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:: 7.31.2003 ::
Here's a fun little piece of info:The Transportation Security Administration asked Congress last Friday for permission to cut $104 million, or about 20 percent, of the funding for the air marshals program to help offset the agency's $900 million budget deficit.
The next day, Homeland Security, the TSA's parent agency, sent an advisory to airlines and law enforcement agencies warning that al-Qaida may try more suicide hijackings. As John Stewart might say, "whaaaa...?" Story also describes changes to the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System ordered by Congress after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. These changes include allowing people to find out what information is linked to them in the program database, and eliminating credit histories and medical records from the information-gathering process. At the insistence of Congress, the revised program is to be tested at an undisclosed location for the next few months before being implemented at the nation's airports. Well, there's some good news, at least.
:: Deb 1:50 PM :: permalink ::
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