Homeland Security marked by waste, lack of oversight

By G.W. Schulz

Records show that communities across California had difficulty managing millions in anti-terrorism grants handed out by Congress after Sept.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles International Airport":

"… size and top attractions, from the Golden Gate Bridge to Disneyland to the Los Angeles International Airport. California has taken in at least $1.9 billion between 2003 and 2009 from …"

Arrested Italian cell sheds light on Bin Laden's European network

By Leo Sisti and Maud S. Beelman

WASHINGTON, October 3, 2001 — On a cold winter night last January, on the outskirts of Milan, Italian anti-terrorist police intercepted a fr

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles International Airport":

"… he was a key figure in Bin Ladens network and one of the plotters to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on New Years Eve 1999. Abu Doha also was implicated by U.S. intelligence i …"

Authorities question criteria for access to flight simulators

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2001 — Congress and the executive branch are reviewing the largely unregulated access to the nations 527 licensed

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles International Airport":

"… o runs Flight Crews International, Inc., a pilot placement agency based at Los Angeles International Airport. Someone trained in Europe or the Middle East to fly a Boeing 737, for exa …"

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Many over-60 pilots 'just want to fly'

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, January 8, 2001 — Some of the pilots forced to retire at 60 aren't as fortunate as their peers who have good pension plans when

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles International Airport":

"… ted McNicol, founder and president of Flight Crews International, based at Los Angeles International Airport. “So that age discrimination rule is a real hardship.”Jessica Stearns, …"

Ahmed Ressam, mastermind of foiled LAX plot, gave up valuable details about al-Qaida without harsh interrogation

By David Heath

Fresh debate about interrogation tactics after bin Laden’s killing raises profile of foiled LAX bomber

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles International Airport":

"… n, Ressam became the leader of a plot to massacre holiday travelers at the Los Angeles International Airport at the end of 1999. The plot was foiled when alert Customs officers at a f …"

Smoking dragon, royal charm

By Te-Ping Chen

A tale of four FBI agents, 62 Chinese smugglers, and a billion bogus cigarettes

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles International Airport":

"… ents for $60,000 per container.That same day, Lin strode into the gleaming Los Angeles International Airport with a substitute passport he’d obtained from the local Taiwanese Consul …"

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SuperShuttle: A job or a business?

By Emma Schwartz

Many SuperShuttle drivers struggle for paycheck.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Veolia":

"… has the money to pay up front.So SuperShuttle, owned by the European giant Veolia Transportation, offers a financing system, usually over a seven-year perio …"

"… ing about this issue. And in 2008, Tom Vitale, chief operating officer for Veolia’s On-Demand Division, wrote drivers a letter responding: “The only way …"

More on Fred Humphries, FBI friend of Jill Kelley

By David Heath

Fred Humphries, who helped initiatiate the invetigation of Patraeus, praised for his interrogations of suspected terroists

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles International Airport":

"… d with Ahmed Ressam, the man convicted of a plot to detonate a bomb in the Los Angeles International Airport.Humphries interrogations are credited with saving lives, most notably in h …"