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Senator Says Transit Employees Should be Checked Against Terror Watch Lists

Federal homeland security officials should move faster to require rail and transit agencies across the nation to screen their employees using federal terrorism watch lists, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said. The New York Democrat told The Associated Press on Saturday …

Fixing Airport Security With Improved Training

Covering their ears, 192 future airport security officers watched from a grandstand as Larry Colburn detonates a plastic-explosives device like the one carried by the underwear bomber in a failed attempt to blow up a plane on Christmas Day 2009. …

Brussels Terrorist Attack Highlights U.S. Subway Vulnerability

The Brussels terrorist attacks show how subway passengers can be even more vulnerable than airline travelers. But that’s not where public attention – or federal security spending – has gone in the U.S. The Transportation Security Administration, created after the …

Europe, U.S. Agree on Air Cargo Safety Regimes

The European Commission and the U.S. Transport Security Administration have agreed to recognize each other’s air cargo security regimes, a move that will cut costs for carriers, the EU executive said on Friday. “Cutting out the duplication of security procedures …