"TSA nominee gave inconsistent information to Congress; Admits to making illegal searches of database himself" by Robert O’Harrow Jr., Washington Post | January 1, 2010
Isn't that LYING to CONGRESS and a FEDERAL OFFENSE?
WASHINGTON - The White House nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration gave Congress inconsistent information about incidents in which he inappropriately accessed a federal database, possibly in violation of privacy laws, documents obtained by The Washington Post show.
The disclosure was made as pressure builds from Democrats on Capitol Hill for quick January confirmation of Erroll Southers, whose nomination has been held up by GOP opponents. In the aftermath of an attempted airline bombing on Christmas Day, calls have intensified for lawmakers to install permanent leadership at the TSA, a critical agency in enforcing airline security.
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Yes, the GOVERNMENT'S CREATION, FUNDING, and DIRECTION of "terrorists" does NOT END with "Al-CIA-Duh," folks!
Southers, a former FBI agent, has described inconsistencies in his accounts to Congress as “inadvertent’’ and the result of poor memory of an incident that dates back 20 years.
He wouldn't happen to know HAL TURNER, would he?
Oh, the WHITE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT is loaded with GOVERNMENT AGENTS, huh?
He said in a Nov. 20 letter to key senators obtained by the Post that he accepted full responsibility long ago for a “grave error in judgment’’ in accessing confidential criminal records about his estranged wife’s new boyfriend.
Oh, is JEALOUSY a QUALITY for a FASCIST POST?
His letter to Joe Lieberman, independent of Connecticut and chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and the ranking Republican, Susan M. Collins of Maine, attempts to correct statements about the episode that were made in a sworn affidavit on Oct. 22. The letter has not been publicly disclosed. Southers did not respond to a request for an interview, and his wife declined to comment.
Well, he SHOULD NOT BE CONFIRMED, 'eh, Joe?
I mean, people need to be fired, right, Joe?
Southers’s admission that he was involved in a questionable use of law enforcement background data has been a source of concern among civil libertarians, who believe the TSA performs a delicate balancing act in tapping into passenger information to find terrorists while also protecting citizens’ privacy....
Somehow OUR CONCERNS never seem to MATTER MUCH!
The committee approved his nomination Nov. 19.
Oh, so it is TOO LATE, huh?
One day later, Southers wrote to Lieberman and Collins saying his first account was incorrect. After reviewing documents, he recalled that he had twice conducted the database searches himself, downloaded confidential law enforcement records about his wife’s boyfriend, and passed information on to the Police Department employee, the letter said.
Is this the guy we really want in charge of transportation security?
If you piss him off will you end up on a list?
It is a violation of the federal Privacy Act to access such confidential information without proper cause. It is a misdemeanor that can carry a fine of not more than $5,000.
That is meant for us, not members of the Party.
In his letter, Southers said that he simply forgot the circumstances of the searches, which occurred in 1987 and 1988 when he was worried about his wife and their son, who had begun living with the boyfriend.
WEAK, LAME, UNACCEPTABLE and a DISQUALIFICATION for the JOB! He FORGOT, huh? I noticed newspapers do that a lot, too.
The letter said that “during a period of great personal turmoil, I made a serious error in judgment by using my official position with the FBI to resolve a personal problem.’’
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And a story the MSM SLIP IN when you AIN'T LOOKING!
Meanwhile, the TSA backed down yesterday from its demand that an Internet travel writer immediately provide information on how he obtained an airline security directive.
Translation: They want to find the CONSCIENTIOUS LEAKER!
Anthony Elia, attorney for writer Chris Elliott, said the TSA extended the response period through Jan. 20. The TSA subpoena, dated Tuesday, originally demanded a response by last night
Elia now has the option of challenging the subpoena in federal court or negotiating a settlement with the TSA.
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I think it is safe to say it was not this guy:
"Ex-TSA screener admits to selling OxyContin; Drugs were dealt to former colleague" by Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff | January 12, 2010
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A federal screener at Logan International Airport admitted yesterday to illegally selling the painkiller OxyContin to a former colleague and using money from drug trafficking to help buy a luxury Lotus sports car.
