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What The DHS Just Threatened To Do In US Airports Could Make Holiday Flying An Even Bigger Nightmare
As America’s biggest holiday travel times of the year approach, so are new restrictions, regulations and screenings. The focus of the new steps will chiefly be commercial flights coming into the United States from the Middle East.
Last Saturday, a Russian airliner exploded in midair over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard. One leading theory for the crash is that a bomb had been placed on board the aircraft.
Federal officials “have identified a series of interim, precautionary enhancements to aviation security with respect to commercial flights bound for the United States from certain foreign airports in the region,” Jeh C. Johnson, secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement released Friday.
The actions “are designed to provide an additional layer of security for the traveling public, and will be undertaken in consultation with relevant foreign governments and relevant passenger and cargo airlines.”
Johnson said European nations are working with the United States to implement the new restrictions. He said the measures include expanded screening, airport assessments and additional measures “both seen and unseen.”
The impact of the changes taking effect and those being considered by the Transportation Security Authority will be far-reaching, said Rep. William Keating, D-Mass. Keating is a member of the House Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs committees.
“They’re also looking at employee screening and security as well,” Keating told NBC on Friday. “On all levels, there’s going to be a tightening. It has to be.”
Although the most recent steps target only some flights, Keating said what touches one airport touches the entire air travel system.
“They’re in a network across the country, a network where the weakest link could have an effect on people in our area,” he said.
The new actions concerning foreign air traffic coming into the U.S. will be implemented quickly, an unnamed DHS official told The Washington Post.
“This is all within TSA’s capabilities, within their power, within their authorities and resources,” the official said. “If we say ‘From now on a certain item poses a threat, no one’s allowed to bring that item aboard a plane.’ We can request that and if (other countries) refuse to (ban that item), we can refuse planes coming from that airport or from that country.”
The DHS official said the new, expanded screening and restriction of items brought aboard aircraft likely would apply primarily to those stowed in the cargo hold.
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/what-the-dhs-just-threatened-to-do-in-us-airports-could-make-holiday-flying-an-even-bigger-nightmare/
The DHS and its Stazi arm, the TSA, have rolled out this ridiculous terrorist hype crap every year during the holidays since 9/11. Their paranoia is getting really boring.