Janet Napolitano: Aviation Is Still Biggest Terror Target

AOL Travel News:

Terrorists continue to target aviation more than any other U.S. vulnerability, according to Department of Homeland Securiy secretary Janet Napolitano.

As the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks draw near, she said she expects Americans to question whether or not we are safer now than a decade ago. "The answer is yes, but there are no guarantees in a world of ever-evolving threats," she told the Associated Press.

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Comments

[firstep]

08:51 AM on 07/24/2011

Make up your mind Sis. I thought it was returning white vets?

[mothergrace]

04:11 PM on 07/22/2011

According to the article-

"Some Americans complain that the security measures they are forced to endure serve little purpose other than inconvenience. But, that's not entirely the case according to the report. For instance:

Passenger Name Record Data helped identify individuals with terrorist ties in 3,000 cases. And, in 2010, about a quarter of individuals denied entry into the country for terrorist ties were identified through PNR.

Since 2010, through pre-departure vetting, Customs and Border Protection identified more than 2,800 passengers who would have likely been admissible upon arrival in the U.S."

So how does the justification have anything to do with pat downs or body scans? This all has to do with Intel and paperwork not the other invasive procedures. Hell, they didn't even mention that the metal detectors found anything.

According to this, the

[mothergrace]

04:34 PM on 07/22/2011

According to this, everyone was stopped basically stopped with Intel, the same way the original incident should have been prevented.