Mark Allen, who resigned from his job with the Transportation Security Administration after federal authorities confronted him about drug dealing allegations in 2006, pleaded guilty in US District Court in Boston to a charge of distribution of oxycodone (the main active ingredient in OxyContin) and a charge of structuring cash transactions for purposes of evading reporting requirements. Federal prosecutors unsealed the charges Friday, making the case public for the first time....
Allen faces about three to four years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. But
BUT what?!!!
Assistant US Attorney Brian T. Kelly, chief of the public corruption unit, is recommending Allen be sentenced to less time because he admitted his guilt, “to his credit,’’ as Kelly put it, when confronted by investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, and he has cooperated with authorities.
Un-flipping-real!
Yes, YOU are a FASCIST NATION NOW, AmeriKa!!!
TSA is part of Homeland Security.
Kelly declined to say whether the case is widening as a result of Allen’s cooperation.
No sentencing date has been scheduled, and Allen is free on his own recognizance.
Yup, the DRUG DEALING FEDERAL FASCIST is FREE!!!!
Allen’s lawyer, Neil F. Faigel of Andover, said the drug sale triggered security concerns at the airport in the post-9/11 environment, but Allen’s cooperation allayed fears of more widespread problems.
Yeah, and FOR THAT let's REWARD HIM!!!
“The incident with him and the other guy never took place at Logan,’’ Faigel said.
So it WAS NOT at LOGAN, so what? It is STILL ILLEGAL, right?
“He just happened to be an employee of Logan, and the other guy happened to be a former employee.’’
Yeah, I'm sure the GOOD GUY JUST got CAUGHT UP in DRUG DEALING and , well, you know... !!!!
Neither Faigel nor Kelly would identify the other former airport screener who was arrested by Kingston police on state drug charges after the sale. That individual told authorities Allen had sold him the drugs, said Faigel.
My bet is he's Jewish.
No other reason for the Zionist newspapers to hold back.
However, a Kingston police spokesman said officers made only one drug arrest on Jan. 23, 2006, of Joseph E. Lawson, 36, of Plymouth.
Close enough.
Bridget Norton Middleton, a spokeswoman for the Plymouth district attorney’s office, said Lawson was convicted in Brockton Superior Court in June 2008 of trafficking oxycodone, and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Faigel said he hopes District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns, who can reject Kelly’s recommendation for a lighter punishment, ends up sentencing Allen to supervised release and no prison time.
Yup, FASCIST FEDERAL DRUG DEALERS get NO TIME while MARIJAUNA SMOKERS are thrown in for FIVE-TEN YEARS, right?
Sig Heil, AmeriKa!!!!
“He’s never been involved with law enforcement authorities before this,’’ said Faigel.
I will REMEMBER THAT ONE if I EVER RUN INTO any trouble!
Can't imagine why I would, but.... !
“He’s never been in trouble.’’
Well, UNTIL NOW, right?
Matthew Brelis, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs Logan, referred all questions to the TSA.
Ann Davis, a TSA spokeswoman, said it was the agency’s policy not to comment on pending litigation.
But NEWSPAPERS are BETTER than BLOGS because THEY CAN COMMAND ANSWERS from our leaders -- or so I have been told!!
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And HOW MUCH is all this TYRANNY going to COST YOU, taxpayers?!!
The Transportation Security Administration discriminated against a Rastafarian man who worked as a baggage screener at Logan International Airport when it sent him a warning letter and a reprimand for not cutting his waist-length dreadlocks, according to Erin M. Stilp, an administrative law judge at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Shouldn't a POT SMOKER be BARRED from being a BAGGAGE SCREENER?
Good Lord, Boston!!
WTF is GOING ON at YOUR AIRPORT?!!!
Stilp said in an interim decision last week that Josue Brissot had established a prima facie case that he was a victim of religious discrimination. The TSA also failed to show it had made a good faith effort to reasonably accommodate Brissot’s religious beliefs and failed to establish that accommodations suggested by Brissot (including wearing his hair in a bun or under a hat) would cause undue hardship to the agency, the judge said. The decision is not final until a ruling has been made on damages, the judge added.
Spelled damage$, taxpayers!
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