In contrast, total federal spending on all transportation security is now about $4.4 billion, the report said.

Since 9/11, about 90 percent of the nation's $5 billion annual investment in transportation security has gone to aviation, to fight the last war.

The department spends nearly half of its $38.5 billion budget on border, immigration and transportation security.

His policy work focused on transportation security, domestic intelligence, and privacy and civil liberties.

He successfully placed legislative initiatives in the 9/11 recommendations bill that was signed into law to increase America's rail and public transportation security.

But he said it could be done if Mr. Bush appointed a "hard charger" to lead transportation security.

They credit him with improving transportation security.

Erroll G. Southers is an expert in transportation security and counterterrorism.

Maritime interception operations, coastal security, transportation security, and law enforcement detachments are its major roles in Iraq.

Immediately after Sept. 11, the Legislature allocated $36 million to improve transportation security and $10 million to promote tourism, the state's biggest industry.