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February 09, 2006

Secure Flights program must undergo an audit

Transportation Security Administration chief Kip Hawley announced Thursday the Secure Flights program has been suspended due to security concerns.

The announcement was made before the Senate Commerce Committee. Hawley informed the committee that a full audit of the IT components of the program needed to take place.

The Secure Flights program would take over the job of checking passenger names against watch lists, airlines currently perform this function.

The AP article can be viewed in full here

Posted by Blathnaid Healy at February 9, 2006 01:48 PM

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