Despite a congressional mandate that 100 percent of cargo loaded on passenger planes be screened for explosives this year, it won't be until 2013 before this will likely happen, according to a senior Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official. By the end of 2010 TSA estimates that 62 percent of inbound international air cargo will be screened for explosives, John Sammon, assistant administrator for Transportation Sector Network Management at TSA, tells the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security. Next year…
TSA Expects All International Air Cargo to Be Screened by 2013
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