Mon, Jan 04, 2010
New Regulations Increase International Restrictions
The TSA issued new security directives Sunday to all domestic
and international air carriers with inbound flights to the US
effective January 4, 2010. These new measures come just days
after the expiration of another TSA security directive aimed at
inbound international flights that was issued in the wake of the
Christmas Day bombing attempt aboard a NWA flight.
According to the statement from the TSA, "Because effective
aviation security must begin beyond our borders, and as a result of
extraordinary cooperation from our global aviation partners, TSA is
mandating that every individual flying into the US from anywhere in
the world traveling from or through nations that are state sponsors
of terrorism or other countries of interest will be required to go
through enhanced screening."
Although no list was provided directly by the TSA,
POLITICO reports that passengers coming from 14 countries
including Nigeria, Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Libya and Somalia
will get "full body pat-down and physical inspection of
property." The State Department's list of state sponsors of
terrorism includes Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria.
Unlike the previous security directive, this one has no end
date. The TSA calls these "long-term, sustainable security
measures" that were developed in coordination with international
partners.
The directive requires increased use of enhanced screening
technologies such as clothing-penetrating milimeter-wave
imaging. The new rules also mandates both threat-based and
random screening for passengers on international flights bound for
the US.
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