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Congress

House Republican Report Unsparing In Criticism Of TSA

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

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A report released yesterday by House Republicans of two committees lambastes the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for being inefficient, ineffective, overly bureaucratic and not developing and deploying effective screening technology. The criticisms in the report are wide ranging and the list of complaints long. For example, it says that the agency’s “status and mission have gradually eroded” due to being a “tangential” component within the “massive structure” of the Department of Homeland Security, losing “focus on its security mission, instead…

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‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

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