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Article: Anti-terrorism program's shortfalls may hurt safety; Affect airline screening center's planning.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2005
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Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
An airline anti-terrorism screening plan may not be able to tell the Department of Homeland Security how many passenger records are being screened or project the number of terrorist-watch-list "hits" to be sent to the nation's Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), according to a report.
The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General said the program shortfalls, found in a lengthy audit, have hurt the TSC's ability to plan its role in the government's new "Secure Flight" program, an initiative to let the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) compare the names of commercial airline passengers with TSC's ...