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DOJ assails secure flight.

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Despite a recent U.S., Department of Justice report concluding Secure Flight is unfocused and unprepared to take effect, the Transportation Security Administration said it is moving forward this month with two airlines to partially launch the passenger prescreening program.

DOJ inspector general Glenn Fine said in a report released this month that the TSA has failed to coordinate properly with the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center, suggesting TSA can't get the proper data it needs to get the program operational. Under Secure Flight, TSA is supposed to match passenger names with watchlists of suspected terrorists main-mined by the Terrorist Screening Center, which is administered by the FBI.

Although TSA spokeswoman Carrie Harmon said the agency agrees with most of the inspector general's recommendations and is already working to implement them, the agency still intends to implement Secure Flight by the end of the month.

"The implementation of the Secure Flight program at both the TSA and the TSC has been hindered by project delays and uncertainty about project scope, logistics and the resources...

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