A woman is safe because Transportation Security Officers interceded and rescued her from her abductors at Miami International Airport. We often find ourselves in the position of criticizing the TSA and their employees. A lot of this stems from the way they handle business. But, in this case, things did work out the way one…
We’ve maintained consistently that the most effective anti-terrorist tool in intelligence. Good intelligence can stop a potential terror suspect before he gets anywhere near the airport. Beyond that, we have screenings. The New York Times reports that the U.S. Government’s response to a warning from the man’s father that he developed radical views, had disappeared and might have traveled to Yemen, was not to revoke the young man’s visa to enter the United States, which was good until June 2010. Now, on some level, that makes sense. But their response was to flag him for an investigation should he ever apply for another visa and to add him to a list of over half a million other individuals with possible terrorist connections.
Image via Wikipedia On Friday, the New York Times reported that Congress is starting to take a look at the fact that airlines have been increasingly charging for a variety of services from the checking of luggage to preferential seats. But they aren’t looking at it on behalf of the consumer, they are looking at…