Permanent emergency : inside the TSA and the fight for the future of American security / Kip Hawley and Nathan Means.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawley, Edmund S. (Edmund Summers), 1953-

Contributor:

Means, Nathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Transportation Security Administration.

United States.

Transportation--Security measures--United States.

Transportation.

Transportation--Security measures.

Transportation--Effect of terrorism on.

Aeronautics, Commercial--Security measures--United States.

Aeronautics, Commercial.

Aeronautics, Commercial--Security measures.

Airports--Security measures--United States.

Airports.

Airports--Security measures.

Transportation--Effect of terrorism on--United States.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Physical Description:

xi, 260 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Inside the TSA and the fight for the future of American security

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2012]

Summary:

"Since 2001 the TSA has accepted responsibility for protecting over two million people a day at U.S. airports and managing transportation operations around the world. But how effective is this beleaguered agency, and is it really keeping us safe from terrorism? 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 catastrophe. Citing numerous thwarted plots and government actions that have never before been revealed publicly, Hawley suggests that the fundamental mistake in America's approach to national security is requiring a protocol for every contingency. Instead, he claims, we must learn to live with reasonable risk so that we can focus our efforts on long-term, big-picture strategy, rather than expensive and ineffective regulations that only slow us down"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 A Darkened Land 1

2 Find Something and Do It 9

3 Sprinting through the Airport 21

4 How to Look Without Seeing 39

5 After the Party 55

6 Yesterday's Agency 67

7 Betting on Chaos 81

8 Where's the Action? 97

9 Searching for a Pocketknife in a Haystack 107

10 Why We Watch Out for Weddings in Chicago 117

11 The Sports Drink's Secret 135

12 Making Waves 149

13 Dialing Up 3-1-1 157

14 The Network Chase 171

15 Shoe Scanners, Stolen Babies, and the End of the Baggie 187

16 The Predator 205

17 Zero Hour 221.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780230120952

0230120954

OCLC:

733231418