Transportation

Aurora Flight Sciences to develop disposable sensor taggants
Disposable sensors will be used to identify areas of EID threat; company’s GoldenEye UAV may do the dispersion work
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DHS shuts NYC radiation lab
Environmental Measurements Laboratory had been the repeated victim of budget cuts; “a total bad penny,” says Parney Albright
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Chertoff walks away from U.S.-Canada border negotiations
Dispute over fingerprinting puts an end to two years of discussions; pre-clearing of travelers at issue
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Fear of eminent domain land siezures grow in southern Texas
Half of the 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border will be built in Texas, and DHS officials have warned landowners in the Rio Grande Valley that eminent domain seizures of land is a possibility
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AD Aerospace signs deal to film Boeing's first class passengers
“Mini Suites” block flight attendants’s view of the well-heeled; camera will turn on during takeoff and landing only, companies say; a missed opportunity?
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L-1 signs $50 million deal with Verified Identity Pass
Biometrics company will supply the enrollment and verification kiosks; but will anyone use them?
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TSA struggles to fill self-defense classes
Only one percent of flight attendants have attended the free, one-day seminars on kicking and eye-gouging
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Card reader problems continue
Saltwater corrosion leads DHS to move forward with eyeball inspections; problems in Delaware force a reevaluation
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Florida congressman asks for a reprieve on compliance
Gus Bilirakis complains that the buggy system conflicts with a state-issued maritime identification card
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Canadian shrink banned from U.S. for pro-LSD writing
A forty-year-old experience recounted in an acedemic journal is sufficient for a lifetime entry ban
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SmartCard Alliance escalates criticism of long-range RFID for WHTI
DHS recommends that long-range RFID be used for the new Western Hemisphere Traveler Initiative (WHTI), but the Aliiance says government study found that technology to be flawed
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Australia buys Hydroid's AUVs
Massachusetts company has sold its autonomous underwater vehicles to the U.S., U.K., New Zealand, and Germany
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Canada announces $2 million in regional rail security grants
Transit-Secure program will distribute $80 million over two years; regional funds will be used to develop risk assessments and security plans
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DHS cracks down on religious visas
An audit finds that 33 percent of those applying under a religious worker waiver program are not true men of the cloth; 200 imams for one storefront mosque
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DoE to send radiation dectectors to Mexico
Move comes as Mexican officials worry about recent al Qaeda threats; portal detectors will be installed in country’s four largest ports
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