Homeland Security: Air Passenger Prescreening and Counterterrorism

Abstract

The adequacy of existing systems to screen air passengers against terrorist watch lists has been questioned, most notably by the 9/11 Commission. Yet, considerable controversy surrounds air passenger prescreening systems, such as the No Fly or Automatic Selectee lists, underscoring that screening passengers for more intensive searches of their persons or baggage, or to prevent them from boarding an aircraft in the event of a terrorist watch list hit, is likely to be a difficult proposition for the federal agencies tasked with aviation security. Today, those agencies principally include the Department of Homeland Security s (DHS s) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)-administered Terrorist Screening Center (TSC).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 04, 2005
Accession Number
ADA453620

Entities

People

  • Bart Elias
  • Ed Rappaport
  • William Krouse

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Aviation
  • Civil Rights
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Congress
  • Counterterrorism
  • Data Transmission
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of State
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement Officers
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • United States

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.