21WIRE | Is this a step forward that can begin to reverse worrying trends?
Our Man In Iceland: ‘Snowden was bound for Reykjavik’
21st Century Wire | Following the man of international intrigue through airport lounges across the globe…
Covered-up: Drone Crashes Are Mounting at Civilian Airports
By Craig Whitlock The U.S. Air Force drone, on a classified spy mission over the Indian Ocean, was destined for disaster from the start. An inexperienced military contractor in shorts and a T-shirt, flying by remote control from a trailer at Seychelles International Airport, committed blunder after blunder in six minutes on April 4. He sent […]
‘Naked Body’ Scanners Scrapped at UK’s Manchester Airport After Cancer Scare
RT | Airports across the EU may abandon the use of X-ray scanners.
Ex-TSA Agent: We Steal from Travelers All the Time (is anyone surprised?)
RT A TSA agent convicted of stealing more than $800,000 worth of goods from travelers said this type of theft is “commonplace” among airport security. Almost 400 TSA officers have been fired for stealing from passengers since 2003. Pythias Brown, a former Transportation Security Administration officer at Newark Liberty International Airport, spent four years stealing […]
Q: Could a Magnetic Pole Shift May Close Airports?
BIN | At the current rate, about every 5 years a compass needle will be off by 1 degree.