January 5, 2010

U.S. Intensifies Screening for Travelers From 14 Nations

The Obama Administration has announced that citizens of 14 nations, Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen who are flying to the United States will be subjected indefinitely to intense screening at airports worldwide in the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing plot on a jet-liner bound for Detroit International Airport.

 At the same time, American citizens and most other travelers to the United States who are not flying through those nations will no longer automatically face the full-range of intensified security that had been imposed after the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight, officials said.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/us/04webtsa.html?scp=1&sq=travel%20screening&st=cse