TSA Announces Enhanced Screening For US Bound Passengers From 14 Countries
CNN reports that the TSA will implement enhanced screening measures for passengers flying to the U.S. from 14 countries including Syria, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen.
The TSA said in a statement announcing the new measures that "effective aviation security must begin beyond our borders."
A senior government official, not authorized to speak on the record, provided CNN with the full list complied by the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department of 14 countries that fall under the TSA's "countries of interest" label -- which will automatically trigger the enhanced screening.
The State Department lists four countries as those that sponsor terror: Cuba, Sudan, Syria and Iran. The other 10 countries of interest are Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen, the government official said.
Passengers from other countries could still face enhanced security for other reasons.
CNN said the TSA will apply the enhanced measures to people traveling from and through the countries listed above. The TSA did not give any specifics as to what the enhanced screening measures will entail. This sounds like it will be far more effective than forbiding people from using the bathroom during the final hour of the flight or not allowing passengers to read books or use a laptop.
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