TSA Administrator Pistole to Retire After More Than 4 Years at Helm

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Pistole, head of the TSA, will retire after leading the agency for more than four years, Reuters reports. Pistole was in charge of 60,000 employees and security operations at more than 415 airports nationwide. Pistole “has been integral in leading TSA’s transformation to a risk-based, intelligence-driven counterterrorism agency dedicated to…

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TSA Cleans Up Checkpoints After Nurse with Ebola Travels Through Cleveland Airport

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A passenger with the Ebola virus traveled through the security checkpoints at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, prompting TSA to disinfect the areas, the Plain Dealer reports. The patient, Amber Joy Vinson, walked through the central security checkpoint while en route to Dallas/Fort Worth. Individual lanes to the checkpoints will be closed…

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TSA Officer Charged After Being Accused of Secretly Videotaping Female Coworker in Restroom

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  A TSA officer is under fire after being accused of secretly videotaping a female coworker in an employee restroom at the Nashville International Airport, WJRN reports. Daniel Boykin, 33, of Murfreesboro also is accused of entering the victim’s Nashville home several times to take information from her computers and electronic devices….

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