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Dec 4, 2007 2:29 PM CST

Use Your Cell Phone as a Boarding Pass

Houston pilot program said to add security, save paper

(Newser) - Passengers flying Continental out of Houston today will be able to use their cellphone or PDA in lieu of a boarding pass as part of a three-month pilot program, USA Today reports. After checking in, an encrypted barcode is sent to passengers’ mobile handsets, which is scanned by a TSA...

Airport Screeners Miss Bombs

Nov 14, 2007 8:29 PM CST

Airport Screeners Miss Bombs

Investigators smuggle in explosives in undercover test

(Newser) - Airport screeners fared poorly in an undercover test in which government investigators smuggled liquid explosives and detonators past checkpoints, the AP reports. As a troubling bonus, the investigators learned how to make the explosives on the internet and bought the parts for less than $150, showing that would-be terrorists could...

Tests Confirm: Airport Security Isn't Working

Oct 18, 2007 11:45 AM CDT

Tests Confirm: Airport Security Isn't Working

Screeners missed up to ¾ of dummy bombs in TSA simulation

(Newser) - You might have hoped interminable lines and indignities of shoe removal might have contributed to safer airplanes, but a study by the Transportation Security Administration shows screeners missing fake bombs at an alarming rate. USA Today obtained a copy of the classified report, whose rate of failure stunned officials: at...

Remote-Control Toys Face Airport Crackdown

Oct 2, 2007 3:06 AM CDT

Remote-Control Toys Face Airport Crackdown

Fun's over; gadgets could be detonators

(Newser) - Remote-control toys in carry-on luggage will come under intensive new scrutiny at the nation's airports, officials from the Transportation Security Administration warned yesterday. The crackdown reflects terror intelligence from a number of sources, including a video from a since-arrested Egyptian college student in Florida describing how to convert the toys...

Ice Packs Helped Prompt TSA Bulletin

Jul 27, 2007 9:46 AM CDT

Ice Packs Helped Prompt TSA Bulletin

66-year-old mom with bad back fields question about Osama

(Newser) - This week's TSA bulletin warning of a possible attempt to penetrate security checkpoints with "peculiar items" was caused in part by an incident involving a 66-year-old woman and the ice packs she uses on her bad back. The clay-filled, tape-wrapped packages ignited hazmat suspicions, though their owner says she's...

US Airports Warned of Terror Attack Rehearsals

Jul 25, 2007 5:10 AM CDT

US Airports Warned of Terror Attack Rehearsals

Suspicious materials seized in 4 cities linked to 'dry runs'

(Newser) - Airport security teams have been warned to be on the lookout for terrorists attempting to carry explosive components onto planes as part of a dry run for future attacks, the AP reports. The TSA issued the alert last week after four passengers were caught with clay, wire, pipes, switches and...