NEW STUDIES RIP AIR SAFETY. Airports called as bad as pre-9-11 METRO Edition
AIRPORT SECURITY is no better than it was before the 9/11 attacks despite billions of dollars spent by the federal government, according to congressional officials briefed on the findings of two scathing studies. The studies - one by congressional investigators and the other by the Homeland Security...
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| Published in | Daily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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New York, N.Y
Tribune Publishing Company, LLC
17.04.2005
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| Summary: | AIRPORT SECURITY is no better than it was before the 9/11 attacks despite billions of dollars spent by the federal government, according to congressional officials briefed on the findings of two scathing studies. The studies - one by congressional investigators and the other by the Homeland Security Department - found major problems with the screening of airline passengers at the nation's 450 major airports. The criticism came as no surprise to many passengers at New York airports, including Greg Robertson, 44, who flew in to LaGuardia Airport yesterday from Atlanta. "It's not the level of performance we need in terms of protecting the public and the aviation system," said Rep. Peter DeFazio (D- Ore.), the ranking Democrat on the aviation committee who was briefed on the studies. |
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