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International Intra Cooperation In Aviation Security Essay

¶ … intra and inter-agency cooperation in the context of aviation security, since the 9/11 attacks. The paper will also look into obstacles to cooperation and how to mitigate them. Means of Inter-Intra Agency Cooperation Increase

Aviation Operational Threat Response Plan recommends systematized and all-inclusive protocols for guaranteeing a well-organized and successful governmental response to threats from airborne sources against the country and its welfare. The Aviation Transportation System Recovery Plan outlines a set of strategies for mitigating the economic and operational impacts of an aerial attack, in addition to measures, which will allow the Aviation Transport System, as well as other concerned private sector and governmental aviation-connected groups, to rapidly recover from these kinds of attacks (Aviation Transportation System Security Plan, 2007). Efforts for further reducing susceptibilities in each critical system area are maintained, increased, and improved by the Aviation Transportation System Security Plan. The Plan guides forceful efforts for: (1) ensuring that all individuals entering or availing themselves of the Aviation Transport System are identified and screened or vetted; (2) ensuring the U.S. Government takes every possible measure to notice and stop weapon use against Air Domain elements, or use of Aviation Transport System for transporting weapons, being used as a weapon, or serving as a medium to disperse weapons, such as Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE), including explosives in liquid form; and (3) reinforcing key infrastructural components of Aviation Transport System against any other form of attack, like stand-off weaponry and...

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from other nations now need to get electronic devices (e.g., cellphones) to pass additional security checks prior to boarding planes, under the most recent policy of the Transport Security Administration (TSA), for safeguarding against the danger of a novel form of terrorist attack. It has been claimed by the TSA that only specific foreign airports are required to perform these added inspections (U.S. increases security at foreign airports, with focus on cellphone, other electronic devices, 2014). One more aspect is that electronic devices that do not power up will be permitted on-board and their owners may be subject to further scrutiny prior to boarding. The agency has stated in an announcement that travelers are aware that every electronic device undergoes screening by security officials.
The enhanced security at airports is almost definitely in response to fresh intelligence reports indicating that Syrian terrorists with Al Qaeda links are working together with Al Qaeda members in Arabia on a plan for blowing up a commercial airplane heading for Europe or the U.S., according to a report by ABC News. Westerners, including U.S. citizens, have flown to Syria in the last12 months for joining the Al Nusra Front in its attempt to overthrow the government of Syria. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, ordered additional security measures to be established at a few foreign airports that have direct U.S. flights, on the basis of intelligence, suggesting fresh efforts by the Al Qaeda to develop an explosive that airport security can't detect. Johnson stated that he and his colleagues in the U.S.…

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(2014, July 7). Fox News - Breaking News Updates -- Latest News Headlines -- Photos & News Videos. U.S. increases security at foreign airports, with focus on cellphone, other electronic devices -- Fox News. Retrieved November 25, 2015, from http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/07/us-increases-security-at-foreign-airports-focus-on-cellphone-other-electronic.html

(2007). Homeland Security. Aviation Transportation System Security Plan. Retrieved November 25, 2015, from http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/hspd16_transsystemsecurityplan.pdf

Kaser, F. (2011, May 31). Federation Of American Scientists -. Interagency Collaborative Arrangements and Activities: Types, Rationales, Considerations . Retrieved November 27, 2015, from http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41803.pdf

(2009). U.S. Government Accountability Office (U.S. GAO). Key Issues for Congressional Oversight of National Security Strategies, Organizations, Workforce, and Information Sharing . Retrieved November 25, 2015, from http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09904sp.pdf
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