Some Airports Admit They Have Not Tightened Security

Enforcement of a TSA mandate for more scrutiny of people traveling to the U.S. from 14 countries it says are security risks has been spotty at best, and that some say there has been little, if any, security increase.

The Associated Press reports that an official in Lebanon, one of the countries on the list, said "Everything it she same. There is no extra security." He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

Enhanced screening techniques are supposed to included full-body pat-downs and hand inspection of luggage ... steps put into place by the Obama administration following the unsuccessful attempt to bring down a U.S. bound airliner on Christmas Day.

In Nigeria, one traveler said she was advised to arrive at the airport seven hours before her scheduled flight. Nigerian officials said every passenger would be patted down, and all luggage would be hand-inspected. But there was no apparent change as places like Lebanon, Syria, and Libya, and several European governments said they planned to "study" the new rules before implementing new procedures.

U.S. officials said they had moved dozens of names onto their terrorism watch list and no-fly list after reviewing the database following the Christmas day incident. While tighter screening has been called for at international airports, there has been no similar changes asked for at domestic airports.

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