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Obama Administration Undermines Airline Security and Railroad Safety: 9/11 Lessons Ignored

Obama Administration Undermines Airline Security and Railroad Safety: 9/11 Lessons Ignored

In the aftermath of 9/11, Congress foolishly shifted airline security screening to the inept Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which has failed to detect explosive ingredients and fake bombs, in performance tests.

Now the Obama Administration is making matters even worse by undermining both airline security and railroad safety. A study found that the TSA is more than twice as likely to fail to detect a bomb as the private security firms it replaced. And TSA’s failure rate is three or four times as…

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