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TSA Orders Morpho CTX 9800 DSi Explosives Detection Systems
Here is a press release from Morpho Detection, Inc. that is posted on Market Watch:
Press release: Morpho Detection Receives TSA Delivery Order for 15 CTX Explosives Detection Systems EDS Order for CTX 9800 DSi(TM) and CTX 9400 DSi(TM) Systems Valued at More than $17M Feb. 2, 2012, 8:00 a.m. EST (Posted at Marketwatch) Ya'll have fun with the second sentence in this paragraph: "Morpho Detection is pleased the TSA has chosen our CTX 9800 and 9400 EDS to help meet its checked bag screening needs," said Brad Buswell, president and CEO, Morpho Detection, Inc. "The CTX 9400 and 9800 explosives detection systems customize CT-based imaging technology, originally developed for healthcare, [emphasis added] for a wide range of airport needs and aviation security challenges." |
Follow The Money
I looked up Morpho Detection. Interestingly, they do not have a "corporate officers" page under the typical "who are we" menu. Becoming immediately suspicious, I had to do some digging. Using 5 minutes of the best Francine Kerner Googling technique, I discovered the following:
"Jay M. Cohen" jumped out at me. He is the former director of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. I looked just a bit further. Jay M. Cohen also has another job... He is a principal in, you guessed it, The Chertoff Group. Move along now...nothing to see here. |
Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
(Post 17937184)
Move along now...nothing to see here.
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Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
(Post 17937184)
I looked up Morpho Detection. Interestingly, they do not have a "corporate officers" page under the typical "who are we" menu. Becoming immediately suspicious, I had to do some digging. Using 5 minutes of the best Francine Kerner Googling technique, I discovered the following:
"Jay M. Cohen" jumped out at me. He is the former director of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. I looked just a bit further. Jay M. Cohen also has another job... He is a principal in, you guessed it, The Chertoff Group. Move along now...nothing to see here. Mike |
Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
(Post 17937184)
I looked up Morpho Detection. Interestingly, they do not have a "corporate officers" page under the typical "who are we" menu. Becoming immediately suspicious, I had to do some digging. Using 5 minutes of the best Francine Kerner Googling technique, I discovered the following:
"Jay M. Cohen" jumped out at me. He is the former director of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. I looked just a bit further. Jay M. Cohen also has another job... He is a principal in, you guessed it, The Chertoff Group. Move along now...nothing to see here. |
Taxpayers spending $17M on 15 Explosives Detection Systems from Morpho Detection,Inc
. . . would be the more appropriate thread title.
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Originally Posted by Ari
(Post 17939056)
. . . would be the more appropriate thread title.
TSA owns it! |
Do we know which airports will be? I think FLL will gets CTX-9800. I am not quite sure for which one is that.
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Improved thread title: "Chertoff fleeces taxpayers for another $17M."
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Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
(Post 17939204)
I'm a taxpayer and no one consulted me on this purchase.
It serves the people selling the equipment to the TSA, and the TSA employees who will use it to locate money, jewelry, and electronics in baggage so they can "accept its surrender" and re-sell it on eBay or Craigslist. |
Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
(Post 17937184)
Move along now...nothing to see here.
Oink, oink, snuffle. Morpho Detection, Inc., part of the Morpho group’s security business, today announced its board of directors headed by the Hon. Jay M. Cohen, former Under Secretary for Science and Technology for the Department of Homeland Security, as chairman. ... Representing some of the foremost government and industry veterans in homeland protection, security and defense, the Morpho Detection board provides a unique mix of expertise, leadership and vision for the company as it advances its industry-leading lines of threat detection and identification solutions. ... The Hon. Jay M. Cohen, chairman, is a principal at the Chertoff Group, a security and risk-management firm. Cohen served in the U.S. Navy for 38 years, attaining the rank of rear admiral. He was named the 20th Chief of Naval Research (CNR) in 2000, serving for six years during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After retiring, Cohen was confirmed by the Senate as Under Secretary for Science and Technology for the Department of Homeland Security in 2006. |
Follow the money.
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Originally Posted by Global_Hi_Flyer
(Post 17946780)
Follow the money.
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Originally Posted by Global_Hi_Flyer
(Post 17946780)
Follow the money.
I know which US Airports who already have CTX-9800/9400/9000DSi is: ATL, MIA, JAX, PHX, LAX, SFO, SEA, DEN, DFW, ORD, DTW, JFK, BOS, BWI, IAD, DCA, MSP, CLT, RDU, SJC, SAN. |
Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
(Post 17937184)
"Jay M. Cohen" jumped out at me. He is the former director of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. I looked just a bit further. Jay M. Cohen also has another job... He is a principal in, you guessed it, The Chertoff Group.
Move along now...nothing to see here. |
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