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Perhaps, after we're done cleaning the Secret Service house we might address the idiocy over at DHS. :munchin
Feds: Crooked TSA Screeners Arrested in Drug Trafficking Scheme
ABC NewsBy JASON RYAN and LEE FERRAN | ABC News – 2 hrs 19 mins ago
Multiple airport screeners have been arrested for allegedly taking handsome bribes to look the other way while loads of illegal drugs slipped through security at Los Angeles International Airport, federal officials announced today.
Two current and two former officials at the Transportation Security Administration were arrested in the last 48 hours in connection with at least five incidents from February 2011 to July 2011 in which on duty screeners took payments of up to $2,400 to allow suitcases filled with drugs to pass unimpeded through X-ray machines at LAX, U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr.'s office said in a statement.
According to Birotte's office, the scheme was uncovered after a member of the alleged conspiracy accidentally went through the wrong security line and was busted by TSA screeners who were not in on the plot. In another case, a TSA screener unknowingly arranged with a confidential source for the Drug Enforcement Administration to receive $1,200 for a shipment of methamphetamine to pass through security.
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The current TSA employees, 23-year-old John Whitfield and 25-year-old Capeline McKinney, and the former screeners, 30-year-old Naral Richardson and 27-year-old Joy White, are all expected to be arraigned in Los Angeles today. If convicted, each could potentially face life in prison, Birotte's office said. The plot also allegedly involved a couple of known drug runners.
"Airport screeners act as a vital checkpoint for homeland security, and air travelers should believe in the fundamental integrity of security systems at our nation's airports," Birotte said. "The allegations in this case describe a significant breakdown of the screening system through the conduct of individuals who placed greed above the nation's security needs."
A spokesperson for the TSA did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this report, but Randy Parsons, the TSA Federal Security Director at LAX, said in the statement from Birotte's office the TSA "has assured the investigating agencies we will do everything we can to assist in their investigation."
"While the arrests are a disappointment, TSA is committed to holding our employees to the highest standards," he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/feds-crooked-tsa-screeners-arrested-drug-trafficking-scheme-194312884--abc-news-topstories.html
Perhaps, after we're done cleaning the Secret Service house we might address the idiocy over at DHS. :munchin
There is a clear difference between these two agencies... one is a group of professionals acting like idiots and the other is a group of idiots pretending to be professional.
TSA ==> Trafficking Support Agency :(
Richard :munchin
TSA ==> Trafficking Support Agency :(
Richard :munchin
Richard
You do not know how true that is.;)
Ret10Echo
04-27-2012, 07:56
Perhaps, after we're done cleaning the Secret Service house we might address the idiocy over at DHS. :munchin
They ARE at DHS...
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The Directorate for National Protection and Programs (NPPD) works to advance the Department's risk-reduction mission. Reducing risk requires an integrated approach that encompasses both physical and virtual threats and their associated human elements.
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The Directorate for Science and Technology is the primary research and development arm of the Department. It provides federal, state and local officials with the technology and capabilities to protect the homeland.
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The Directorate for Management is responsible for Department budgets and appropriations, expenditure of funds, accounting and finance, procurement; human resources, information technology systems, facilities and equipment, and the identification and tracking of performance measurements.
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The Office of Policy is the primary policy formulation and coordination component for the Department of Homeland Security. It provides a centralized, coordinated focus to the development of Department-wide, long-range planning to protect the United States.
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The Office of Health Affairs coordinates all medical activities of the Department of Homeland Security to ensure appropriate preparation for and response to incidents having medical significance.
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The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) is responsible for using information and intelligence from multiple sources to identify and assess current and future threats to the United States.
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The Office of Operations Coordination and Planning is responsible for monitoring the security of the United States on a daily basis and coordinating activities within the Department and with governors, Homeland Security Advisors, law enforcement partners, and critical infrastructure operators in all 50 states and more than 50 major urban areas nationwide.
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The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center provides career-long training to law enforcement professionals to help them fulfill their responsibilities safely and proficiently.
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The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office works to enhance the nuclear detection efforts of federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local governments, and the private sector and to ensure a coordinated response to such threats.
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) protects the nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.
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United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is one of the Department of Homeland Security’s largest and most complex components, with a priority mission of keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S. It also has a responsibility for securing and facilitating trade and travel while enforcing hundreds of U.S. regulations, including immigration and drug laws.
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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) secures America’s promise as a nation of immigrants by providing accurate and useful information to our customers, granting immigration and citizenship benefits, promoting an awareness and understanding of citizenship, and ensuring the integrity of our immigration system.
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United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), promotes homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration.
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The United States Coast Guard is one of the five armed forces of the United States and the only military organization within the Department of Homeland Security. The Coast Guard protects the maritime economy and the environment, defends our maritime borders, and saves those in peril.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supports our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
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The United States Secret Service (USSS) safeguards the nation's financial infrastructure and payment systems to preserve the integrity of the economy, and protects national leaders, visiting heads of state and government, designated sites, and National Special Security Events.
