TSA asks foreign airports to tighten screening

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is asking foreign airports to tighten screening of U.S.-bound passengers’ carry-on electronics and adopt U.S. domestic security procedures instituted last year, according to officials and a memo to foreign airports cited by Reuters on Thursday.

Amid growing concerns about the possibility of hidden explosives, the TSA began stricter scrutiny of electronic devices by U.S. travelers last summer.