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Twin Cities

Security experts says quality airport security difficult to gauge

Security experts says quality airport security difficult to gauge

As security agencies increase their efforts to pick out potential terrorists and bomb threats, you might wonder how good security is at the Twin Cities airport, but since the TSA took over airport security, that information is hard to come by.
by Martin Moylan

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How reliable are bomb-sniffing dogs?

How reliable are bomb-sniffing dogs?

The bomb-sniffing dog that indicated a bag at the Twin Cities airport might contain explosives was back at work on Wednesday. But the false alarm it caused a day earlier proved surveillance systems have a ways to go before they detect only real threats.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Pink bag caused brief scare at MSP

Pink bag caused brief scare at MSP

The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is expected to operate normally again Wednesday after Tuesday's brief bomb scare. The false alarm caused a partial shutdown of the Lindbergh terminal. A bomb-sniffing dog triggered the alert when it called attention to a piece of luggage in the airport's baggage claim area.
by Annie Baxter

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The coming year for Minnesota politics

The coming year for Minnesota politics

Our political editor Mike Mulcahy has been surveying the political landscape ahead of us and he talked with Tom Crann about what we can expect in the upcoming political season.
by Tom Crann

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ATC talks with former Northwest Airlines Security chief Douglas Laird

ATC talks with former Northwest Airlines Security chief Douglas Laird

Does the false-alarm that partially shut down Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport represent the "new normal" for airport operations? Tom Crann talked to former Northwest Airlines Security chief Douglas Laird.
by Tom Crann

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