DesertRat
04-27-2012, 20:37
Well imagine that. Take a bunch of folks not qualified to man a drive thru window at taco bell put them in a position of power with an opportunity to make some quick cash.
Sometimes our liberty slips away silently, and it is almost hard to notice what went wrong and where. The one fortunate thing about the TSA is that they certainly don’t fit that definition.
The American people shouldn’t be subjected to harassment, groping, and other public humiliation simply to board an airplane. As you may have heard, I have some personal experience with this, and I’ve vowed to lead the charge to fight back.
Please read the email below from my friend Matt Hawes at Campaign for Liberty. Campaign for Liberty is leading the fight to pressure Congress to act now and restore our liberty. It’s time to END the TSA and get the government’s hands back to only stealing our wallets instead of groping toddlers and grandmothers.
I hope you will join Campaign for Liberty in this fight.
In Liberty,
Senator Rand Paul
Parent Story (http://www.infowars.com/rand-paul-launches-campaign-to-end-the-tsa/)
Pat
Ambush Master
05-03-2012, 17:49
Around the Airlines, the acronym is seen as "Thousands Standing Around"!!!
greenberetTFS
05-04-2012, 08:20
Parent Story (http://www.infowars.com/rand-paul-launches-campaign-to-end-the-tsa/)
Pat
Interesting story,let's see what develops from it..........:eek:
Big Teddy :munchin
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160281/Seven-TSA-workers-sack-caught-bribing-way-competency-exams.html
You can imagine what grade level these exams are written at. I would like to know what kind of wages the training instructor was getting, I cannot imagine it was worth her losing her job and benefits for. Good riddance, sounds like an opening for one of our out of work ex servicemen.
Team Sergeant
06-16-2012, 17:20
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160281/Seven-TSA-workers-sack-caught-bribing-way-competency-exams.html
You can imagine what grade level these exams are written at. I would like to know what kind of wages the training instructor was getting, I cannot imagine it was worth her losing her job and benefits for. Good riddance, sounds like an opening for one of our out of work ex servicemen.
This is what happens with you hire idiots. Seems the Transportation Security Administration is rife with morons. 99% of them should be flipping burgers at McDonalds or riding garbage trucks.
They ARE at DHS...
And it looks like the DEA drops in on occaision.:lifter
And it looks like the DEA drops in on occaision.:lifter
DEA only drops in to lock some of them up.:eek:
Dozer523
06-17-2012, 06:47
South Parks episode titled Reverse Cowgirl did a good job scewering the Toilet Safety Administration.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/314915/20120315/south-park-season-16-new-episode-2012.htm
The hits just keep on coming! LMAO!!
Snip:
Jonah Falcon was stopped and frisked by the TSA at the San Francisco International Airport on July 9 because of a bulging package hidden in his pants. But the 41-year-old New Yorker wasn’t packing a dirty bomb, drugs or a Costco-sized tube of toothpaste. The New Yorker has the world’s largest recorded penis.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/jonah-falcon-largest-penis-frisked-by-tsa_n_1675767.html
greenberetTFS
07-22-2012, 13:00
Naked TSA Protest.........:rolleyes:
http://www.webpronews.com/naked-tsa-protest-oregon-judge-say...
Big Teddy :munchin
Naked TSA Protest.........:rolleyes:
http://www.webpronews.com/naked-tsa-protest-oregon-judge-say...
Big Teddy :munchin
Nice. Good win for everyone forced to deal with the idiocracy of the tsa everytime we fly. Personally, I always opt out of the new scanner, as I have no idea what that thing does. I will go through the old fashioned pat down anyday just for the spite factor of making those morons do some work.
I love the lines that I get from them when I opt out, about how the, achine is perfectly safe and im paranoid for not wanting to use it. They tell me that I get more radiation by talking on my cell phone. Which may be true, but I refuse to believe someone with sweaty armpits, 4 inch long acrylic nails and food stains on their shirt.
A video clip shot yesterday at Columbus Ohio Airport illustrates how the Transportation Security Administration has dreamed up a bizarre new way to waste time and taxpayer dollars – by testing drinks purchased by travelers for explosives inside the airport long after they have already passed security.
http://www.infowars.com/video-shows-tsas-bizarre-new-security-policy/
I would say "You've got to be kidding" but I guess the TSA really wants to be the "new force" in America.
Badger52
09-04-2012, 08:50
Not doing OCONUS TDY anymore and nearly zero CONUS, I simply choose not to fly commercially. One of their little "freeze" programming drills, or wanting to handle my over-priced coffee, would be likely to get something different than their expected response. And then it would be different music in the background, I'd miss my flight, the lounge would get entertained..."You STOLE QP Pete's cheese!" at the top of my lungs... yadayada.
They are quite capable of denigrating the public's desire to fly at all to the point that it would almost seem like a scripted attempt to break the airline transport industry. Another agency that should be completely disbanded; fold the flag, thanks for the rights violations & comic relief. My personal assessment is that the slight unemployment spike is completely acceptable.
The whole agency demands a Siamese-twin smiley: face palm w/ROFLMAO.
