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Monday, 08 March 2010 |
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The USA's Homeland Security Department will miss the August 2010 deadline to ensure all international cargo on passenger planes is screened for weapons of mass destruction before being flown into the United States, a senior department official says.
Gale Rossides, TSA's acting director, said the agency might be able to ensure only 65 per cent of cargo on international flights is screened.
However, TSA will meet the deadline for screening all cargo aboard passenger flights originating inside the United States, she added.
Meanwhile, for airline passenger security, the TSA has decided whole-body imaging machines are the way forward and is pressing for added funding to buy more.
TSA bought 150 whole-body imaging machines last year, but has not yet installed them.
The department says 11 airports will receive machines in coming weeks.
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