Washington, Nov 17(ANI): In spite of 56 billion dollar investment in aviation safety, flying is no safer than it was before 9/11 terror attacks, and passengers' bare hands would be best defence if terror strikes on- board, according to a Republican report.
The report presented by Broun, alongwith House Transportation Committee Chairman John L. Mica, pointed out that there had been 25,000 airport security breaches in the past decade.
It slammed the Transportation Security Administration(TSA) as a bloated bureaucracy that recruits security personnel through advertisements on gas pumps and pizza boxes.
The report called on TSA to set standards for airport and airline security and seek use private contractors' partnership to implement them.
The TSA should station more personnel abroad to target terrorists and to ensure that passenger screening and baggage inspections in foreign airports comply with U.S. standards, the report added.
Broun said a terrorist bomb could be put aboard an airliner "very easily" at Atlanta airport.
"TSA has not prevented any attacks.It's just been very fortunate that we've had no attacks, " The Washington Post quoted him, as saying. TSA spokesperson Greg Soule, however, denounced the report."At a time when our country's aviation system is safer, stronger and more secure than it was 10 years ago, this report is an unfortunate disservice to the dedicated men and women of TSA who are on the front lines every day protecting the traveling public," Soule said
"TSA has developed a highly trained federal workforce that has safely screened over 5 billion passengers and established a multilayered security system reaching from curb to cockpit, " he added. (ANI)
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