Back to the Future? The Security Responses to the Latest Bomb Scare

RaceWire explains how the U.S. government has responded in enhanced airport security measures after the latest Christmas Day underpants bomb care, labeling it “a throwhrowback to post-9/11 paranoia: travelers now face enhanced screening procedures for 14 countries, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and of course, the perennial warmed-over Cold War boogeyman, Cuba.”

 Also, Race Matters Blog (http://endnseers.blogspot.com/  has posted

1.   American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee  Statement Regarding New TSA Directives: “New TSA Guidelines Troubling and Ultimately Ineffective”; and 

2.  A Politico Article Draws Ties Between New Transportation Security Administration Security Measures and NSEERS (also known as “special registration”).

There is a briefing on January 11 sponsored by the Arab American Institute on the new TSA Guidelines. Titled “Targeting Needles or Adding More Hay?: Airport Profiling, ‘Countries of Interest’, and American Security,” the briefing will feature three policy experts.  Download Needles_and_Hay_Brief_(Jan_2010)[1]

KJ