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Left Unsaid: How to Connect the Terrorism Dots
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(Jan. 5) -- When President Barack Obama declared that U.S. intelligence must do more to identify potential terror threats, he left out one key detail: just how the government will piece together future plots in time to foil them. After meeting with his top national security advisers, Obama said Tuesday that the government had enough information to prevent the attempted attack on a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day, when a young Nigerian man allegedly tried to set off explosives tucked inside his underpants. But suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was able to get on the U.S. airliner because ...
Do Airport Body Scanners Break Child Porn Laws?
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Dec. 5) – Since the failed bombing of a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day, officials in the United States, Canada, Britain and the Netherlands have called for new advanced full-body scanners to be used on all passengers. But privacy campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic are warning that the personnel operating these machines – which see through travelers' clothing, making it easier to identify explosives and weapons – could be charged under child pornography laws if they scan anyone under the age of 18. Those concerns last month led British officials to ...
U.S. Will Tighten Security Screenings for Travelers From 14 Nations
By David Sessions - Politics DailyObama administration officials announced Sunday that travelers from 14 nations, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Yemen, will face tighter security screenings before flying to the United States, the New York Times reports. The rule change will scale back intensified screenings of American citizens imposed after a Dec. 25 airliner bombing attempt, but is a major step toward a global security system that treats airline passengers differently based on their countries of origin. People from the 14 countries will automatically be patted down, even if they have lived in a country like ...
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