TSA head wants ‘risk based,’ tailor-made airport screening – The Hill
The head of the TSA wants to implement a new “risk-based” screening method over the next year that will tailor-fit airport security procedures to individuals based on intelligence and suspicious behavior.
With all of the Reagan Centennial activities starting to get underway, it is completely understandable for public officials – regardless of their political ideologies – to embrace “the Great Communicator.” In a hearing before the Transportation Security Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee on “Terrorism and Transportation Security,” TSA Administrator, John Pistole shared that he would fire any TSA employee if they were to go on strike, fail to show up for work or engage in work slow down behavior. That’s something the Gipper would be proud of.
With TSA’s Administrator John Pistole’s recent go-ahead for TSA workers to vote on collective bargaining, there have been questions about how this decision will affect the security and the agency. Here is piece from the Washington Post’s Federal Eye, where Pistole makes clear his thoughts on collective bargaining at TSA.
Counterterrorism chief underscores Yemeni cleric’s power to radicalize Americans online – NextGov
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the alleged mastermind behind a thwarted October plot to bomb U.S.-bound planes, represents the greatest threat to the U.S. homeland and its leader is the most influential proselytizer on the Internet, the national counterterrorism center director said on Wednesday.
There’s a long standing rule that if you want to bury a news story, release it on a Friday afternoon. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today its answered to the long-drawn out question over TSA screeners and collective bargaining rights. The answer is yes but with very firm barriers – more like electrified barb-wired jersey walls.
On a teleconference today at 3:45 EST, the administrator for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), John Pistole, will announce a framework allowing Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to vote on union representation.
The Transportation Security Administration now holds a monopoly on airport security screening. If you want to fly, you must pass through TSA. Thing is, not many people were aware there was an alternative. There was, but no longer. A program that replaced government security screeners at airports with private screeners has been stopped. Decisions like these had better be made on the basis of safety and security, but something stinks of non-security related influence.
TSA debuts new scanner software – Dr. Gridlock
New software designed to make airport security scanners less intrusive will debut at the Las Vegas airport Tuesday. Instead of sending a revealing image to be examined in a private security booth, new software will project a non-gender-specific silhouette on a small screen attached to the scanning booth.
What is going on in this country? I see that TSA and Secretary Napolitano are being sued for doing their jobs. One-time wrestler and former-Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura has filed a law suit for screening him at airports as a violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. Funny, for a person who made a living running around without a shirt on TV and in movies, why would he be so concerned about someone screening him?
TSA Ends Private Screening Program – HSToday
The head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has decided to prevent any more US airports from opting out of the use of federal screening officers in favor of private companies. TSA Administrator John Pistole started a review of the initiative that allowed airports to hire private contractors as screeners last year and determined that it does more harm than good.
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