Anti-missile plan for airliners seen taking too much time

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, is accusing the Bush Administration of moving too slowly to develop anti-missile devices for commercial aircraft. In a June 5 letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, Byrd said he is "concerned" that...

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