An Egyptian couple has been charged after putting their child in their luggage in an attempt to smuggle the baby, who did not have a visa out of the airport when security officers at an airport in the United Arab Emirates found the 5-month-old boy hidden in a small handbag.According to police the […]
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Flight 253 and the Missed Signs of Terrorism
The 23-year-old son of a banker from Nigeria should have tripped every alarm in the global aviation-security system put in place after 9/11: He bought a $2,831 ticket for flights from Lagos to Amsterdam to Detroit and paid for it in cash. He left no contact information with the airline
The Swipe-Fee Free-for-All
For decades the folks at Visa and MasterCard have been slobbering over the prospect of a cashless society, and they’re getting their wish.