"The current level of oversight does not provide
assurance that air carriers are meeting congressionally-mandated
goals of tripling the amount of cargo screened for passenger
aircraft... Consequently, the process increases opportunities for
the carriage of explosives, incendiaries, and other dangerous
devices on passenger aircraft."
Source: From "Transportation Security
Administration's Oversight of Passenger Aircraft Cargo Security
Faces Significant Challenges", released in July by the Inspector
General of the Department of Homeland Security. Representative
Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland
Security Committee, responded to the report this week, saying the
report amounts to "a scathing indictment" of the inadequacy
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