Australia Terror Probe: Does a Surge in Airport Security Help?

Aug. 3, 2017

The 2017 Independent Intelligence Review found Australian intelligence has "performed strongly since the most recent review of the intelligence community in 2011", citing counter-terrorism as one of three areas of particular success.

The latest arrests mark the 13th suspected terror plot foiled by intelligence agencies since the terrorism threat level in Australia was raised to "probable" in 2014. To date, there have been no mass casualty terror attacks on Australian soil.

But according to some counter-terrorism and aviation experts, the additional security measures put in place by the government last week do not necessarily make flying safer.

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