October 2021 – Page 4 – Tickle The Wire

40% of TSA Employees Face Potential Termination As Vaccine Deadline Looms

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About 40% of TSA’s workforce remains unvaccinated and could be terminated if they don’t roll up their sleeves by the Nov. 22 deadline.

Fired McCabe Wins Back Pension 3 Years After Trump Fired Him Just Before Retirement

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Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was fired just hours before his scheduled retirement in 2018, won back his pension and other benefits.

TSA Seizes Record Number of Guns at Airport Checkpoints This Year

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The TSA seized a record number of guns at airpot security checkpoints this year, with three months left in 2021 and fewer passengers traveling due to COVID-19.

Eric Velez-Villar Named Assistant Director of Office of Private Sector at FBI Headquarters

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Retired Special Agent Eric Velez-Villar has been named assistant director of the Office of Private Sector at FBI headquarters.

Wray told Schiff He’d Resign Before Doing ‘Something That Wasn’t Right’ for Trump

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FBI Director Chris Wray was prepared to step down if then-President Trump demanded he do “something that wasn’t right.”

Questions Raised about Discipline for High-Ranking U.S. Marshals Allegedly Caught in At-Work Rendezvous

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Two high-ranking officials with the U.S. Marshals Service are accused of having sex at the agency’s Virginia headquarters, and a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of federal employees wants more information on the alleged tryst.