Lawmakers alter funding plan for airliner countermeasures

Senate proponents of equipping commercial airliners with anti-missile devices have backed away from proposing to tap the Pentagon's ballistic missile defense budget to pay for their plan. Instead, the legislation by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J...

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