Chaos at TSA Intelligence Office
Apr 27, 2016, 7:54 am
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Chaos at TSA Intelligence Office
But the agency’s own Office of Intelligence and Analysis, plagued by near-constant turnover at its top levels and often in turmoil, has struggled to reach its potential, insiders say. The office’s track record includes leadership battles that have fostered a toxic culture, produced intelligence that frequently is of little value and mishandled classified information that jeopardized the agency’s direct access to useful intelligence, interviews with current and former intelligence officials, court records and other documents show.
Apr 27, 2016, 8:04 am
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Apr 27, 2016, 8:46 am
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Apr 27, 2016, 9:11 am
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Good find Petaluma1. I am not the least bit surprised about that article. We already know that TSA employees rank TSA as almost the worst agency to work at.
Leadership is what sets the tone for a workplace large or small. TSA has no leadership!
Leadership is what sets the tone for a workplace large or small. TSA has no leadership!
Apr 27, 2016, 9:24 am
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Thank Boycott Flying and Freedom to Travel USA - not me.
Apr 27, 2016, 9:41 am
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"TSA employees are less likely to report operational security or threat relevant issues out of fear of retaliation from supervisors who fear further retaliation from their chain of command. NO ONE WHO REPORTS ISSUES IS SAFE AT TSA." ~ DR. MARK A. LIVINGSTON, April 27, 2016
Apr 27, 2016, 9:49 am
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This is currently ongoing hearing before Congress.
Jay Brainard
Adrew Rhoades
MARK A. LIVINGSTON
Are currently speaking to Congress about the mismanagement and retaliation culture of TSA.
Examining Management Practices and Misconduct at TSA: Part I
Mark Livingston ~ "Failing forward in TSA is common, if you screw up, you move up. THIS IS WHY TSA HAS A MORALE PROBLEM AND CANNOT GET BETTER."
Jay Brainard
Adrew Rhoades
MARK A. LIVINGSTON
Are currently speaking to Congress about the mismanagement and retaliation culture of TSA.
Examining Management Practices and Misconduct at TSA: Part I
Mark Livingston ~ "Failing forward in TSA is common, if you screw up, you move up. THIS IS WHY TSA HAS A MORALE PROBLEM AND CANNOT GET BETTER."
Apr 27, 2016, 10:01 am
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"On April 8, 2016 my supervisors asked me profile Somali imams and other Somali community members." ~ Andrew Rhoades, Assistant Federal Security Director
Andrew Rhoades serves under Cliff VanLeuven, VanLeuven is the Federal Security Director at MSP; it is not clear that VanLeuven is the "Supervisor".
Andrew Rhoades serves under Cliff VanLeuven, VanLeuven is the Federal Security Director at MSP; it is not clear that VanLeuven is the "Supervisor".
Apr 27, 2016, 10:50 am
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From Mark Livingston's document:
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-conte...orkforce-I.pdf
The rot starts from the top and works it way down. The entire organization needs to be done away with.
Noted educational leadership scholars, Gruenter and Whitaker,
have stated "The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leader is willing to tolerate."
have stated "The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leader is willing to tolerate."
The rot starts from the top and works it way down. The entire organization needs to be done away with.
Apr 27, 2016, 11:47 am
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From Mark Livingston's document:
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-conte...orkforce-I.pdf
The rot starts from the top and works it way down. The entire organization needs to be done away with.
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-conte...orkforce-I.pdf
The rot starts from the top and works it way down. The entire organization needs to be done away with.
It would seem if a member of the public complains about some alleged offense from a TSA employee that nothing much is going to happen even if the complaint made it to the desk of the TSA Administrator.
Congress nor the courts have held TSA accountable for their missteps. A good example is how TSA thumbed its nose at the courts when directed to conduct public commenting on the Whole Body Imagers. Not only did TSA delay the process but ignored the public's input when publishing the final rule.
If this mans accounting is anywhere near truthful then I believe that TSA is truly past the point of being repairable and should be disbanded, screening oversight returned to the FAA, and all airport level screening operations be conducted by civilian companies.
Apr 27, 2016, 1:39 pm
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"On April 8, 2016 my supervisors asked me profile Somali imams and other Somali community members." ~ Andrew Rhoades, Assistant Federal Security Director
Andrew Rhoades serves under Cliff VanLeuven, VanLeuven is the Federal Security Director at MSP; it is not clear that VanLeuven is the "Supervisor".
Andrew Rhoades serves under Cliff VanLeuven, VanLeuven is the Federal Security Director at MSP; it is not clear that VanLeuven is the "Supervisor".
May 21, 2016, 6:57 am
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Andrew Rhoades knows a thing or two about mismanagement:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/pract...e-msp-tsa.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/pract...e-msp-tsa.html
May 21, 2016, 8:38 am
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Andrew Rhoades knows a thing or two about mismanagement:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/pract...e-msp-tsa.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/pract...e-msp-tsa.html