Jan 01 Friday's Headlines: TSA Nominee Under New Scrutiny TSA nominee: The spotlight on airline safety continues Friday with a report that the nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration misled Congress about accessing confidential records of his estranged wife's boyfriend, according to a report in the Washington… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch Pakistan Blast Sharpens Concerns on Taliban Following a week in which militant attacks killed seven CIA operatives in Afghanistan and at least 75 people at a volleyball match in Pakistan, Ray Suarez speaks with a pair of experts about rising instability in the region. Continue watching
Dec 31 CIA Post Chief Among Casualties in Afghanistan Blast By Larisa Epatko CIA Director Leon Panetta said Thursday that seven employees were killed and six others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a vest of explosives at Forward Operating Base Chapman in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Continue reading
Dec 31 Obama Plans Watch Lists, Air Security Meetings on Tuesday The White House just released a statement from President Obama about the status of the review he ordered of the nation's terrorist watch list and other air travel safety measures: This morning, I spoke with John Brennan… Continue reading
Dec 31 Year of Reporting Trips Revolves Around Afghanistan By Margaret Warner In a year that took me from the NewsHour studio to trouble spots abroad, the most searing impressions come from two trips to Afghanistan. The first trip was for three-plus weeks in February and March, to take stock of the… Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch CIA Hunts for Answers After Deadly Afghanistan Attack The director of the Central Intelligence Agency reported Thursday that seven CIA employees were killed in an attack on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. Jeffrey Brown reports, and then Ray Suarez speaks with a Washington Post reporter who covers… Continue watching
Dec 30 On Wednesday's NewsHour... On the PBS NewsHour tonight, we'll have continued coverage of the fallout from the attempted attack on a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day and much more. A "SYSTEMIC FAILURE" | The Dutch government provided new information today about the events… Continue reading
Dec 30 U.S. Steers $3.8 Billion in Additional Aid Toward GMAC GMAC Financial Services has already received $12.5 billion in government aid. On Wednesday, the auto and home lending giant got another $3.8 billion. The new aid is less than the $5.6 billion that the troubled lender indicated it was… Continue reading
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