Two U.S. senators are challenging the TSA's stance on tiny knives


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After a decade of complaining that the TSA focused too much on the little things and not on real threats to an airplane's safety, a number of politicians and long-time critics are taking the TSA to task for making adjustments that will allow them to focus on the big things.
Two U.S. senators said they will offer a bipartisan amendment aimed at overturning the Transportation Security Administration’s “foolhardy” plan to let passengers bring small knives on commercial flights. Permitting knives in airplane cabins puts passengers and flight crews at an unacceptable risk, Charles Schumer, a N