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USA: Airport Security: Astoundingly Expensive and 95 Percent Ineffective - A recent leaked report on the TSA revealed glaring failures by the agency. But screenings aren’t worth the cost even in the best of circumstances.

05 June 2015

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"Airline security is a miserable business. Getting through a checkpoint is much like being in a fire drill in the middle of a traffic pileup at the busiest intersection in the city. And now, thanks to a leaked report on the Transportation Security Administration, we have a hard number to assign to our feelings of frustration: Airline security is 95 percent ineffective."

See the full article: Airport Security: Astoundingly Expensive and 95 Percent Ineffective - A recent leaked report on the TSA revealed glaring failures by the agency. But screenings aren’t worth the cost even in the best of circumstances. (CityLab, link)

And see: EXCLUSIVE: Undercover DHS Tests Find Security Failures at US Airports (ABC News, link) and: TSA Director Reassigned in Wake of Security Failures (ABC News, link) also: Yawning, Whistling Might Get You Flagged at Airport Security (ABC News, link)

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