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GAO: TSA’s Secure Flight Meets Congressional Conditions

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Thursday, April 8th, 2010

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The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) program that transitions responsibility from air carriers to the agency for checking airline passenger information against watch lists meets all the conditions set forth by Congress, clearing the way for Secure Flight to be deployed beyond the test phase, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a report. TSA has continued to make progress over the years in meeting the 10 statutory conditions Congress enacted as part of the FY '05 Homeland Security Appropriations Act,…

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