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...million of federal money into a fund to help airlines pay for tougher cockpit doors - "so our pilots will always be in command of the airplanes" - and "all kinds of technologies," namely transponders that can?t be turned off from the air, video monitors to alert pilots to trouble in coach, and even a way for air-traffic controllers to land planes by remote control. (The pilots unions are going to love that...
...increased vigilance will be the silver lining of this tragedy. With a previously complacent populace now more alert for security lapses, future attacks may be less likely to succeed...
...part of a security alert issued last week to its members, the Air Line Pilots Association recommended new measures to deal with any terrorist threat--depressurizing the aircraft or making drastic maneuvers to keep hijackers off balance; protecting the cockpit at all costs, regardless of what is happening in the rest of the plane; installing a dead bolt on the otherwise flimsy cabin door and eventually developing an impenetrable, high-tech portal that can still open in the event of an accident; and using an emergency crash ax if necessary as a "potential defensive weapon...
...Rights Alert reports that a book signed two years ago at The Free Press on Islamic fundamentalist leader Osama bin Laden is being moved up from next spring to November, with author Peter Bergen working on last-minute changes to bring his manuscript up to date. The book, "Holy War: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden" will be ready to crash to stores six weeks from now. Bergen is an analyst of terrorism for CNN, and one of the few Westerners ever to interview bin Laden, which he did in 1997. He has been studying...
...Army officer acknowledged that some of its special forces had been put on alert for possible deployment, but declined to offer any more details...