Air carriers remain a front-line defense against acts of terrorism that target the nation¿s civil aviation system.

The answers, Malvini Redden admitted, were far more complex than she anticipated. 101 Pat-Downs is the story of Malvini Redden's research journey, part confessional, part investigative research, and part light-hearted social commentary.

In this riveting expose, former TSA administrator Kip Hawley reveals the secrets behind the agency's ongoing battle to outthink and outmaneuver terrorists, illuminating the flawed, broken system that struggles to stay one step ahead of ...

The Transportation Security Admin. (TSA) uses undercover, or covert, testing to approximate techniques that terrorists may use to identify vulnerabilities in and measure the performance of airport security systems.

Contents: Background; Results of Audit: TSA Can Improve Its Assistance to Passenger Rail Agencies; Conclusion; Recommendations; Management Comments and Audit Analysis; Appendices. Charts and tables.

To enhance aviation security, the Transportation Security Admin. (TSA) developed a program -- known as Secure Flight (SF) -- to assume from air carriers the function of matching passenger info. against terrorist watch-list records.

GAO reviewed domestic air carriers' watch-list-matching processes.

To enhance aviation security, the Transportation Security Admin. (TSA) began initial testing in Oct. 2003 of its Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program.