Originally Posted by
FliesWay2Much
This is too bad. I had relatively high hopes for this guy, but, it sounds as if he's mainlined the Kool Aid. I agree with you -- it will take a very short time in which many passengers are denied flying because they refused to answer questions before this guy is thrown out on his retired Army butt.
I wish there was just one person in Congress who had the balls to ask this nominee if could explain what law permits the TSA to engage in the tactics he apparently wishes to adopt.
Oh, and to ask him about his financial dealings with companies doing business with TSA and DHS.
This exchange is priceless.
Harding said he also asked whether screeners could store computer images and was told they could not.
"I'm not a cyber expert, but I could tell from the way that the computer was configured that there was no storage," he said.
He's not a "cyber expert" but he knows how the machines are configured???