He's been 'Re-assigned'...also like most who screw up big time....
Posted on 06/01/2015 7:43:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration was reassigned Monday after an internal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security found security failures at dozens of the nation's busiest airports. The breaches allowed undercover investigators to smuggle weapons, fake explosives and other contraband through numerous checkpoints.
Melvin Carraway, an 11-year veteran of the TSA who became acting administrator in January, was immediately reassigned to job coordinating DHS programs with local law enforcement agencies, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday night. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Pete Neffenger's nomination to be permanent administrator is awaiting Senate confirmation.
Upon learning the initial findings of the Office of Inspector General's report, Johnson immediately directed TSA to implement a series of other actions, several of which are now in place, agency officials said.
Image: Acting TSA Administrator Melvin Carraway Acting TSA Administrator Melvin Carraway discusses an attack by a man with a machete at the New Orleans airport in March as other law enforcement officials look on.Reuters In one case, an alarm sounded, but even during a pat-down, the screening officer failed to detect a fake plastic explosive taped to an undercover agent's back. In all, so-called "Red Teams" of Homeland Security agents posing as passengers were able get weapons past TSA agents in 67 out of 70 tests — a 95 percent failure rate, according to agency officials.
"The numbers in these reports never look good out of context, but they are a critical element in the continual evolution of our aviation security," Homeland Security officials said in a statement.
This isn't the first time TSA officers have failed to detect fake terrorists and their weapons. "Red Teams" have been probing TSA checkpoints for 13 years, oftentimes successfully getting weapons past airport screeners.
However, this time, TSA agents failed to detect almost every single test bomb and gun, aviation experts said.
"It's disturbing news. The question is how we can best mitigate that vulnerability in a way that doesn't prohibit the free movement of people and goods," John Pistole, a former TSA administrator, told NBC News. "That's just something that there's no perfect answer for."
Meanwhile, terrorism experts stress that the threat levels remain high.
"There's a continuing drumbeat of interests by terrorist groups, whether al-Qaeda or al-Qaeda affiliates, to try to bring down a Western — especially a U.S.-bound — aircraft," Pistole said.
He's been 'Re-assigned'...also like most who screw up big time....
Too bad the DiC doesn’t follow suit
Time to dump the TSA and NSA which are all about affirmative action and nothing about stopping terrorists.
Pray America is waking
Well played!
“Fail 95 Percent of Airport Breach Tests”
So, it’s all just for show. Completely useless. The only thing that works is profiling. Just ask Israel.
TSA...affirmative action from top to bottom.
...”TSA...affirmative action from top to bottom”....
Obama administration...affirmative action from top to bottom.
Seriously, WTF kind of name is Jeh?
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So what you are telling us is the new people who were told the red team will be there that day, they missed it. That is worse than the security guards that were there before.
They stole my fingernail clippers.
Well,you didn’t need them,you got claws
So he’s been in the job 5 months and this is his fault?
Pinched her fat arse.
Does anyone find it odd, that Johnson (TSA) and his replacement Carroway, Holder (The top cop in the US) and his replacement Lynch are all black people?
I’m not saying black people are not qualified for these positions. Only a fool would not believe that. What I’m asking is what’s the percentage of black people in those departments?
Black Americans are aprox. 12.5% of the population, and have less than 1% of their population that has the minimum age (over 40) combined with the education/experience required (6yrs college in a RELEVANT field/ 15yrs experience)for these prestigious titles. That’s in the entire US not just the Justice Department. The percentage has to be less than .00001 of a chance just to fill one of these titles.
You mean to tell me the most qualified person in both jobs happened to be a black person AND the next most qualified was a black person also? The odds are infinite.
Why is the President doing this and what is his agenda?
Is he trying to place black people in charge of all our major Law Enforcement agencies, and If so why?
Here’s the real problem with the TSA. Because they nationalized it, no one can really solve the problem because they are now government employees.
Which leads me to the inescapable question: Are there any White people left in our government? It is Washington DC or Johannesburg, South Africa?
At the rate they’re going it’ll look like Baltimore before they’re finished!..and the nation like Ferguson!
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