Note to the President and Congress - We needed a TSA administrator yesterday!
Note to Mary Kirby: I agree, but not the one put forth by President 0bama.
Posted on 01/04/2010 6:29:39 AM PST by Yo-Yo
What would you say if I told you that one of the federal agents who ventured to travel writer Steven Frischling's house to issue a subpoena and search his electronic equipment for the source of the agency's leaked security directive (SD) also happened to leave his notebook lying in a public place?
Would you define such a misstep as complete ineptitude?
Would you wonder how the agency protects the information it gleans from other - more important - investigations (you know, ones involving threats against our nation)?
A source with knowledge of the situation tells me that one of the two agents tasked with discovering the source of the SD leak left his notebook in a public area.
A TSA spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment.
Here is what I'd like to know from the agency:
Has the special agent in question contacted the TSA about misplacing his notebook?
Can the TSA offer any sort of explanation for why the agent's notebook ended up in a public place (in this case, the street)?
Considering the sensitivity of an agent's notebook, what type of protocol (if any) is the agency putting into place to ensure that this does not occur again?
To satisfy my own curiosity, I must also wonder how many missteps can one government agency make in the span of four weeks? You may recall that the TSA's 'Screening Management Standard Operating Procedure" was published on the Internet in early December.
Note to the President and Congress - We needed a TSA administrator yesterday!
Keep an eye on this space for further updates.
Shall we file this in the "you just can't make this stuff up" category?
Note to the President and Congress - We needed a TSA administrator yesterday!
Note to Mary Kirby: I agree, but not the one put forth by President 0bama.
TSA = Thousands Standing Around
TSA= Totally Stupid Airheads
Not surprising.
Their hiring seems to be slanted away from age and experience.
The super burearucracy is inept? No! Who would have ever guessed that putting all the loser agencies under one super-loser agency would not be a resounding success?
Note to everyone. Don’t trust the government. They don’t give a damn enough to save you. End the TSA yesterday.
About half of the TSA empire...are wannabe cops. They couldn’t make it in the real police force or get the level of pay they felt they deserved. They aren’t the type that the US Marshall’s would hire either. Based on various travels via the airports over the past eight years...I’d rate about a third of their hire’s as immature and not capable of grasping much beyond the obvious.
They also have a problem in getting promoted...so they tend to phish for anything in your belongings or travel that would indicate something that has nothing to do with terrorism...note....if you are carrying any kind of real cash...like over $7k in bills...they want the rhyme and reason.
For anyone that has to travel on a weekly basis...I feel sorry for them and their hour-by-hour contact with the TSA folks. If there is a way to avoid airline travel...I would strongly endorse that method.
amazing TSA update, unbelievable....
I was going to say I hope someone read it, but the picture answered my question.
Oh, by the way these are the same people who will be administering your health care soon !!
Good luck America.......
Didn't think so.
“If you had experience, would you do that job for what they pay?”
That’s another thing. A reform of the “agency” would start with tripling the pay, and segue right into cleaning out the deadwood.
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