"Rep. Peter DeFazio, the top Democrat on the House Transportation aviation subcommittee, said someone should be fired because of the incident. But he said Loy, a former Coast Guard commandant, should stay if he owns up to what the agency's deficiencies are."
Even though I couldn't care less if this guy smuggled 3 suitcases of box cutters onto a plane, I'll gladly buy him a beer or 12 if this "incident" causes Admiral Loy to get fired. As soon as our smuggler turns 21, of course.
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You cannot uphold American ideology with un-American actions. It's time for change.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"I'm still willing to give the admiral a chance to come clean with us," said DeFazio, D-Ore. "He's a political appointee under tremendous pressure by this administration to cut corners, make things look good, not upset the airlines and not upset the passengers."
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In response to the incident, Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, said Monday he told TSA chief James Loy that the panel would review the agency's operations, including airline passenger screening.
"Despite significant seizures of prohibited items from passengers going through TSA security checkpoints, this week's events highlight possible weaknesses in the system which need to be addressed," Davis said in a letter to Loy.
Memo to DeFazio: Stop making excuses for Loy's incompetence. And as far as cutting corners, ask the good Admiral what happened to the $75M that was allocated to R&D for improved screening technology? How come most of that money ended up paying "salary and expenses"?
Now would be a good time for frequent flyers concerned about the current security processes to contact Representative Tom Davis office with your comments. His home page is http://tomdavis.house.gov/
