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Security agencies lack permanent leaders

EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON

Two federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top leaders for nearly a year. It took the Obama administration more than eight months to nominate anyone to lead the Tra n s p o r ta t i o n S e c u r i t y Administration and the Customs and Border Protection agency. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of U.S. security policies following the failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam. He vowed Monday to "do everything that we can to...

 

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