The Fallout From SD-1544-0906 : The Feds Take My Computer

31/12/2009 – The Fallout From SD-1544-0906 : The Feds Take My Computer I started writing this post yesterday, but I have been writing and rewriting it all night. This post is nothing special, it is not a masterwork equal to that of Tolstoy, Twain or Shakespeare. This post also isn’t how I wanted to end…

The Fallout From SD-1544-09-06 : The Feds At My Door

30/12/2009 – The Fallout From SD-1544-09-06 : The Feds At My Door Yesterday evening was like most other nights, until around 6:30pm when I received a phone call from Chris Elliot. Chris is a travel journalist, who happens to be National Geographic Traveler’s Reader Advocate, writes a regular column for The Washington Post, produce a…

Flying With Contraband Items? Face Deportation Or Worse

29/12/2008 – Flying With Contraband Items? Face Deportation Or Worse With all eyes focusing on airport security over the past few days I’d like to address an every day scenario Customs Agents around the world handle, passengers traveling with illegal items. Illegal items range from the benign Cuban Cigars entering the United States to weapons…

Temporary Carry On Baggage Restrictions In Canada & UK As A Result Of TSA SD-1544-09-06

29/12/2009 – Temporary Carry On Baggage Restrictions In Canada & UK As A Result Of  TSA SD-1544-09-06 Over the past few days carry-on baggage regulations for flights to the United States have been in a state of flux following the attempted terrorist attack on Delta Air Lines Flight 253, operated by Northwest Airlines and the…

Myth: Flight NW253 Terrorist Boarded The Flight With No Passport

  28/12/2009 – Myth: Flight NW253 Terrorist Boarded The Flight With No Passport Earlier today the Detroit News and New York Daily News reported that a couple, Kurt & Lori Haskell, of Newport, Michigan, both attorneys, witnessed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab boarding Delta Flight 253, operated by Northwest Airlines without a passport at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport….

TSA Modifies SD-1544-09-06 & Who Will Fix The Broken System?

28/12/2009 – TSA Modifies SD-1544-09-06 & Who Will Fix The Broken System? The US Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration has quickly revised portions of its Security Directive SD-1544-09-06, which I posted it its entirety yesterday in this post: 27/12/2009 – TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 : The Fallout From NW253 While the physical…

Letter of the Day : The TSA Should Be At All Airports Flying To The US

28/12/2009 – Letter of the Day : The TSA Should Be At All Airports Flying To The US This morning while reading a few dozen emails and sorting through 30+ comments regarding the events surrounding Delta Air Lines Flight 253 and the TSA implementing Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 I received an e-mail with a question that…

Dear Secretary Napolitano Can You Tell Me How The System Worked?

28/12/2009 – Dear Secretary Napolitano Can You Tell Me How The System Worked? In the wake of the Christmas Day terrorist attempted on Delta Air Lines Flight 253 (NW253), operated by Northwest Airlines by Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab I have been closely watching the statements by Secretary Janet Napolitano of the US Department of…

TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 : The Fallout From NW253

27/12/2009 – TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 : The Fallout From NW253 Following the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack on Delta Air Lines Flight 253, operated by Northwest Airlines, from Amsterdam to Detroit, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has created a series of security measures in reaction to the incident. Earlier today I wrote…