AP: Report Finds Lavish Spending at TSA
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WASHINGTON - The government agency in charge of airport security spent nearly a half-million dollars on an awards ceremony at a lavish hotel, including $81,000 for plaques and $500 for cheese displays, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press.    Awards were presented to 543 Transportation Security Administration employees and 30 organizations, including a "lifetime achievement award" for one worker with the 2-year-old agency...
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Budget airlines are hiding the full costs of travel, according to a survey by Which?
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NEW YORK, December 28  - The US Transportation Secretary, Norman Mineta, has ordered an investigation into US Airways (USG.
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Even though we spend about $5 billion a year in tax dollars on airport security, why do airport checkpoints still look like garage sales?
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The CIA estimates that prior to Sept. 11, Al Qaeda was spending about $30 million per year. Since then, the US has seized some $265 million in assets linked to the group.
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The Justice Department is being asked to investigate new Northwest Airlines fees that added $7.50 to the cost of a round-trip ticket purchased through systems used by travel agents.
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US Airways Group Inc.  is set to announce a large order of Airbus jets that could be worth more than $10 billion at list prices, according to published reports.
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Disagreement regarding passenger data could ground thousands of flights.
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The Transportation Security Administration has overpaid Boeing Co. by at least $49 million on a contract to install explosive detection equipment at US commercial airports, according to an internal audit released Monday.
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British Airways has said that the disruption caused by increased security at airports after the foiling of an alleged terror plot last month cost the company about 40 million pounds.
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Hello, user fees. The air traffic control system needs an upgrade.
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U.S. News & World Report - Spending on advertising in the 2008 presidential election will surpass $800 million, according to an overview released this morning by the campaign media analysis group of New York-based TNS Media Intelligence.
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NASA begrudgingly released some results Monday from an $11.3 million federal air safety study it previously withheld from the public over concerns it would upset travelers and hurt airline profits. It published the findings in a format that made it cumbersome for any thorough analysis by outsiders.
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TSA buys millimeter wave technology to scan passengers in volume.
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BANGKOK (Dow Jones)--Thai Airways International PCL (THAI.TH) plans to fund the planned purchase of 14 new aircraft, worth a total of 96.
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NEW YORK - Suitcases full of cash, secret bank accounts, covert operatives, corrupt politicians on the take. A report detailing alleged illicit U.N...
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The Transportation Security Administration said yesterday that it will charge $28 a year to process background checks on each airline passenger who joins a privately run traveler registry.