yemen. and what s particularly alarming, homeland security officials and secretary of homeland security talked about it last night is that we are seeing westerners from western europe, some americans, a handful, flowing into syria to take up that fight. and they could be compromised. in fact, what his concern was that you might be seeing radical elements try to turn those westerners and make them go back to europe or in fact, back to the states. but because they ve got the western passport they d more easily get on a plane and potentially take one of those bombs that may be coming from yemen and new technology, their words or new techniques to evade security. so because of all of that, homeland security is now urging foreign airports and airlines to begin stepping up, ramping up security. here s what they are doing. more random passenger patdowns. more screening ever carry-on bags. more swabbing for explosive residue on hands, on bags, on carry-ons and extra scrutiny of electronics. al
that they re now going to try to smuggle past airport security screeners. the war in syria is the focus of this latest threat. security forces believe militants there have been working with bombmakers in yemen who remain determined to attack western targets especiallily the u.s. the concern, hundreds of europeans and a handful of americans who have joined the extremists also hold person passports, that could give them easier access to u.s. bound planes. homeland security secretary jay johnson on rachel maddow s show yesterday. we re very concerned about it because there are stremtists within the border of syria that would like to indoctrinate syria. while the tsa sets a security standard, the u.s. is now asking airlines and those airports to ramp up their security, including more random passenger