Joe Davidson, the current Washington Post Federal Diary columnist, has written another article about another TSA grilling at a house hearing:
Washington Post
The Federal Diary: TSA official grilled at House hearing on the agency’s budget, foreign-made uniforms
By Joe Davidson, Published: April 18, 2013
A short quote:
The Transportation Security Administration has been a favorite target of House Republicans, and John W. Halinski had the unfortunate role of playing their patsy Thursday.
It was hard for the agency’s deputy administrator to take cover from some of the rapid-fire questions shot at him during a hearing of the Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on national security. And in some cases, Halinski didn’t help himself when the Marine veteran could not perform up to the Boy Scout standard of “Be Prepared.”
and
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the full committee, set the Republican tone with stinging opening remarks.
“There has been a pattern of acquisitions of products that don’t work, warehouses filled with equipment that was bought and not used, contracts that promised to do one thing and a billion dollars later they don’t do what they claim to do,” he said.
Issa did not blame TSA’s “hardworking men and women,” yet said the initials could stand for “thousands standing around.”
FWIW, the online article linked to Issa's opening statement, posted on youtube:
ISSA OPENING: Prioritizing Security over Administrative Costs at TSA (Youtube)