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...Random screenings and camouflaged soldiers in airports have not made flying more secure. Sensible proposals long sought by aviation experts--such as requiring carriers to match all bags to passengers on connecting flights--have not been adopted. The congressional mandate to install 2,200 explosive-detection devices in all 429 airports by the end of the year has been scaled down; the new Transportation Security Administration does plan to buy almost 5,000 trace-detection devices. The TSA is having trouble recruiting more than 40,000 new screeners. So far, government-trained screeners have taken up positions in exactly...
Some experts say the U.S.'s haphazard security procedures may only invite terrorists to try their luck. Because airports, carriers and the government haven't yet implemented a methodical system for identifying potential terrorists, everyone from pilots to grandmothers is subject to random screening. In the long run, that can work in the enemy's favor. "The U.S. has the bad guys celebrating this inefficient use of resources," says Lior Zoucker, who heads an aviation-security firm. "Terrorists like a system that treats everyone the same...
Friday’s celebration included a raffle for several signed first editions from Random House Publishing and gift certificates from the Panini bakery...
...Christopher Reeve gave an impassioned lunchtime speech at BookExpo in honor of the publication of "Nothing Is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life" (Random House; September). His new book looks back at the seven years since his paralyzing accident. He describes the book as edgier than his earlier book, "Still Me," with more complicated topics. One of them is his desire to commit suicide after his accident, which abated only after his wife proved her continuing love...
...Russia Hand : A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy" by former TIME editor at large Strobe Talbott will be published on May 21 by Random House...