Washington spent roughly $6.5 billion last year alone to make air travel safe from terrorism, but that’s not the only expense borne by taxpayers, according to a new report from the Santa Monica-based think tank RAND Corp.
Among those additional costs are state and local police stationed at airports, the amount of time spend by travelers passing through long security lines and the economic impact of new counterterrorism mandates placed on private corporations, according to an article in the Sacramento Bee.