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TSA: thieves, spendthrifts, authoritarians: from tormenting Americans at airports to bilking taxpayers, the Transportation Security Administration has compiled a remarkable record of thuggishness and corruption.(On The Home Front)
The air was thick with self-congratulation at the Washington, D.C., Grand Hyatt as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) convened its first annual awards ceremony on November 19, 2003. More than a thousand attendees were on hand as the agency, which is in charge of airport and seaport security, bestowed plaques and medals on agency leaders and personnel, including a "lifetime service" award--a rather odd tribute, given that the TSA at the time was barely two years old.
According to a report issued last September by TSA Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin, the November 2003 TSA awards banquet event rang up $461,745 in expenses, including $200,000 for a ...
- Unisys Selected for TSA Secure Supply Chain Project with Port Authority Of New...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 1, 2003 700+ words
...First Major Effort by TSA to Safeguard Ports Unisys...Security Administration (TSA) grant to lead one of...the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to pilot...In March 2003, the TSA moved from the Department...The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey The Port...
- US Helicopter Signs an Agreement With the Transportation Security...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 4, 2007 700+ words
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire...Security Administration (TSA) and McNeil Security...34th Street Heliport in New York City. "This is a significant...34th Street Heliport in New York City. US Helicopter...fall under the same TSA security regulations...
- Delta Partners with TSA to Launch Paperless Mobile Check-in at New...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 17, 2008 700+ words
...Delta Partners with TSA to Launch Paperless Mobile Check-in at New York-LaGuardia; Customers...LTD RDATE:17062008 NEW YORK -- Delta Air Lines...in the hands of its New York-LaGuardia customers...Security Administration (TSA) to launch paperless...
- U.S. Rep Nita Lowey Shows Support for AFGE TSA Members at New York Event.
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly May 14, 2009 700+ words
...other federal workers and ends TSA's flawed and unfair Performance...Local 2222, which encompasses New York and New Jersey. AFGE has been the only union to represent TSA employees since the agency...is widely recognized as the TSA union. AFGE and Rep. Lowey...
- TSA eyes New York for offices.(Company overview)
- Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE) July 26, 2006 700+ words
...Tuesday it will set up executive offices in New York late this year, a result of the Omaha...spends a lot of time on airplanes." The New York office will have "less than half a dozen...operation in Romania. Announcement of the New York office was made as the company reported...
- TSA Names Douglas Hofsass as Federal Security Director at LaGuardia Airport.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 10, 2006 700+ words
...LGA) in Flushing, New York. As FSD, Hofsass...oversee security and TSA operations at Westchester...White Plains, New York; Long Island MacArthur...federalized heliports in New York City. Since October...Hofsass has served as TSA's Senior Advisor...
- On U.S. Air Cargo Security, TSA Takes A Step Back, Then Forward.
- Magazine article from: Airport Security Report September 7, 2005 700+ words
...the other hand, a TSA investigation in New York has just led to the...outcry. Meanwhile, a TSA-led investigation in New York in cooperation with...Eastern District of New York makes two basic charges...falsely telling TSA that requested documents...
- TSA Expands Its Passenger Explosives Detection Capability.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 29, 2005 700+ words
...Angeles; Miami; Newark; New York (JFK); Phoenix; Providence...By the end of September, TSA plans to deploy this technology...Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; New York (LaGuardia); Pittsburgh...and Reagan National). TSA will continue to increase...
Source: HighBeam Research, TSA: thieves, spendthrifts, authoritarians: from tormenting Americans...