U.S. to expand laptop ban to all flights that flunk safeguards

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
> Date: June 28, 2017 at 3:57:36 PM EDT
> To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org>
> Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: U.S. to expand laptop ban to all flights that flunk safeguards
>
> U.S. to expand laptop ban to all flights that flunk safeguards
>
> By POLITICO Staff
>
> 06/28/2017 03:43 PM EDT
>
> http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/28/trump-laptop-ban-airlines-worldwide-240056
>
> The Trump administration is threatening to expand its laptop ban to all U.S.-bound flights from anywhere in the world 
> for airlines that fail to take additional security measures against concealed explosives, DHS plans to announce 
> Wednesday.
>
> The restrictions would also apply to checked luggage — not just to the carry-on bags targeted by a more limited ban 
> the U.S. imposed for some Middle Eastern airports in March. That additional provision would make the ban considerably 
> more onerous for business travelers, but would also avoid the dangers of stacking laptops and their flammable lithium 
> batteries inside planes' cargo holds.
>
> But the new measures could also allow several foreign-owned airlines to escape the existing laptop ban that the U.S. 
> imposed in March for carry-on luggage from 10 airports in the Middle East and North Africa, if they adopt the 
> additional screening procedures.
>
> The U.S. hasn’t announced when the new restrictions would take effect but said some airlines could adopt the enhanced 
> security procedures as early as this summer.
>
> Like the initial ban, the expanded restrictions would apply to electronic devices larger than a cellphone, including 
> laptops, tablets and e-readers.



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