The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin Wednesday warning airlines of possible attempts to attack passenger jets using explosives packed in shoes, Fox News reports. The threat is described as being unrelated to the Sochi Olympics.
The TSA is considering a policy change that would allow airport security screeners to carry cellphones so they can quickly call for help in an emergency.
Just minutes before a gunman opened fire in Los Angeles International Airport last fall, killing a TSA security screener and wounding three other people, the two armed security officers assigned to the area left for breaks without informing a dispatcher as required, The Associated Press reports.
Members of a House panel threatened to privatize more airport screening unless the Transportation Security Administration improves its treatment of travelers.
