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Boy aged 7 is stopped at 3 airports as a terror suspect
Problems with no-fly watch list continue, with a seven-year old boy stopped and interrogated at airports in Manchester, Orlando, and Philadelphia
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Behavior observation becomes more popular as a seucity technique
More and more airports employ Behavior Detection Officers, or BDOs; they focus on behavior, not physical characteristics, to identify suspicious passengers for further scrutiny
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Chertoff rejects 100 percent inspection of U.S.-bound cargo
The 9/11 Commission, and many Democrats in Congress, want 100 percent inspection of U.S.-bound cargo containers; Chertoff says this is impractical, and that other cargo safety programs are doing fine
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U.S. governments will not fund NYC congestion-fee plan
The City of New York asked the Department of Transportation for about $180 million to implement a congestion-fee scheme in lower Manhattan; DOT gives only $10 million; system to resemble London’s “ring of steel”
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Costs of changing U.S. passport system to reach $1 billion
Congress, DHS want Amercians traveling to Western Hemisphere countries to carry passports; the administration initially figured it would cost $289 million between 2006 and 2008 to handle the increase in demand for passports; in fact, it will cost about 1 billion
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Moscow-St. Petersburg train derailed by bomb
There is growing worries in Europe about the vulnerability of trains to terrorist attacks, and the latest example is the derailement by a bomb of a train in Russia; Russian toursim industry may suffer
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Civilian plane comes under missile attack on northern Iraq
Worries about shoulder-mounted missile attacks on civilian aircraft are revived; Kurdish economy may suffer as a result of attack near Sulaimaniya
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Plan for border cameras stalls on lack of funding
Texas had an ambitious plan for what it called a “virtual border watch,” with an estimated cost of $5 million; the state legislators have just passed a $312 billion budget, with no money for the project
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New container inspection rules to have little impact on DP World
World’s fourth largest container port operator says new U.S. container inspection mandates would have but little impact on its trade
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France is jumpy about threat to rail transportation
French police increase security on trains in northeast after tip on terror threat
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New DHS ID rule will cripple California's economy
Federal crackdown on illegal immigrants, using Social Security numbers, could force firings across the state
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EU retaliates against new U.S. travel restrictions
EU threatens tit-for-tat visa limits on Americans after U.S. tightens law; Europeans already upset with U.S. plans to screen all cargo on passenger aircraft and screen all U.S.-bound containers for nuclear devices
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TSA awards Rapiscan contract for testing of passenger imaging system
In the last two years, Rapiscan has moved aggressively into four inspection-and scanning-related market segments; TSA eager to test company’s technology
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DHS ID rule worries Florida industries
The federal government to require companies to fire employees with discrepancies in their tax records or face penalties; Florida’s agriculture, construction, and hospitality will be hit hard, an expert says: “They’re not going to be able to fulfill their contracts, pick the crops, build the houses”
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Savi names first participants in RFID E-Seal licensing program
There are 200 million cargo containers traveling the world each year — and the number is growing; Savi, a Lockheed Martin company, has developed a protection system for these containers, and six companies have licensed the technology
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The long view
Calls Grow for U.S. to Counter Chinese Control, Influence in Western Ports
Experts say Washington should consider buying back some ports, offer incentives to allies to decouple from China.