National Security Expert Trashes Excuses For Flight Shutdown: 'There Are Lots Of Questions'

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HuffPost reports that former national security official Richard Clarke faulted the White House press conference after the FAA's more-than-four-hour nationwide flight shutdown, calling it the worst crisis communications briefing he has seen and saying it is too early to rule out a cyberattack. He disputed officials' explanations — including Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's blame on old FAA routers and SMART's new AI platform — and said the public needs a complete explanation.

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