Articles Tagged with ''airport security''

NATO came to Chicago in May 2012, and security officials just can't help themselves talking about how well it went off. 

Commercial airline flights started backing up and delayed some travelers Monday, a day after air traffic controllers started going on furlough because of government spending cuts.

What do a small, private college in New England and a multi-airport department in Florida have in common? Remote Access Control.

Before boarding an international flight, the 23-year-old was arrested, and Port Authority officials discovered a 3,800-watt stun gun in his carry-on luggage. 

Airline and airport workers (and vendors) require access to sensitive and restricted areas during the normal course of their required duties.

A federal judge has ruled that DHS must release two safety reports it conducted in the 2000s evaluating the radiation safety of body-scanning machines.

An undercover agent with a fake explosive device in his pants was able to pass through two security checkpoints at the Newark, New Jersey airport, says a New York Post report.

A group of thieves took only 11 minutes to escape an airport with hundreds of millions of dollars-worth of diamonds and precious metals.

286 flights have been canceled out of Hamburg and Duesseldorf airports, affecting thousands of passengers, in an attempt to force airport administration to present a "negotiable" offer. 

Canines trained to detect explosives on people in high-risk airports are instead being used to screen cargo, in some cases, the GAO reports.