Security Headlines


Airport body scanners spreading across US

The Transportation Security Administration on Friday announced nine more U.S. airports that will receive body-scanning technology, as the U.S. heightens its effort to detect hidden explosives and other weapons amid a threat highlighted by an attempted bombing on Christmas Day.

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Blatter confident in SAfrica WCup security plans

FIFA president Sepp Blatter expressed confidence Friday in South Africa's security plans for the 2010 World Cup.

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Administration close to 9/11 trials' reversal

In a potential reversal, White House advisers are close to recommending that President Obama opt for military tribunals for the self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind and four others.

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School workers on leave amid webcam probe

Two information-technology workers at a suburban Philadelphia school district that secretly activated webcams on students' school-issued laptops are on paid leave amid an FBI wiretap investigation.

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Cyberattacks explode in Congress

Congress and other government agencies are under a cyber attack an average of 1.8 billion times a month, a number that has been growing exponentially since President Barack Obama took office.

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