Research Paper Progress Report

My research topic is on airport security.

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&source=&sortBy=&displayGroups=&zid=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010265219

Source Citation

Goldberg, Jeffrey. "U.S. Airport Security Measures Are Ineffective and Purely Symbolic." Homeland Security. Ed. James D. Torr. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. At Issue. Rpt. from "The Things He Carried." The Atlantic Monthly 302 (1 Nov. 2008): 100-104. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 26 Oct. 2012.

This source was an account of a reported who got through airport security with various illegal things, such as an illegal ticket. He also have an outline of how the no fly list works and the flaws of the airport security system.

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/PrimarySourcesDetailsPage/PrimarySourcesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=PrimarySources&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&source=&sortBy=&displayGroups=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CCX3456600128

Source Citation

United States District Court. "Shoe Bomber Attempts Airliner Explosion." Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 293-296. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 26 Oct. 2012.

This link shows the exploits of the airport security measures right after 9/11 the aritcle exaplains an incident with a shoe bomber that got through security just three months after 9/11. His show bomb did not have any metal in it thus is was no detected.

http://www.amazon.com/Essentials-American-Government-Reform-Edition/dp/0205825761/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1352478170&sr=8-18&keywords=ap+gov+textbook

This is a link to our government text book, there is a short segment in the text book that talks about a bomber that got through security and how Obama handled the incident.