May 19, 2009 11:29AM 

# Congress to TSA: No Cheating 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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[H.R. 2464](http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2464.html), introduced yesterday, would prohibit the Transportation Security Administration from giving advance notice to security screeners when they are going to be covertly tested.

Does it need saying that tipping off screeners undermines the value of testing? Does TSA need a law to make it not do that?

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