Posted on 07/13/2011 2:27:57 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
The Department of Homeland Security plans to spend a total of $1 billion on a controversial airport security program that, despite being in use for at least seven years, has yet to nab a known terror suspect or thwart a potential attack.
The U.S. government has already spent approximately $750 million on the Screening of Passengers by Technique (SPOT) program, which in part trains airport security officers to look out for "micro-expressions" of travelers that may betray nefarious planning, and plans to add another $254 million to the program in 2012, according to a report published today by the Government Accountability Office's Director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues Stephen Lord. ABC News previously reported
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Only takes one.
Come on La Enchiladita,
We give the C.I.A. F.B.I. N.S.A. etc billions a year and the boobs couldn’t even see the downfall of the Soviet Union?
YOu can’t expect the T.S.A. to catch anyone with thier paltry billion.
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