By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two Transportation Security Administration officers were indicted Tuesday on charges of conspiring and attempting to smuggle cocaine through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Richard C. Cook II, 27, of Henry County, Ga. and Timothy G. Gregory, 25, of DeKalb County, Ga. were indicted by a grand jury on multiple drug counts….
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Can a uniform itself lead to abuse of power? If the uniform in question belongs to TSA airport screeners, the House says “No”. Thursday the House voted down a proposal that would have stripped Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screeners of badges, shields and police-like uniforms, reports The Hill. Rep. Marsha Blackburn…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After Sept. 11, 2001, it’s still amazing to find how common it is for people to bring guns to airports. On occasion, ticklethewire.com likes to check in to see just how many folks still bring guns. According to the Transportation Security Administration, 30 loaded guns and two unloaded ones were discovered…
By Mark Strassmann CBS News At more than 180 U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration increasingly relies on full-body scanners. Their electromagnetic waves screen passengers for dense objects — both metallic and non-metallic threats — from guns to homemade plastic explosives. Kip Hawley was the TSA administrator in 2007, when the agency rolled out these…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A TSA officer based at Palm Beach, Fla. International Airport pleaded guilty Monday to taking bribes to let drugs pass through airport security. Christopher Allen, 46, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Have, Conn. to taking payments from a drug…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Who doesn’t like a complimentary cup of coffee? Well, here’s one instance where it wasn’t appreciated. The New York Post reports that a Transportation Security Administration screener was arrested on March 28 at 5 a.m. for throwing a cup of hot coffee on an American Airlines pilot. The Post reported the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two Transportation Security Administration officers apparently felt they had to let off a little steam. The Miami Herald reports that TSA officers Jeffrey Piccolella, 27, and Nicholas Anthony Puccio, trashed their South Beach hotel room Tuesday night and shot six rounds out the window with a semi-automatic handgun. The paper reported…
