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Congress

Schumer Calls on TSA to Require All Airport Employees To Go Through Metal Detectors

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, January 7th, 2015

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Schumer Calls on TSA to Require All Airport Employees To Go Through Metal Detectors

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) gathered with several New York law enforcement officials in the Capitol Wednesday to call on the Transportation Security Administration to force all airport and airline employees–from mechanics to bag handlers to food vendors–to go through security screenings every single day before entering secure areas of the airport, in light of the recent discovery of an Atlanta-to-New York gun smuggling operation.Schumer described the operation, saying that a former Delta ramp agent with knowledge of the security plans…

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