TSA Director Plans to Focus on Highways, Ports

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img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>James M. Loy, the director of the Transportation Security Administration, told transportation specialists last week that the agency this year would work to enhance highway and port cargo security.

Separately, the General Accounting Office said the United States still does not have a comprehensive plan to keep bombs and other threats hidden in air cargo from being smuggled onto aircraft.

The GAO report said that “a limited amount” of air cargo is screened and that TSA has made few changes in cargo security, because it focuses on passenger and baggage checks.

Loy made his comments during a luncheon Jan. 15 at the Transportation Research Board, saying that TSA would not limit its efforts to air passenger security.

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