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Homeland Security's culture of secrecy.(Insider Report)
"The Department of Homeland Security is requiring thousands of employees and contractors to sign nondisclosure agreements prohibiting them from sharing sensitive but unclassified information with the public," reported the November 16 Washington Post. "The department was rebuffed, however, when it also tried to require congressional aides to sign the secrecy pledges as a condition for gaining access to certain materials...."
"We have steadfastly refused to sign any nondisclosure agreements," stated Ken Johnson, spokesman for Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. "This is unclassified material and Congress has a right to it without signing away our lives." "They're forgetting who's overseeing who [sic]," commented another nameless panel official.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has adopted similar strictures. In October, former Congresswoman Helen Chenoweth-Hage, weary of being subjected to invasive and repeated pat-down searches at airports, demanded to see the regulation ...
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- Magazine article from: Traffic World Keane, Angela Greiling April 18, 2005 700+ words
...about the future of TSA, which has endured...terrorist attacks. New Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff...subagencies, including TSA and the Bureau of Customs...The Department of Homeland Security agency that oversees...worked to integrate TSA, CBP and other ...
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...House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member...Administration's (TSA) high employee...G. Thompson, Homeland Security Committee Ranking...Administration (TSA) to adequately...this nation's homeland security mission. Please...of days it takes TSA to process ...
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- Magazine article from: eWeek May 14, 2007 700+ words
...Administration after the TSA lost a hard drive...the Department of Homeland Security, including the TSA. Its class action...the Department of Homeland Security we are talking about...also asking that the TSA grant leave to employees...
- Senate Confirms Admiral Stone as Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire July 23, 2004 700+ words
...http://www.tsa.gov WASHINGTON...Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation...Administration (TSA). President Bush...Postgraduate School. TSA is part of the Department of Homeland Security. http://www...
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- Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly Garrow, Jessica June 30, 2003 700+ words
...Transportation Security Administration (TSA) implemented new security...conjunction with the newly created TSA. When TSA required state and...it. It is ironic that the TSA is mandating additional requirements...recently approved Department of Homeland Security Appropriations that did ...
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- Magazine article from: Traffic World Keane, Angela Greiling November 3, 2003 700+ words
...secretary of homeland security, a new No...Department of Homeland Security, just eight...became head of the TSA. There was no...Loy oversaw TSA's move in March...Transportation to Homeland Security. Before taking...
- Twelve Explosives Detection Canine Teams Join TSA/Homeland Security.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 14, 2005 700+ words
...participating transportation systems. TSA provides the canine, in...food and veterinary care. TSA-certified canine teams reflect...values of the Department of Homeland Security -- providing first responders...interest. Media Contact: TSA Public Affairs, (571) 227...
- TSA may move to new Department of Homeland Security.(The Orlando Sentinel)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Barker, Tim June 12, 2002 700+ words
...new Department of Homeland Security, an announcement...only guess about how TSA would fit in. On...to be worked out_TSA could lose some prominence...time the director of Homeland Security will be able to devote to TSA," said Stephen...
- TSA Union Influential in Getting Senate to Include TSA Collective Bargaining...
- Magazine article from: Airport Security Report February 28, 2007 700+ words
...applauded the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...to the workforce that TSA and the flying public...for such rights since TSA's inception. AFGE worked closely with House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie...version of the bill. TSA was created under the...
- TSA may move to new Department of Homeland Security.
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) June 8, 2002 700+ words
...new Department of Homeland Security, an announcement...only guess about how TSA would fit in. On...to be worked out_TSA could lose some prominence...time the director of Homeland Security will be able to devote to TSA," said Stephen...
Source: HighBeam Research, Homeland Security's culture of secrecy.(Insider Report)