TSA "continues to operate in disarray" with unvetted workers and lost credentials
Feb 4, 2016, 4:57 pm
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TSA "continues to operate in disarray" with unvetted workers and lost credentials
"Government oversight officials informed Congress on Wednesday that the Transportation Security Administration continues to operate in disarray, failing to record basic security details for thousands of employees and not tracking official IDs and badges that allow access to the most sensitive areas of an airport.
Lawmakers described the security agency as operating “in chaos” and expressed frustration with Obama administration officials as they informed the House Oversight Committee about a range of security shortfalls that continue to endanger the nation’s 450 commercial airports."
Full story here...Lawmakers described the security agency as operating “in chaos” and expressed frustration with Obama administration officials as they informed the House Oversight Committee about a range of security shortfalls that continue to endanger the nation’s 450 commercial airports."
http://freebeacon.com/national-secur...nal-histories/
Feb 5, 2016, 11:57 am
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I think it would just be easier to assume that the TSA is in a continuous state of disarray and post something when it gets fixed.
Of course, then we'd have a very empty forum.
Mike
Of course, then we'd have a very empty forum.
Mike
Feb 5, 2016, 12:03 pm
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I don't care about disarray. I just want to be able to transit a US checkpoint the same way I transit checkpoints everywhere else in the world: no barking, no hands inside my pants, no fingers in my butt crack, no groin chops, no rifling my bag when it is out of my sight, no BS 'screener discretion' used to steal my nitro pills.
What next? TSA requires you to squat and cough before your scan or grope?
Feb 5, 2016, 7:02 pm
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I've learned to live with the disarray that the government seems to have just noticed.
I don't care about disarray. I just want to be able to transit a US checkpoint the same way I transit checkpoints everywhere else in the world: no barking, no hands inside my pants, no fingers in my butt crack, no groin chops, no rifling my bag when it is out of my sight, no BS 'screener discretion' used to steal my nitro pills.
What next? TSA requires you to squat and cough before your scan or grope?
I don't care about disarray. I just want to be able to transit a US checkpoint the same way I transit checkpoints everywhere else in the world: no barking, no hands inside my pants, no fingers in my butt crack, no groin chops, no rifling my bag when it is out of my sight, no BS 'screener discretion' used to steal my nitro pills.
What next? TSA requires you to squat and cough before your scan or grope?
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Feb 7, 2016, 9:01 pm
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Next Layer?
Feb 7, 2016, 10:10 pm
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Feb 8, 2016, 12:19 am
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For those interested in the testimony mention on the freebeacon article, see House Oversight committee "Securing Our Skies: Oversight of Aviation Credentials"
Feb 8, 2016, 12:23 am
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Testimony of DHS Inspector General John Roth:
“TSA does not recurrently vet airport workers’ criminal histories after they are initially cleared to work, but rely on individuals to self-report disqualifying crimes.”
From the Feb 3, 2016, testimony of TSA Deputy Assistant Administrator Darby LaJoye:
TSA recognizes the value of conducting more frequent, or recurrent, criminal checks on workers to identify cases where there has been subsequent criminal activity since the original application. To date, TSA ... does not have access to recurrent criminal checks as are available to law enforcement agencies.
Feb 4, 2016 statement of TSA Administrator Peter to foxnews:
“Right now we have 900,000 or so people that are badged in some level of access to airports across the nation,” Neffenger told Fox. “They are recurrently vetted – I mean, on a daily basis – against terrorist databases for any information that may indicate that they are people that we need to be concerned about.”
“TSA does not recurrently vet airport workers’ criminal histories after they are initially cleared to work, but rely on individuals to self-report disqualifying crimes.”
From the Feb 3, 2016, testimony of TSA Deputy Assistant Administrator Darby LaJoye:
TSA recognizes the value of conducting more frequent, or recurrent, criminal checks on workers to identify cases where there has been subsequent criminal activity since the original application. To date, TSA ... does not have access to recurrent criminal checks as are available to law enforcement agencies.
Feb 4, 2016 statement of TSA Administrator Peter to foxnews:
“Right now we have 900,000 or so people that are badged in some level of access to airports across the nation,” Neffenger told Fox. “They are recurrently vetted – I mean, on a daily basis – against terrorist databases for any information that may indicate that they are people that we need to be concerned about.”
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Feb 8, 2016, 5:31 am
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Testimony of DHS Inspector General John Roth:
“TSA does not recurrently vet airport workers’ criminal histories after they are initially cleared to work, but rely on individuals to self-report disqualifying crimes.”
From the Feb 3, 2016, testimony of TSA Deputy Assistant Administrator Darby LaJoye:
TSA recognizes the value of conducting more frequent, or recurrent, criminal checks on workers to identify cases where there has been subsequent criminal activity since the original application. To date, TSA ... does not have access to recurrent criminal checks as are available to law enforcement agencies.
Feb 4, 2016 statement of TSA Administrator Peter to foxnews:
“Right now we have 900,000 or so people that are badged in some level of access to airports across the nation,” Neffenger told Fox. “They are recurrently vetted – I mean, on a daily basis – against terrorist databases for any information that may indicate that they are people that we need to be concerned about.”
“TSA does not recurrently vet airport workers’ criminal histories after they are initially cleared to work, but rely on individuals to self-report disqualifying crimes.”
From the Feb 3, 2016, testimony of TSA Deputy Assistant Administrator Darby LaJoye:
TSA recognizes the value of conducting more frequent, or recurrent, criminal checks on workers to identify cases where there has been subsequent criminal activity since the original application. To date, TSA ... does not have access to recurrent criminal checks as are available to law enforcement agencies.
Feb 4, 2016 statement of TSA Administrator Peter to foxnews:
“Right now we have 900,000 or so people that are badged in some level of access to airports across the nation,” Neffenger told Fox. “They are recurrently vetted – I mean, on a daily basis – against terrorist databases for any information that may indicate that they are people that we need to be concerned about.”
Feb 8, 2016, 8:32 am
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Feb 10, 2016, 10:55 am
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Some additional national attention to the TSA's inability to do its job:
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/mi...security-abyss
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/mi...security-abyss
Feb 10, 2016, 9:45 pm
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I assume TSA does the 5 year background check cycle common to some other agencies.
Feb 11, 2016, 5:54 am
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I guess you believe it because Neffenger said it.
Feb 11, 2016, 5:55 am
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“Right now we have 900,000 or so people that are badged in some level of access to airports across the nation,” Neffenger told Fox. “They are recurrently vetted – I mean, on a daily basis – against terrorist databases for any information that may indicate that they are people that we need to be concerned about.”