By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration has thrown around gobbs of cash for airport security since Sept. 11, but lawmakers, auditors and national security experts are questioning the wisdom behind some purchases, according to the Washington Post. Reporter Dana Hedgpeth reports that TSA spent about $30 million alone just on devices…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Tuesday that 100 percent of passengers on flights within or bound for the U.S. are now being checked against government watchlists, fulfilling a key 9/11 Commission recommendation a month ahead of schedule. A Homeland Security press release said that Transportation Security Administration reached…
By ASHLEY PARKER New York Times WASHINGTON — As John Pistole strode through Concourse B of Ronald Reagan National Airport on one of the busiest travel days of the year, flanked by airport employees, a news media handler and a reporter, a bewildered traveler looked up and wondered aloud: Is a celebrity flying through? Well,…
Douglas B. Wolfe was an FBI agent who also worked for Department of Defense and retired as Senior Special Agent, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture. He runs Fidelity Investigations & Consulting in Maryland and recently launched a blog WorldFamousPrivateEye’s Blog. By Douglas B. Wolfe It’s the week before the busiest holiday travel…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In wake of the video-gone-viral where a passenger warns airport security not to touch his “junk”, head of the Transportation Security Administration told a Senate committee Wednesday there would be no changes in the use of full-body scans and pat-downs for passengers, AOL News reports. John Pistole, formerly the…
By Janet Napolitano USA Today WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after a thwarted terrorist attack on a Detroit-bound airliner last Christmas Day, the recent attempt by terrorists to conceal and ship explosive devices aboard aircraft bound for the United States reminds us that al-Qaeda and those inspired by its ideology are determined to strike our…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. moved Monday to clamp down on the vulnerable area of cargo shipments from abroad. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the banning of “high risk” cargo shipments and a ban on shipments from Yemen and Somalia. “Following the thwarted terrorist plot last week to conceal and ship…
