Recent breaches in airport security checks, such as an incident at Munich Airport on Wednesday, have authorities on both sides of the Atlantic searching for improvements. But there is a danger of taking things too far, say German commentators. Indeed, too much security could end up paralyzing air travel all together. It didn’t take long for the debate over airport security to hit the highest echelons of the German government. On Wednesday, a major security breach at Munich’s international airport resulted in the closure of a terminal building and the cancellation of 33 flights. On Thursday, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said he would take a close look at the lapse and strengthen airport security as necessary. He wasn’t alone. In a meeting of EU interior ministers, together with US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, in Toledo, Spain on Thursday, the European Union and the United States agreed to improve the sharing of passenger data. The agreement came in response to the failed Christmas Day terror attack on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. In addition, the gathered officials agreed to work together to deploy better screening technologies. The European Commission is currently evaluating the […]