Regulations and Government
Former TSA Chief: LASP Proposal Based on Real Threats

The Transportation Security Administration’s proposed Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP), created in 2008, was based on actual risks and intelligence, Kip Hawley, the agency’s chief from 2005 to 2009, told AIN in an interview last week to promote his new book, Permanent Emergency: Inside the TSA and the Fight for the Future of American Security. “There was a real concern that a large business aviation aircraft would be used in an attack,” he recalled.

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