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I USED to hate business travel. For six years, I flew so much that I was in the top tier of mileage for all the major airlines. At one point, I was flying to Europe nearly every week for most of a year. There was a woman in security at La Guardia who started to recognize me. One time she actually asked me if I was an air marshal. I think it's because I had this special way of going through security. I could take off my shoes and belt and then put my computer on the belt in this really fluid move. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

DENVER -- Could airport security gardens be the wave of the future? (''Please have photo ID and boarding pass ready and walk past the rhododenrons.'') How about a defensive line of bomb-sniffing tulips in Central Park in New York, or at the local shopping mall's indoor waterfall, or lining the streets of Baghdad? Researchers at Colorado State University said Wednesday that they had created the platform for just such a plant-kingdom early warning system: plants that subtly change color when exposed to minute amounts of TNT in the air. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Larry A. Silverstein, who has won nearly $4.6 billion in insurance payments to cover his losses and help him rebuild at the World Trade Center site, is seeking $12.3 billion in damages from airlines and airport security companies for the 9/11 attack. Mr. Silverstein, the developer of ground zero, sought the damages, whose amount was not previously known, in a claim filed in 2004, that says the airlines and airport security companies failed to prevent terrorists from hijacking the planes used to destroy the buildings. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents letters to the "New York Times" about the daily experiences of New Yorkers. Comments on female foreigners about New York City; Purchase of cigar from an Indian store; Airport security.

Discusses the arrest of airport workers at LaGuardia and Kennedy Internation airports. Workers who were arrested for lying about their criminal backgrounds when they applied for their jobs; Charges of identity theft and Social Security fraud that the workers face; Workers from airports around the U.S. who were arrested on similar charges; Arrests that were a result of increased security checks since September 11, 2001.

Discusses plans by New York Governor George E. Pataki to increase security at New York city's area airports. Intent to go beyond federal restrictions by requiring criminal background checks of workers in airport shops; Details, including installation of fingerprint scanners for employees and purchase of sophisticated equipment; Support of New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey; Belief that the proposed state laws would close a loophole in the federal regulations.

Presents an overview of events related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, as of December 29, 2001. Why the hunt for terrorist leader Osama bin Laden has lost its momentum; Failures of U.S. intelligence and the political will to act prior to the September 11 attacks; Changed rules for airport screeners; Plans for sky marshalls aboard jetliners; Doubts that illegal aliens who died in the attacks will be identified; Questions over an Australian Taliban fighter.

Reports on arrests made at Kennedy International and LaGuardia Airports on September 13, 2001, in relation to the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Speculation regarding the intentions the detained individuals, some of whom possessed false pilot's identification and tickets for flights cancelled on the 11th; Mention of airport closings resulting from the arrests.

Focuses on the taking of hostages by Aaron A. Commey on a National Airlines Boeing 757 at Kennedy International Airport in New York, New York. Details of the incident; Questions regarding the limits of airport security checkpoints; Insistence of officials at Kennedy Airport that their security procedures worked as they should have.

Reports enforcement of extra security measures at parking places of three New York metropolitan airports by Federal Aviation Authority and the Port Authority, following arrest of several Palestinians in the City regarding World Trade Center bombing. Issue of orders on August 5, 1995.

Reports that officials at Kennedy International Airport in New York have been repeatedly told of security problems which made aircraft vulnerable to terrorist attack. Various security studies commissioned or conducted by the Port Authority; Security recommendations; Response of Port Authority officials.

Informs that investigators still consider security at Kennedy International Airport to be porous, even weeks after the crash of Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800. Discovery by law enforcement officials that perhaps hundreds of persons could have gotten access to the plane and its baggage; Description of the airport's security rules.

Reports on criticisms on the inadequacy of airport security measures in New York City by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Importance for reemphasizing law enforcers' responsibilities in ensuring airport security; Giuliani's observations on the increasing crimes committed in airports.

Reports on the opinions of aviation security experts about the security system at the Kennedy International Airport in New York. Comparison with security measures at the Hellenikon International Airport in Athens, Greece.

Looks at the security measures adopted at the Kennedy International Airport, New York City, in view of the threat of a terrorist attack. Investigation of the threat by the law enforcement officials; Elevation of security at all the US airports; Details of the security arrangements.