By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Denver airport security screeners who were fired after being accused of fondling attractive male passengers will not be charged, NBC News reports. The TSA screeners, a man and a woman, were fired in April following a six-month investigation by the TSA, which alerted Denver police to the allegations in March….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The embattled TSA has a new leader. The Senate confirmed Peter Neffenger on Monday with an 81-1 vote, hoping that strong leadership can improve nagging security problems at the nation’s airports, USA Today reports. Neffenger used to serve as vice admiral of the Coast Guard. The Senate criticized President Obama for…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s nominee to lead the TSA was approved by a Senate committee following the enforcement of the Commerce Committee less than two week earlier, Bloomberg reports. The Senate Homeland Security Committee approved Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger on a voice vote. The nomination comes at a strenuous period for…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Now that many see the TSA as a failure, what’s next next for the beleaguered agency? Give the task back to the airlines? The Hill offers insight, saying private competition may drive down prices but you get what you pay for. More than 13 years after 9/11, we are still struggling…
By Editorial Board Cleveland.com At airports around the country, including Cleveland Hopkins International, passengers entering the security wringer run by the Transportation Security Administration have been entertained by a display of some of the instruments of mayhem that agents have taken from people over the TSA’s 14-year history. Earlier this year, the TSA proudly released a year-end…
By New York Times Editorial Board The performance of airport security screeners on a recent investigation by undercover agents was appalling. The screeners failed to detect weapons, mock explosives and other prohibited items 95 percent of the time at airports across the country, which may be a shock to travelers who assumed the hassle of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In an effort to improve security at U.S. airports, Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson has reassigned the acting TSA head. Al Jazeera English reports that the move comes after the embarrassing discovery that checkpoint scanners miserably failed to detect mock explosives and weapons in 95% of the cases. Johnson said Melvin…
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…
