TSA Manager Arrested for Running Prostitution Ring
 

Just saw this on Drudge.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/loca...#ixzz1qRISaevM

The string of arrests of TSA for criminal activity seems never ending. This agency is a disgrace to the American taxpayer.

It's pretty sad when almost every article about the TSA has this or a similar statement in it:

I thought their cut and paste statement was over 60,000 officers. Are they trying to make it sound like they have smaller numbers in the wake of the congressional hearing?

Is it strange that I consider his night job more honorable than his day job?

No, there are still 60,000 officers. It's just that they've come to the realization that not all of them strive every day to ensure the security of the traveling public. They'll bring the number down slowly.

Mike

Employees, anyway.

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Wow - I had a run-in with him at Dulles about a year ago. I went toe-to-toe before an opt-out groping. He is a badge-carrying TSM. I even have his business card somewhere.

He was a first-class jerk, but I never would have suspected him to be a pimp.

And where exactly does one go to learn how to grope properly? Methinks he was merely head of TSA training.

TSA manager. Pimp. What's the difference, really?

One is under/uneducated, prone to stealing, adorned with meaningless bling and preys on law abiding members of society. The other is a pimp.

Wow! What a terrible man!! He was busted the prosititution ring! He will be fired from TSA. He will never work for TSA manager anymore. He will spent in the prison for a very long time. Why he doing it? This is unacceptable for the behaviours. He could be punishable by the law.

meh. Prostitution is a far more honorable and far less offensive profession than TSO.

One job makes your customers mad. The other makes them happy.

He misunderstood the professionalize/federalize thing.

No, there are still 60,000 TSA employees, but about 10,000 of them are currently in jail, on suspension, or under indictment.

http://wtop.com/?nid=52&sid=2805703

This article claims he is no longer employed by the TSA. Was he fired that quickly? I mean, if he was arrested on the job at Dulles.

Yes, they fired him. Unfortunately, he won't be working at airport anymore. He will go to jail for a long time.

Sadly, in this country we now live, this requires a ^.
:(

Even better, he was arrested for assault in 1999.

One rubber stamp overpaid for with our tax dollars used for one TSA employee at a time and then summarily discarded ;)

Well glory be, the TSA actually fired someone ;). Albeit this is a non-work related offense but they still fired someone

Maybe the hotel employees should work as TSO & BDO's as they got it right ;)

Maybe because other TSA employee's might have been involved? Just sayin'

I'm going to have to create a new "prostitution" category on my TSA Abuse blog! They are venturing out into new areas.

Sadly, TSA Agents who steal from passengers rarely do much jail time, even though what they did was treasonous--aiding and abetting an enemy in time of war. This TSA Pimp will probably see more jail time than TSA Officers who attack and steal from the Public they've sworn to serve.

It's interesting that the TSA is using Craigslist to advertise their sex parties (according to that article). They also use Craigslist to advertise items they've stolen from passengers; sometimes they post from their phones while they're still on duty!

I'd bet if you checked this guy's Craigslist account you'll see items stolen from passengers listed there, too.

Oh, yeah, I've had a run-in with this guy at IAD, too. He tried to prevent me from watching my stuff come out of the x-ray while awaiting an opt-out.

So, let's recount this guy's record as reported by WTOP and Fox 5 News:

1) In 1999 (Pre-TSA), he pleaded guilty to second-degree assault. Yet the TSA hired him.

2) In 2009, the TSA received complaints about similar behavior by the individual. Yet they kept him employed & won't say whether they investigated in '09.

3) He told investigators that he "ran security" at IAD.

4) This week, he gets arrested on the job for the February incident.

Let's also recall that a mere few weeks ago another screener at IAD was arrested for sexual assault off-the-job.

So... these are folks that might have watched you naked in the strip-search machines, or may have groped you.

Maybe we need to start a master log of TSA screeners arrested for crimes.

It's number 513 on my spreadsheet. And I'm sure I don't have them all. I only get the ones I find in news stories and public court and police records searches.

(The TSA itself only admits to 200, but that's only for theft, that they've "sought prosecution for" and they stopped releasing data in 2008.)

There are decent, honest screeners at TSA.

I know both of them.

I hope he was able to get a discounted government rate at the Crowne Plaza. In this economy every penny counts. ^

It gets worse!

This felon was accused, weeks ago, of singling out certain women for the nude-0-scope

http://tsanewsblog.com/2204/news/tsa...#dsq-form-area

Most of you guys are non-stop TSA bashers, always insulting the individual workers there instead of directing your rage at your representatives in DC.

But this story proves that not all TSA employees are idiots, and some of them deserve your respect. This guy worked hard for a living. Pimping ain't easy!

But it's necessary. :D

More & An Explanation
 

From Today's Washington Post:

OK, now it all makes sense. Move along now, nothing to see here:

His business card, which I am holding in my hand, says" Transportation Security Manager." The day of our argument at Dulles, he flashed a "Transportation Security Inspector" badge at me. As I recall, I responded, "Oh, OK...You are the guys who climb all over airplanes in hangers and break them." (...referring to the American eagle incident a few years ago.)

My point is, if he was hired into this position in 2002, he surely would have undergone a background investigation. The basic Local Agency Check/National Agency Check (LAC/NAC) would have turned up the assault arrest. So, the TSA ignored it or simply didn't do a background investigation.

More information:

Pure speculation: Anybody wanna' bet that some senior officials were patrons of his off-duty business? If this guy is as slick as he appears, he must have literally "had pictures." I know exactly where the Silver Spring Crowne Plaza is located. It's a short walk from the Silver Spring Metro station. That means that his "parties" were Metro-accessible for anyone from TSA HQ, DHS HQ, and the TSA at DCA. (How convenient!)

More speculation: I wonder if some female clerks at Dulles were among his after-hours employees? I wonder if he pitched any "hotties" going through the Dulles Cancer Boxes?

Even more speculation: As a badge-carrying inspector, he must have known they were on to him -- heck, the alleged 2009 investigation should have gotten his attention. I suspect he thought his little operation inside the TSA was air-tight, especially if he does, indeed, "have pictures." If he's willing to publicly play the EEO card in his defense, let's hope he sings like a bird during this investigation and "outs" a whole bunch of other TSA clerks and bureaucrats -- what does he have to lose? This would be the best TSA entertainment in a long time!

Check out his defense, described in the Post article:

The Washington Post:
Ex-TSA official charged in prostitution case
March 29, 2012
and

Oh, I find nothing about that unfortunate.

Mike

Well, it's unfortunate for HIM, of course.

Tailor-made recruiting opportunities...

You both win an interweb!!! :D

"The first grope is free...but after that, it's gonna cost ya"

We already pay for it through the security fee. Does that not make the TSA's gropes tantamount to prostitution?


Carry on....

More like extortion or a "protection" racket.

"Pay the fee and submit to our gropes, or we'll cancel all the flights to your state."

Gazette.net: Former TSA employee fined $500 for running prostitution ring
 

Here's an update by the Maryland Community News Staff Writer Jeremy Arias,

Maryland Community News Online:
Former TSA employee fined $500 for running prostitution ring
Man confronted by police in Silver Spring hotel in February
Monday, June 11, 2012

A short quote:The article concludes with this very interesting tidbit:Apparently the Montgomery County (Maryland) Police have better investigators than the DHS's Inspector General.

My grandmother has better investigative quality than the DHS I. G. and my grandmother has been dead since 2004

I'm surprised he plead guilty...I was expecting that his defense would be that the pimping was just a cover story so he wouldn't have to tell his family that he worked for TSA.