Just when you thought the scandals involving U.S. airport security couldn’t possibly get any worse, a Philadelphia newspaper reports that the Department of Homeland Security hired a defrocked priest accused of molesting children without bothering to complete a background check. It’s as if Abbott & Costello are in charge of airport security in the United

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It’s unfathomable that a decade after the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history, the multi-billion-dollar government agency created to secure the nation’s transportation system—mainly aviation—is so inept that the country remains inexcusably vulnerable to a repeat of 9/11. That’s essentially what the latest of many federal audits reveals about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the

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The multi-billion-dollar federal agency created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to protect the nation’s transportation system is inept, bloated and has failed miserably to fulfill its mission despite being generously funded by the government, according to a new congressional report. This is hardly earth-shattering news about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) since its many lapses

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In the latest scandal to rock the perpetually inept Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a loaded gun slipped through “security” at a major U.S. airport and the agency claims there was no system breakdown because it was not its duty to intercept the weapon. This may lead Americans to wonder who is responsible for securing the

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The federal lawmaker who helped create the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) a decade ago is calling to dismantle and privatize the scandal-plagued agency which has been marred by a series of shameful lapses despite receiving unlimited resources from Congress.Created after the 2001 terrorist attacks mainly to protect aviation, the 60,000-employee TSA has been the subject

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A decade after the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history the Homeland Security agency created to protect the nation’s transportation system clears “individuals who pose a threat” to work in “secure” areas of American airports.It may seem like a bad joke but it’s reality at the perpetually inept Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the 55,000-employee monster

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