Richard Colvin Reid, born 1973, is a British extremist who attempted a transatlantic shoe bombing in 2001. He later converted to Islam.
Since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing through 9/11 and beyond, aviation security has evolved with layered safeguards. Agencies have expanded screening, tightened luggage rules, and created TSA to oversee passenger and baggage checks, while balancing civil liberties concerns as threats persisted.