By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John S. Pistole, the FBI’s second in command, who has been nominated to head the Transportation Security Administration, is expected to get grilled Thursday on his views about collective bargaining rights for TSA employees, the Washington Post reports. Pistole is scheduled to go before a Senate nomination hearing and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A behavior-protection program designed to spot suspected terrorists and others who pose dangers at U.S. airports doesn’t appear to be working all that well. The Boston Globe reports that at least 16 people who were later tied to terror plots passed through U.S. airports without being detected by federal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) on Tuesday renewed his call for the Obama administration to support his legislation that would make the top post at the Transportation Security Administration a 10-year term. In a letter to the president, posted on his website, he applauded Monday’s presidential nomination of deputy FBI…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News As Internet headlines swirl about an Egyptian-American botany professor who was detained in Cairo today for carrying guns and ammunition in his luggage, keep one thing in mind: Americans bring guns to the airport all the time. Sometimes it’s wrong, and sometimes it’s not. The Transportation Security Administration says…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The attempted bombing on Christmas Day in Detroit was a reminder of the importance of airport security and the need for someone to lead the Transportation Security Administration under the Obama administration. Problem is, the last two Presidential nominees have imploded on the administration. Washington Post reporter Robert O’Harrow…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration, which is responsible for screening passengers at our nation’s airports, is getting an interesting addition: Nawar Shora, the legal director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. The Washington Post reports that Shora, who was born in Syria and raised in West Virginia, is joining the agency…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After the first nominee went down in flames, President Obama is once again trying to fill the top spot at the Transportation Security Administration, which watches over our airports. The White House on Tuesday nominated Robert A. Harding, saying he has spent more than 35 years working in the intelligence community….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration is taking airport security up a notch. USA Today reports that airport screeners in a few weeks will begin randomly going up to people at airport security checkpoint lines or at gates and taking chemical swabs from passengers and their bags to check for explosives….
