Federal Air Marshal Dies After Contracting COVID-19
A federal air marshal from the Las Vegas Field Office died after contracting COVID-19, the Transportation Security Administration announced.
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TSA Whistleblower Reinstated After Supreme Court Defends His Actions
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A TSA air marshal who was fired for telling the media about the impact on budget cuts has been reinstated after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Robert MacLean was a justified whistleblower. The USA Today reports that MacLean, who flew undercover to thwart terrorism, told MSNBC in 2003 that the…
Supreme Court to Decide When Federal Employees Can Blow Whistle to the Media
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When is a federal whistleblower allowed to release sensitive information to the public? That’s the question before the Supreme Court, which must decide whether a federal air marshal was unfairly fired for blowing the whistle to the media about a security plan that he disliked, the Washington Post reports. Robert J. MacLean,…
Homeland Security Is Shedding Air Marshal Jobs Because of Deep Budget Cuts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Budget cuts have forced Homeland Security to reduce the number of Federal Air Marshals whose job is to protect aircrafts from terrorists, CNN reports, citing internal emails. The department declined to say how many marshals the department has lost in the past three years. Critics blasted the department for its secrecy surrounding…