TSA lists 'countries of interest'; more screening for some fliers

[straitman]

TSA lists 'countries of interest'; more screening for some fliers

WASHINGTON — Airline passengers flying to the U.S. from 14 countries with terrorism problems will face extra checkpoint screening at overseas airports, the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday.

A TSA directive that took effect at midnight ET targets people flying from or through 10 "countries of interest" as well as the four nations that are considered sponsors of terrorism.

The countries of interest are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen, according to two administration officials briefed on the new rules. They did not want to be indentified because they were not authorized to discuss details publicly. The State Department lists four countries that sponsor terrorism: Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria.

 

[harvyk]

Lets face it, if you where from one of those countries your probably already under tighter scrutiny. This just makes it official.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Bill,

Wasnt there some ridiculous rule proposed that passengers had to remain seated an hour from take off and landing and only one piece of carry on allowed??

Yanks seem to have some interesting kneejerk reactions to matters, do they bring these issues on themselves - one asks?

cheers

SPRUCE

 

[straitman]

SPRUCE,

There is another thread referring to this. It seems that sanity has prevailed and the draconian measures have been loosened off a bit already.

 

[harvyk]

Yanks seem to have some interesting kneejerk reactions to matters, do they bring these issues on themselves - one asks?

I'd say yes and no. There are always those elements of society who like to cause problems. That said the US are not really in the business of making friends OS...