U.S. Beefs Security for Foreign Airlines

[nadinbrzezinski]

U.S. Beefs Security for Foreign Airlines
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By JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Foreign airlines risk being denied access to American airspace if they don't obey a new U.S. directive that some international flights crossing over or headed to this country must carry an armed law enforcement officer to thwart terrorists, Homeland Secretary officials say.


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"Any sovereign government retains the right to revoke the privilege of flying to and from a country or even over their airspace," Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Monday. "So ultimately a denial of access is the leverage that you have."


Ridge also said the nation would remain at orange alert through the New Year's holiday and perhaps beyond. "We are as concerned today as we were yesterday," he said. "We'll be concerned as much this week as we were last week."


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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. By the way

Tom Ridge forgets that those same nations he is ahem
threatening, can refuse access to their airspace for OUR
airlines...

The threst I am sure was for Mexico and France....

Time for those two to say... ENOUGH, Tom YOUR airlines
are NO LONGER welcome in OUR AIRSPACE... how 'bout that?

[mouse7]

2. I don't think we wanna BEEF anything right now.

Great. Mad Cow security.