TSA Couldn't Stop Moscow-Style Attack, Says Congressman
The New American
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the federal force charged with keeping the nation’s airports secure, would not have been able to detect and stop the type of attack at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport on January 26. That was the warning given by U.S. Representative John Mica (R-Fla.), the new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Russian authorities said the assault on the country’s busiest air hub, which killed at least 35 and injured over 180 others, was carried out by a suicide bomber wearing an improvised explosive device packed with shrapnel.
Mica warned that a program instituted by the TSA back in 2006, designed to identify potential terrorists in crowded airports, would not be capable of detecting a Moscow-style assault...
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