UI News: Risk-based passenger screening could make air travel safer

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1/31/12

RISK-BASED PASSENGER SCREENING COULD MAKE AIR TRAVEL SAFER
Anyone who has flown on a commercial airline since 2001 is well aware of increasingly strict measures at airport security checkpoints. A study by Illinois researchers demonstrates that intensive screening of all passengers actually makes the system less secure by overtaxing security resources.
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