Unlike House Speaker Dennis Hastert and minority leader Richard Gephardt, who are barely on speaking terms, Lott and Daschle have a private phone line so they can bypass aides and talk directly to each other.

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The Transportation Security Administration has begun testing a new program allowing agents to select passengers to bypass standard security checks instead of an expedited line based on personal observations about passengers' behaviour.

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