Twice now the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has failed to meet a deadline mandated by Congress to inspect 100% of all cargo on international U.S.-bound passenger planes. Following recommendations made by the commission that investigated the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Congress passed the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007. One of the sections of the law ordered the TSA to make sure it could screen all packages on inbound flights by August 2010. After missing that deadline, agency leaders promised to meet a new one by the end of 2011. But that’s not going to happen, says TSA, which is only inspecting “identified high-risk” parcels. Members of Congress are now demanding answers.

-Noel Brinkerhoff