By Calvin Biesecker There are vulnerabilities in the procedures that airlines and cargo screening facilities are using to screen air cargo that is loaded onto passenger aircraft for explosives, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Inspector General (IG) reports. "We identified vulnerabilities in the cargo screening procedures employed by air carriers and cargo screening facilities to detect and prevent explosives from being shipped in air cargo transported on passenger aircraft," says an unclassified summary of the report, Evaluation of Screening…
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