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Port Authority Yet Another Patsy of Bird Terror Syndicate

  • 3/30/09 at 10:15 AM
Port Authority Yet Another Patsy of Bird Terror Syndicate

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Turns out the FAA isn't the only travel administration charged with keeping us safe that has fallen in thrall to avian terrorists. According to the Post, the Port Authority has also been artificially deflating the numbers of reported "bird strikes" against planes at LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark airports, where attacks have actually increased 66 percent, 54 percent, and 67 percent, respectively, since 2003. [NYP]

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