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5/24/2016 7:59 am  #1


TSA head of security forced out amid furor over long airport lines

One high level TSA administrator has been sacrificed to try to satisfy the public and congress. Nothing but window dressing and it won't do one thing to fix the colossal mess we call the TSA. Oh one more thing the guy that was removed got a $90,000 bonus!

Read the last paragraph in the story. The leadership of TSA lives in a fantasy land. Their quote, "both Johnson and Neffenger have vowed not to compromise aviation security in the face of heightened passenger volume."
Routinely for years TSA has completely fail "red team" test. 

"TSA: In the June 3 Section A, an article about TSA airport screeners' failure to find fake explosives and weapons in 67 out of 70 tests said that the tests were conducted by undercover federal agents known as the Red Team."


TSA head of security forced out amid furor over long airport lines

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/24/tsa-head-security-forced-out-amid-furor-over-long-airport-lines.html?intcmp=hpbt3

The Transportation Security Administration's head of security operations was removed from his post Monday, law enforcement sources told Fox News.The departure of Kelly Hoggan was one of a series of shakeups at the agency amid a furor over growing security delays at American airports.

Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee expressed outrage in a May 12 hearing over a $90,000 bonus package Hoggan received, even after reports surfaced of systematic security screening failures at airports around the country. Those security lapses were detailed in a Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report last year.TSA administrator Peter Neffenger announced Darby LaJoye, former head of security operations at Los Angeles International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport, as Hoggan’s replacement effective immediately, according to the email obtained by Fox News.

 In that same memo Neffenger said LaJoye’s expertise has “driven a renewed agency-wide focus on security effectiveness,” which is an issue TSA has been wrestling with since last year’s scathing DHS inspector general's report, and now, with passengers experiencing extraordinarily high screening line wait times at airports around the country. Wait times have eclipsed three hours at many airports, a phenomenon Neffenger and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson have attributed, in part, to a shortage of TSA officers combined with heightened air traveler volume.

 It is for those reasons the agency’s chief announced Monday the establishment of a national command center at TSA headquarters. The Incident Command Center will “closely track daily screening operations, shifting officers, canine resources, the National Deployment Force and other resources to meet mission demands in advance of predicted passenger volume,” Neffenger wrote in the email.  As part of an immediate strategy, Secretary Johnson and Administrator Neffenger unveiled a ten-point plan earlier this month aimed at streamlining TSA screening wait times. That effort expedites the hiring of hundreds of TSA officers, maximizes the use of overtime for existing staff, and reduces the size and number of carry-on bags passengers can travel with.

 But despite TSA’s best efforts, the agency is still warning airline passengers to expect wait times and to “manage expectations” when preparing for travel. While acknowledging the hardship increased wait times pose, both Johnson and Neffenger have vowed not to compromise aviation security in the face of heightened passenger volume.
 


 “We hold these truths to be self-evident,”  former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”

 
 

5/24/2016 8:48 am  #2


Re: TSA head of security forced out amid furor over long airport lines

Might be a good time for our congress to increase funding, training, and pay for TSA workers and support funding for increasing the TSA workforce across the nation.

 

5/24/2016 9:42 am  #3


Re: TSA head of security forced out amid furor over long airport lines

Money won't fix this problem.

From 2013: TSA has received around $5.7 billion in mandatory and discretionary appropriations, which—together with spending authority from offsetting collections—gives the agency an annual budget of more than $7 billion.


 “We hold these truths to be self-evident,”  former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”

 
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5/24/2016 10:02 am  #4


Re: TSA head of security forced out amid furor over long airport lines

Money won't fix this problem.

Never said it would, per se, but maybe we need to increase the number of TSA workers, attract better people, and provide more extensive training.  If you can figure out how to do that without increased spending, I'm listening.
 

 

5/24/2016 10:27 am  #5


Re: TSA head of security forced out amid furor over long airport lines

Here is one thing to ponder, given that the TSA has "reportedly" been so bad in screening explosives it is a wonder that we have NOT had any major calamity like what has happened in Europe recently. It is NOT as if ISIS or Al-Quaeda or any of its tentacles would not like to have a success right here in the USA. 

The long lines are another thing, but that is a separate issue and one that hopefully technology can do more to help with. BTW, there have been technologies that worked well but because of 4th Amendment rights concers were abandoned. That said, till we can find a technology solution that IS acceptable in many instances we are left dealing with slower and likeley less effective screenings. 

 

Last edited by tennyson (5/24/2016 10:37 am)


"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
 
 

5/24/2016 10:56 am  #6


Re: TSA head of security forced out amid furor over long airport lines

The TSA was one of the government's attempts to calm the public's angst and anger subsequent to the 9/11 disaster. It was ill thought out from the beginning. It has evolved into a top heavy, bloated, bureaucratic Granfalloon. It is window dressing. Changing administrators won't solve the problems inherent in this disorganized 'security' apparatus. It's time to look seriously at the scope and scale of what we expect of a TSA type organization. Analyze the personnel and equipment that we will require to make it into an effective and efficient transportation security administration that actually protects travelers and airport employees.

 

5/24/2016 11:06 am  #7


Re: TSA head of security forced out amid furor over long airport lines

"Members of the House expressed outrage".

That's rich. Like they do their jobs so well,,,,,,

Last edited by Goose (5/24/2016 11:06 am)


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
 

5/24/2016 11:55 am  #8


Re: TSA head of security forced out amid furor over long airport lines

So just WHAT changes specifically do you all think need to be made ? 
 
Also still waiting to hear any thoughts on why IF TSA  is so bad in screening why we have not been hit big time. 

 


"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
 
 

5/25/2016 4:32 pm  #9


Re: TSA head of security forced out amid furor over long airport lines

It's never news when government works.
Some rejoice in the narrative of its failure.


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
 

5/26/2016 8:41 am  #10


Re: TSA head of security forced out amid furor over long airport lines

tennyson wrote:

So just WHAT changes specifically do you all think need to be made ? 
 
Also still waiting to hear any thoughts on why IF TSA  is so bad in screening why we have not been hit big time. 

 

This seems pretty bad................

"TSA: In the June 3 Section A, an article about TSA airport screeners' failure to find fake explosives and weapons in 67 out of 70 tests said that the tests were conducted by undercover federal agents known as the Red Team."


 “We hold these truths to be self-evident,”  former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”

 
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