Green Airport testing explosive trace- detection technology for pilot program... DHS UAVs operating in Arizona support border security... DHS launches Office of Inter-operability and Compatibility... etc. |
National Defense
September 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
New Technologies Target Terrorist, Suicide Bombs By studying structural failures in lab blasts and real-world attacks, researchers are honing in on new shock-absorbing materials, casualty-minimizing layouts and new methods of securing the interaction between the soil and building foundations. |
Salon.com
November 27, 2001
Peter J. Ognibene |
Memo to airports: Hire Big Brother Rigorous preflight screening of air travelers is the best way to prevent future terrorist attacks... |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Sarah D. Scalet |
Who Do You Trust? A "trusted traveler" program that would allow prescreened passengers to speed through airport security may not be all that trustworthy. |
National Defense
September 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Movie Seen as Recruiting Boon Already riding high from the positive public perception of its performances during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Coast Guard will be the beneficiary of another shot of good publicity: the movie The Guardian starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. |
National Defense
August 2009
Gellerson & Breitbach |
DHS Technology Chief Nominee Can't Escape Past Controversies President Obama's nominee to take over the Department of Homeland Security's struggling science and technology directorate found at her Senate confirmation hearing that it's impossible to escape one's past in Washington. |
Reason
June 2004
Brian Doherty |
Will It Fly The Federal Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II (CAPPS II) is behind schedule accroding to the General Accounting Office. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2005 |
Homeland Security Briefs Biometric system helps secure Iraq bases... ANSI launches Homeland Security Standards Database... Smiths Detection partners with Paladin Capital Group... International Biometric Group delivers iris- recognition test report... TSA to deploy new technology to additional airports... |
