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alp227

(32,018 posts)
Tue May 15, 2012, 10:29 PM May 2012

Report: TSA security breaches mishandled

Source: CNN

The Transportation Security Administration is failing to adequately report, track and fix airport security breaches, according to the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general.

As a result, the TSA "does not have a complete understanding" of breaches at the nation's airports, says a report from the inspector general.

Congress will hold a hearing on the inspector general's report Wednesday.

The report, published earlier this month, was requested by New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg after a series of breaches at Newark Airport, including a knife bypassing TSA screening, passengers walking around security checkpoints and a dead dog transported without being screened for explosives.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/15/us/tsa-breaches/index.html

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Report: TSA security breaches mishandled (Original Post) alp227 May 2012 OP
"a dead dog transported without being screened for explosives." Oldtimeralso May 2012 #1

Oldtimeralso

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1. "a dead dog transported without being screened for explosives."
Wed May 16, 2012, 02:15 AM
May 2012

We all know Seamus would not bring explosives.

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