By Calvin Biesecker In the wake of a foiled terror plot that involved shipping on aircraft two bombs concealed in packages ultimately destined for the United States, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) yesterday asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for a report assessing progress and challenges related to screening and securing U.S.-bound air cargo. In the letter, which was co-signed by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), chairman of the panel's subcommittee on transportation security, Thompson seeks answers…
Rep. Thompson Asks GAO To Assess Progress, Challenges of Screening U.S.-Bound Air Cargo
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