By The Boston Globe Editorial Board The ebola crisis has sparked no small number of irrational statements, but one of the least sensible is the call to invest heavily in US border enforcement. President Obama’s highly anticipated plans for executive action on immigration, announced Thursday, included boosting border security. A more secure border, the thinking…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com To stem the spread of Ebola, the Department of Homeland Security has limited the number of flights coming from affected countries in West Africa, NPR reports. “Today, I am announcing that all passengers arriving in the United States whose travel originates in Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea will be required to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A TSA agent who patted down an Ebola patient at a Cleveland airport is on paid leave as a precaution, 19 Action News reports. The agency said the agent performed a routine-pat-down of Amber Vinson at Hopkins Airport. Vinson is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. “Out of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that there’s no evidence that terrorists are trying to weaponize Ebola, The Hill reports. Comey had a one-word response when asked whether there was credible evidence of an Ebola threat from terrorists: “No.” Comey didn’t elaborate after a speech at the Brookings Institute. Some Republicans…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A passenger with the Ebola virus traveled through the security checkpoints at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, prompting TSA to disinfect the areas, the Plain Dealer reports. The patient, Amber Joy Vinson, walked through the central security checkpoint while en route to Dallas/Fort Worth. Individual lanes to the checkpoints will be closed…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security agents are being trained to screen travelers for Ebola after they return from West Africa, the New York Daily News reports. The advanced screenings will take place at five major airports: John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York; Newark Liberty International Airport; Dulles International Airport outside of Washington,…
