Behold the air passenger screening system of the future

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Interesting proposal from global aviation body IATA this week after it unveiled what it calls the “Checkpoint of Future” – a hi-tech passenger screening system for airports.

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TSA issues new security directives for all flights inbound to the U.S.

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The TSA issued new security directives, effective Jan. 4, for all U.S. and international carriers with inbound flights to the U.S.

Here are the publicly available highlights from a statement the TSA sent to me:

* Every individual — i.e. 100% — flying into the U.S. and traveling from or through countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism “or other countries of interest” must go through “enhanced screening,” the TSA says in a statement.

However, despite today’s TSA statement about the new security directives, there was nothing as of 4:40 p.m. EST Jan. 3 about the new rules on the TSA website.

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