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DHS Announces New Aviation Security Measures For Flights To U.S.

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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano last Friday announced new security measures for air carriers with international flights to the United States that include a combination of measures, some of which will be visible to the traveling public. The new measures will be based on threat-based intelligence as well as random layers of security from the passenger check-in process all the way through boarding, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said. The screening measures may include explosive trace…

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