FAA report criticizes FAA for lax security and inflight threats
The Times cited a 120 page commission document now at the National Archives with classified and declassified versions. Officials warned aviation security was lax and that FAA focused on congestion and finances over preventing terror. The 9/11 commission’s earlier public report already criticized FAA operations.
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Kansas officials defend voting reforms and probe state standardization
Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh says the election system, while imperfect, ran successfully last November. Congress faces calls to dissolve the new election commission after its work, as state funding rolls out toward $3 billion for new electronic and optical scan machines amid nationwide voting-machine malfunctions and provisional ballot lawsuits in several states.
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Kansas debates costly energy conservation and rate-raising bills
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North Korea acknowledges having nuclear weapons
North Korea admits it has nuclear weapons and may have more. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged a return to disarmament talks and warned against further isolation. Pyongyang blamed Washington's policy and pledged to keep its nuclear deterrent while pursuing dialogue and denuclearization.
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