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Schumer says TSA 'ought to repeal' rule to allow small knives on airplanes

Originally published: March 10, 2013 8:25 PM
Updated: March 10, 2013 8:41 PM
By IGOR KOSSOV. Special to Newsday

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attends the re-opening ceremonies

Photo credit: Getty Images | Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attends the re-opening ceremonies at Fairway Market on the waterfront in Red Hook in Brooklyn (March 1, 2013)

Sen. Charles Schumer Sunday criticized the Transportation Security Administration's decision to allow small knives on airplanes, noting the "very small knives used by Mohammed Atta and other hijackers on 9/11."

"What the heck is the TSA doing?" Schumer asked at a news conference at his Manhattan office. "They ought to immediately repeal this rule."

TSA Administrator John Pistole announced...

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