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The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Wednesday, September 5th, 2018
In Executive Protection News
NBC News
Scott Pruitt's $3.5 million, 24/7 security detail not justified, says EPA watchdog
Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's use of around-the-clock security detail that cost taxpayers more than $3.5 million was not justified and was more than twice as expensive as his predecessor's, according to a new report by the Environmental Protection Agency's Inspector General.
Pruitt resigned from the EPA effective July 6 after facing a barrage of investigations and audits.
The inspector general found the decision to assign a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week security detail to protect Pruitt was made by the Trump transition team before the administrator even started the job. The decision was supposed to be re-evaluated two weeks after Pruitt arrived but the IG says that never happened. It also cost 110 percent more than the security protection given to Pruitt's predecessor, Gina McCarthy, during a similar time period.
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In Terrorism News
Terrorist wannabes plotted self-driving car bomb attack
Two wannabe ISIS terrorists planned an attack involving a self-driving car — because they didn’t want to blow themselves up, British prosecutors said Tuesday.
Farhad Salah and Andy Star were busted in England in December for allegedly plotting the car-bomb attack, the Telegraph reported.
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And from Homeland Security
MCCAUL RELEASES SEPTEMBER TERROR THREAT SNAPSHOT
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) today released September’s Terror Threat Snapshot, a monthly assessment of the Committee’s continuing effort to highlight the growing threat America, the West, and the world face from ISIS and other Islamist terrorists.
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In Vehicle News
From Auto Remarketing
Consumer satisfaction with vehicle technology on rise, says J.D. Power tech study
According to the J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Tech Experience Index (TXI) Study, released Wednesday, overall satisfaction with new-vehicle technology among owners of luxury vehicles averages 766 (on a 1,000-point scale), while satisfaction among owners of mass-market vehicles is 765. This is a 16-point and 15-point improvement, respectively, from last year.
Interestingly, J.D. Power found that owners may find the systems to be more of a problem than a benefit. In fact, 23 percent of owners said that their lane-keeping/centering system is annoying or bothersome.
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