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USA Update Why TSA delayed its new rules allowing knives on airplanes
Pressure from flight attendants and members of Congress prompts the Transportation Security Administration to delay new rules that would have let passengers carry small knives and some sporting equipment onto airplanes.
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Pilot's alcohol arrest highlights drunk pilot problem (+video)
Pilot's alcohol arrest: An American Eagle pilot had a blood-alcohol level of twice the legal limit. Police arrested the pilot before flight from Minneapolis to New York City in January.
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Knives on planes? TSA chief, defending policy, gets an earful in Congress.
The TSA chief, testifying before a House Homeland Security subcommittee, said allowing small knives on planes would keep flights safe while the agency focuses on the threat from explosives.
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Readers Write: Flawed logic in 'giving up guns'; Killing is barbaric – with guns or not
Letters to the Editor for the February 11, 2012 weekly print issue: I'd rather have a gun and never need to use it than desperately need to use one and not have it. Findley says that he is giving up his guns, but will continue to hunt using other weapons. Is he not just continuing the barbarity?
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Wisconsin shooting: Why US Sikhs have feared attack for more than a decade (+video)
Sikhs, who wear distinctive clothing as acts of faith, have been on high alert in America since the 9/11 attacks, bracing for violence whenever there is a surge in anti-Muslim rhetoric.
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Homeland Security: Are US flight schools still training terrorists?
Congress is investigating reports that foreign nationals training to fly planes in the US were not properly vetted or are in the country on fraudulent visas – a lapse from standards set up after the 9/11 attacks.
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House passes homeland security budget bill
The bill passed on partisan lines, unusual for homeland security questions.
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US Airways jet makes unscheduled landing after passenger acts suspicious
Flight attendants heard a woman claiming to have something implanted in her skin, and the flight - bound for North Carolina from Paris - landed in Maine.
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In JetBlue no-fly list mistake, toddler removed
A toddler from a family of Middle Eastern descent was removed from a JetBlue flight because of what the airline called a glitch
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Secret CIA informant volunteered to be al-Qaeda bomber (+video)
The intelligence agency had planted a spy in the al-Qaeda organization behind the latest attempt at an underwear bomb; the informant's inside information was what allowed the CIA to bring down the plot and kill its organizer.
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'Undetectable' bomb reveals how Al Qaeda threat to US is evolving (+video)
The foiled plot to plant another 'underwear bomb' on a US airliner shows that as the core of Al Qaeda declines, affiliates like Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula are taking the lead.
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TSA officers charged in drug smuggling conspiracy
The screeners were accepting large cash payments to look the other way as drug couriers smuggled cocaine through security at LAX.
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The Vote Rand Paul 'detained' by TSA. Does that happen to other senators?
TSA could hardly have singled out a worse person for pat-down treatment than Sen. Rand Paul, up-and-coming libertarian standard-bearer and son of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul. He's not the only one on Capitol Hill to complain about pat-downs.
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Rand Paul detained: Rep. refuses airport patdown after alarm
In a harshly worded attack on the Transportation Security Administration, which handles security screenings at US airports, Ron Paul, known for his strident libertarian views, said the TSA 'gropes and grabs our kids and our seniors and does nothing to keep us safe.'
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Joe Lieberman: "I don't think Congress has ever been as bad as it is today."
Why is public approval of Congress so low? In Sen. Joe Lieberman's opinion, it's because Congress has never been so dysfunctional.
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Jon Stewart thinks Ron Paul should be America's 'idea guy'
'Daily Show' host Jon Stewart has a bit of a soft spot for Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, which led him to suggest a new government post for Congressman Paul.
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New York and D.C. alert as US warns of 'credible' terrorist threat
Intensified chatter on jihadist websites led the US to move to protect against a possible terrorist attack, likely focused on New York and the nation's capital, to coincide with the 9/11 anniversary.
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TSA warning describes surgically implanted bombs
TSA warning: If terrorists hide bombs inside their bodies, current screening measures may be useless.
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TSA defends searches of children, elderly, amid fresh complaints
After an elderly traveler complained of experiencing indignities at the hands of the TSA, the question arises: When do invasive searches become too invasive?
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Two Muslims bounced from Memphis flight, despite extra screening
Two Muslim men wearing traditional clothing were removed from a commercial flight departing Memphis on Friday. Airline apologizes, but gives no explanation for incident.
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The Monitor's View: Did Navy SEALs bring a peace dividend for Obama?
The killing of Osama bin Laden by the Navy SEALS should compel a more sober risk assessment of the terrorist threat by Congress and the Obama administration. Bin Laden himself wanted to bankrupt the US by causing overreaction to fear.
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Bin Laden considered 9/11 anniversary attack on US rail system
The potential plot, sketched out in a vague note last year, was more significant in that it showed that bin Laden was not just a figurehead of Al Qaeda but an active leader.
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Mixed messages on US airport security after Osama bin Laden death
Federal officials said there were no immediate specific threats to the US after the death of Osama bin Laden. But some airports and local security officials said they were on heightened alert.
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Government shutdown 101: What does it mean for homeland security?
TSA agents, border patrol, and air traffic control will continue to staff airports and borders in the event of a government shutdown, but most budget and administrative tasks will be suspended.
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Full-body scanners pose 'exceedingly small' radiation risk, says new study
As Japan brings radiation into daily headlines, a new report from biomedical researchers finds that full-body scanners emit 'extremely small' doses of radiation, posing very little health risk to fliers.
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