Dec 30 Airline Safety: An Exercise in 'Layered Security' The means and methodology of the Transportation Security Administration are under close review this week in the aftermath of an attempted attack on an airliner bound for Detroit. Among the techniques the TSA employs: something called "layered security." In… Continue reading
Dec 30 A Long March Before Cruising Altitude DISPATCH FROM MONTREAL: I have seen the future of air travel, or at least the next several months. Better bring comfortable shoes. Airport authorities around the world are quickly installing countermeasures to protect travelers heading for the U.S. This morning,… Continue reading
Dec 30 Wednesday's Headlines: U.S. Had Prior Intelligence on 'Nigerian' Plot The United States had a variety of information that could have prevented a would-be bomber from boarding a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit on Christmas Day, but failed to share it properly among its intelligence agencies, according to multiple… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Google's Goal: Digitize Every Book Ever Printed In a new era of E-books, Internet giant Google is attempting to offer millions of books online. Spencer Michels looks at the controversial plan and what it could mean for the future of reading. Continue watching
Dec 29 Obama: 'Systemic Failure' Allowed Alleged Bomber on Plane Updated: 9:30pm ET President Obama said Tuesday a "systemic failure" is to blame for the botched Christmas Day plot to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight bound for Detroit. "When our government has information on a known extremist and that… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch Christmas Scare Renews Questions Over Travel Security, Privacy Gwen Ifill speaks with transportation and homeland security experts about striking the right balance between providing safety in air travel and accommodating the privacy needs of passengers. Continue watching
Dec 29 On Tuesday's NewsHour... On the PBS NewsHour this Tuesday: AIR SAFETY | Margaret Warner reports on President Obama's latest criticism of security failures surrounding the Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt and the latest news on the suspect. SECURITY VS. PRIVACY | Gwen Ifill… Continue reading
Dec 29 Which Watch List Was the Christmas Day Bomber On? By Hari Sreenivasan Margaret Warner stops by the Rundown to share some of her reporting on how and where the security system seems to have broken down around the attempted attack on a Detroit-bound passenger jet on Christmas Day. Continue reading
Dec 29 Details Continue to Emerge on Terror Suspect, Botched Airline Plot New details continue to emerge over the botched Christmas Day plot to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight bound for Detroit. The dangerous explosive allegedly concealed by 23-year-old Nigerian student Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab could have blown a hole in the… Continue reading
Dec 28 On Monday's NewsHour... On the PBS NewsHour this Monday: PLANE TERROR | We'll have the latest news on the investigation into Friday's attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet as it flew into Detroit's airport. President Barack Obama said today that he's… Continue reading