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The Transportation Security Administration is considering eliminating passenger screening at more than 150 small and medium-sized airports across the US, according to senior agency officials and internal documents obtained by CNN.
The proposal, if implemented, would mark a major change for air travel in the US, following nearly two decades of TSA presence since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and comes as the Trump administration has stepped up screening measures for items such as laptops and tablets.
Internal documents from a TSA working group say the proposal to cut screening at small and some medium-sized airports serving aircraft with 60 seats or fewer could bring a "small (non-zero) undesirable increase in risk related to additional adversary opportunity."
The internal documents from June and July suggest the move could save $115 million annually, money that could be used to bolster security at larger airports.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:49PM (1 child)
I'd bet what's being talked about here is not having "no" security at regional airports, just the TSA dropping their coverage. As in those regionals will still be required to provide their own security that meets TSA standards, just not being paid out of the Federal coffers.
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 03 2018, @01:11AM
That's the punchline to a joke, right?