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Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #51

TSA screening technology, private screeners and airport privatization

November 5, 2009

Robert Poole

Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #50

Unionized airport security screeners, registered traveler and air travel delays

October 31, 2009

Robert Poole

Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #49

Where airport grants really go, privatizing New Orleans Airport, and airport security and suicide bombers

September 30, 2009

Robert Poole

In this issue:
Where AIP Grants Actually Go
Body Cavities and Suicide Bombers
New Orleans Revives Privatization Program
TSA's Belly-Cargo Screening Rule
Airports: Competition vs. Monopoly
News Notes
Quotable Quotes

Improving Transportation Security

September 17, 2009, 1:14pm

Robert Poole

A major problem inherent in dealing with security against terrorism via political means is the tendency to focus what are always scarce resources on highly visible efforts—what some have termed “security theater.”

Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #48

Registered traveler, high-speed rail vs. air travel and airport pricing

August 31, 2009

Robert Poole

For reasons that have never been disclosed, the Transportation Security Administration refused to implement Registered Traveler as the kind of risk-based aviation security program that Congress intended.

Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #47

TSA's unchecked power, private airport in Branson, the future of registered traveler

July 11, 2009

Robert Poole

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