Saturday evening, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva went on national television and said the security operations are the only way to restore normalcy in the capital.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

As in other cases during the past few years, average travelers are now the ones paying the price by spending even more time in international airport terminals and undergoing increased screening, while security officials attempt to figure out just went wrong and who was responsible.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

One of them had been questioned on Sunday as he went through security in Birmingham, Alabama, on his way to Chicago O'Hare.

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Before the temporary payroll tax cut last year, employees and employers paid 7.6% in FICA payroll, of which 6.2% went to social security and 1.5% went to Medicare.

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Tellingly, out of the funds available only a small percent went to cyber security.

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