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Drugs make their way behind the walls, as well, despite the prison's screening methods they can be smuggled in through the mail or visitation, and corrections staff is constantly on the lookout for them. >> go ahead and roll 203. >> we are going to go in and shake down suspected people who got drugs, possibly, weapons, anything unauthorized we're going to take. >> let the dog run through the cell and shake down. >> 504. >> there's a high concentrations of possible meth in this unit. so we're going to fry to find it. >> 507. >> a lot easier to see things when there is not as much clutter. that'...

Information with our foreign allies, and are consulting the aviation industry. among the changes passengers may see more screening of electronics in shoes, more explosive detection machines and in some cases, extra screenings at boarding gates. driving the new directive is increasing concern that terrorists from al qaeda and the peninsula or aqap are refining bombs to avoid detection by current screening methods. al qaeda has long looked for vulnerabilities in airport security and in particular, finding ways to put together bombs using non-metallic material that can make its way through metal ...

Airlines and those airports to ramp up their security. including more random passenger pat-downs and more screening of carry-on bags and more swabbing for explosive residue. it's based on intercepted communications and risk that security screening could be compromise add certain foreign airports. >> terrorists in syria and iraq and elsewhere continued to refine their methods of attack and that means that as they advance we have to advance as well. that requires new screening methods and heightened vigilance. >> reporter: the concern here, again, is that foreign airports, not to domestic airpor...

Further refining explosive devices to avoid detection by current screening methods using, for example, fewer metal parts. we are told it is unlike tloi affect what passengers can take on flights, for instance l lap tops, but passengers will see additional screening of shoes and electronics. screening for explosive residue, swab machines we are familiar with. . the passengers may see additional screening at gates and additional random screening where sometimes passengers are taken aside for additional interview. this has been an ongoing concern for some time. u counter terror officials watching...

The detonation mechanism was not successf successful. if they can put -- assembly a bomb that has the sort of blast effect and they can get the detonation right and they can get it past our screening methods, it could have a very serious impact. and we've seen sort of experts explode bombs and show the impact of them blowing out the side of a plane, but it requires a whole lot of things to go right. and fortunately up to now, they haven't been able to pull it off. >> we weren't blind to this threat before, so there are screening methods in place. >> especially at flights in emanate outside the...