Erroll G. Southers is the Associate Director of the DHS National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) and adjunct professor of homeland security and public policy at the University of Southern California. He is also the Managing Director of Counter-Terrorism and Infrastructure Protection for the San Jose-based international security consulting firm…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The attempted bombing on Christmas Day in Detroit was a reminder of the importance of airport security and the need for someone to lead the Transportation Security Administration under the Obama administration. Problem is, the last two Presidential nominees have imploded on the administration. Washington Post reporter Robert O’Harrow…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After the first nominee went down in flames, President Obama is once again trying to fill the top spot at the Transportation Security Administration, which watches over our airports. The White House on Tuesday nominated Robert A. Harding, saying he has spent more than 35 years working in the intelligence community….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The airline bombing incident in Detroit perhaps highlighted the importance of confirming a new director for the Transportation Security Administration, the front line agency responsible for airport security and passenger screening. But things aren’t so simple here in Washington. First off, a Senator has been holding up the confirmation…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Here in the nation’s capital, there’s always someone willing to play politics, no matter the consequence. In this case, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is holding up President Obama’s nomination of Erroll Southers, a former FBI agent, to head the Transportation Security Administration over a union issue, McClatchy newspapers reported….
This probably won’t be enough to block his confirmation, but it certainly doesn’t help. By Ed O’Keefe The Washington Post WASHINGTON — President Obama’s nominee to lead the nation’s airport security officers received a censure from the FBI in 1988 after asking a San Diego police officer to run a background check on his ex-wife’s…
