Flying Blind: How Political Correctness Continues to Compromise Airline Safety Post 9/11 (Signed First Edition)

Smerconish, Michael

ISBN 10: 0762423765 / ISBN 13: 9780762423767

Published by Running Press, Philadelphia, 2004

About this Item

Philadelphia: Running Press, 2004. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher s original price intact on jacket flap ($18.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy with no faults. Octavo, 232 pp., with index. Red cloth over boards with gilt spine lettering. Includes the original audio CD of testimony and dialogue, intact on rear pastedown and never opened. Signed by the author on the title page, his name only. Flying Blind: How Political Correctness Continues to Compromise Airline Safety Post 9/11 examines aviation security, profiling controversies, and governmental failures in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Smerconish (b. 1962) is an American radio host, television presenter, and political commentator, author of several works on politics and law. Flying Blind is his second book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flying Blind: How Political Correctness Continues to Compromise Airline Safety Post 9/11 (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Running Press, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762423765
• ISBN 13: 9780762423767
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Radio talk show host Michael Smerconish asks the question: In a post-9/11 world marked by constant threat of terrorism, why do the Department of Transportation and the Transportation Security Administration continue to jeopardize airline security by enforcing outdated screening regulations that cater to political correctness? The policy in question-disallowing airline security screeners from using profiling to target young Arab males for secondary screening-goes against the basic police investigative strategy of using pertinent information to pinpoint suspects and prevent further terrorist attacks. The issue first came to light during the 9/11 Commission hearings, and Smerconish's investigation gets to the heart of it. Drawing from U.S. Government documents, testimony from the 9/11 hearings and the June 24, 2004 special Senate hearing, on-the-record conversations with major airline officials and government representatives from the TSA and the Pentagon, personal experience, and various news stories and first-person accounts, Smerconish weaves together a stunning portrait of our flawed and failing airline security structure, and offers a strong solution.Includes audio CD with testimony from the 9/11 Commission hearings, testimony from a special U.S. Senate hearing about airline security, and excerpts from Smerconish's radio program including conversations with 9/11 Commissioner John Lehman, U.S. Senators Arlen Specter and John McCain, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher, and more.

About the Author

Michael A. Smerconish, Esq. hosts a daily morning-drive talk show in Philadelphia. He is a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, and has appeared on CNBC, O'Reilly Factor, Hardball with Chris Matthews, and Today.