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alp227

(32,026 posts)
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 10:57 PM Jun 2012

TSA reputation comes under fire

Joe Davidson, Washington Post "Federal Diary" columnist, 6/12/12

Like a heat-seeking missile, House Republicans are fixed on the Transportation Security Administration, and they are being helped by a small, but attention-grabbing, group of its officers.

With their actions, the officers seem almost eager to trash the agency’s reputation.

The latest group of transportation security officers (TSO) aiding and abetting attacks on the agency’s character are the 42 employees facing discipline on charges that they did not conduct random, secondary screenings at the airport in Fort Myers, Fla., last year.

On June 1, the TSA recommended that five employees face dismissal and 37 be suspended on allegations that they did not do the checks over a two-month period.

full: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tsa-reputation-under-fire/2012/06/11/gJQADnv0VV_singlePage.html

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TSA reputation comes under fire (Original Post) alp227 Jun 2012 OP
So the 5 recommended for termination were supervisors who may have told TSA officers to not harass AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #1
Is it even possible for TSAs reputation to be lower? HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #2
 

AnotherMcIntosh

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1. So the 5 recommended for termination were supervisors who may have told TSA officers to not harass
Tue Jun 12, 2012, 12:14 AM
Jun 2012

the flying public with secondary random checks.

Instead of firing them, give them bonuses.

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