By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The attempted bombing aboard a Detroit bound plane on Christmas Day wasn’t the only incident that has raised red flags of late at U.S. airports. In fact, everyday the Transportation Security Administration deals with people trying to get guns past checkpoints or board planes with fraudulent travel documents. In…
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….
Ellen Howe served as Assistant Administrator for Strategic Communications & Public Affairs at the Transportation Security Administration from March 2006 until January 2009. By Ellen Howe Security DeBrief Certainly the posting of the Transportation Security Administration’s screening procedures on the Internet was not the agency’s finest hour, but it was not the worst breach of…
It’s never a good thing when an agency which is part of the Department of Homeland Security — emphasis on Security — makes such a goof. Someone needs to pay closer attention. By Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration inadvertently revealed closely guarded secrets related…
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…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON— Ok, here’s another reason to stay in shape and stop hiding behind those baggy clothes. More airport screeners are about to acquire Superman powers. USA Today reports that Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration plans to install 150 security machines at airport checkpoints that will let screeners peek under passengers’ clothes….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — You have to wonder what part of “no guns at airports” do people not understand? The Transportation Security Administration continues to seize guns at our nation’s airports every week. The latest: From Aug. 10 to Aug. 16, TSA reported that 34 firearms were found at airport checkpoints. On top…
It never made sense that airport screeners didn’t have the right to collective bargaining. This should right that wrong. By Joe Davidson The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Charity Wilson didn’t go looking for a fight when she went to the Cannon House Office Building yesterday, but she was ready in case one broke out. Wilson,…
