Word: lax
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...Young Choi ’02, a native of Lexington, Mass., said she was able to access Widener as a high school student because of the lax security at Pusey Library, which connects to Widener through an underground tunnel...
FOILED DEC. 14, 1999 PORT ANGELES, WASH. Alert U.S. Customs agents noticed that Ahmed Ressam was sweating--in winter--while waiting to cross from Canada into the U.S. In his trunk, they found explosives. Ressam later confessed to a plot to blow up LAX airport...
...House Republicans also failed to recognize that private companies, as events since Sept. 11 reveal, have repeatedly failed to provide effective airport security. In fact, several amendments added to the bill limit the financial liability of airlines, airport security firms and airplane manufacturers in the case that lax security provisions lead to future hijackings. We are concerned that these amendments, in the context of a watered-down security bill, would lessen the responsibility of private security companies (many of which are Republican campaign donors) and are motivated by a desire to satisfy special interests rather than to protect Americans...
...attacks of Sept. 11 have spurred the trucking industry to improve its lax security. Some technology is already available. A security feature installed in some trucks is a tracking device similar to the transponders used on commercial jets. The device beams a truck's location by satellite to fleet managers, while a two-way messaging system allows drivers and trucking officials to stay in touch. Qualcomm Inc. of San Diego offers truckers a panic button. When it's pushed, a ping sounds in the company's network management center, a NASA-style command base with 31 computer monitors...
...United States 6-7 months ago—we were fighting over what to do with the surplus,” King says. “I’m concerned about the lax approach to our financial future in Cambridge...