Report: 25,000 Airport Security Breaches Since 2001

July 13, 2011

The Transportation Security Administration has suffered more than 25,000 security breaches in U.S. airports in the past ten years, a House subcommittee on National Security is expected to report today.

The subcommittee, which is under the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and is scheduled to hold a hearing today on TSA oversight, totaled the breaches after reviewing Department of Homeland Security documents on travel starting two months after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, says an ABC.com report.

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Report: 25,000 Airport Security Breaches Since 2001

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