A video clip shot yesterday at Columbus Ohio Airport illustrates how the Transportation Security Administration has dreamed up a bizarre new way to waste time and taxpayer dollars – by testing drinks purchased by travelers for explosives inside the airport long after they have already passed security.
http://www.infowars.com/video-shows-tsas-bizarre-new-security-policy/
I would say "You've got to be kidding" but I guess the TSA really wants to be the "new force" in America.
What's next? A test strip shoved your rear end to see if you're packing any explosives?
I had better be quite about that one or some genius will try and implement it.
Man with strange watch arrested at Calif. airport, charged with having bomb-making materials
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/16/ca-man-with-weird-watch-arrested-at-oakland-airport-charged-with-having-bomb/#ixzz2CUEWXYkC
"A Southern California man was arrested at Oakland International Airport after security officers found him wearing an unusual watch they said could be used to make a timing device for a bomb, authorities said Friday.
Geoffrey McGann, 49, of Rancho Palos Verdes was taken into custody Thursday night after he tried to pass through airport security with an ornate watch that had switches, wires and fuses, according to Sgt. J.D. Nelson, a spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff's Department.
A bomb squad arrived within five minutes and determined there were no explosive materials in the watch, Nelson said. The checkpoint was closed while officers secured the area.
McGann was taken to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin where he was charged with possessing materials to make an explosive device, sheriff's officials said. He was still in custody Friday night and could not be reached for comment..............."
What's next - cellphones?
Or with the boots was this a test of the system?
...man was arrested at Oakland International Airport after security officers found him wearing an unusual watch they said could be used to make a timing device for a bomb...
Did he have a cheap Timex watch with the plastic dial face and two small screws and some wire in his pockets? :rolleyes:
He may be one of those Steampunkers who go for ornate, late-19th Century looking clothing and gadgetry - some of it's kinda cool looking.
Richard :munchin
My experience with TSA has been a mixed bag.
Sometimes, they appear to be working very hard and under a lot duress. Other times, they appear to be hassling parents who are already dealing with screaming/upset babies. I have also dealt with TSA agents who appear to be going for the Guinness Book of Records for least number of passengers they allow in an hour.
In this case, it looks like the person with the strange watch was asking for it (check out pic of actual watch in link below. Scary!). Especially combined with the t-shirt with built in tourniquet shoes that were too big with homemade cavities in them.
http://www.businessinsider.com/bomb-watch-caused-airport-arrest-photo-2012-11
I guess if I were a TSA agent (and have not shot myself), I would have yanked this guy for a cavity search... : )
What's that old saying ....
"It's all fun and games until someone puts and eye out, or gets hurt .... Then it's just fun", or in this case, just too damn FUNNY. :D :D
TSA agent accidentally pepper sprays fellow agents
An incident that reportedly led a TSA agent to accidentally shoot five fellow employees with pepper spray left Kennedy International Airport with mud in its eye.
According to the New York Post, the stinging substance that is meant to be aimed at the face, and can cause major eye irritation, sent all six airport security screeners to the hospital.
The Post reports: The agent, Chris Yves Dabel, discovered the device at the Terminal 2 security checkpoint and tried to determine if it was real, a source told The Post.
He told Port Authority cops that he “found the canister on the floor and thought it was a laser pointer.”
“They were playing around with it,” said one Kennedy Airport official.
The incident sounds more like something from "The Three Stooges" than something security experts would do.
The TSA seemed to assert in a statement to ABC News that the agent was being professional, not playful. “Officers were examining an abandoned item to determine its contents and to move it out of harm’s way when it accidentally discharged.” The TSA added that no travelers were injured.
The embarrassing incident led to the shutdown of security check points for 15 minutes, the UPI reports.
This is not the first time the TSA has suffered a security snafu. An earlier report in the New York Post exposed Newark Liberty Airport for failing to catch a fake bomb as part of a training exercise. An undercover agent brought the mock explosives through two layers of security, hidden in his pants.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/tsa-screener-accidentally-pepper-sprays-fellow-agents-222955329.html
Badger52
03-29-2013, 07:29
If you see something, spray something.
If you see something, spray something.
^^:D
Especially, if it is > than 3.4 ounces.
GratefulCitizen
09-23-2013, 20:14
Didn't know which thread would fit.
This was the most recent TSA thread.
Today a couple of TSA agents showed up at the UPS sort center here in Page.
It's a small building, no management, and typically has 5 drivers there for a few hours each morning loading their package cars from a trailer (the tractor driver drops a full one and immediately leaves with the previous day's empty).
They passed out business cards and told us that if we contact the police for any reason, we should also contact them.
Generally, the only reason we contact law enforcement is because we rolled up on someone else's MVA.
The business cards indicated they were out of the airport in Phoenix.
:confused:
We don't even have a UPS airplane landing in Page.
The air packages land in Flagstaff and are brought here by truck.
It was strange...
They are just trying to drum up buisness. You should have told them that if you call the cops you call real ones not gate guards that have NO LEO powers.
GratefulCitizen
09-23-2013, 20:39
They are just trying to drum up buisness. You should have told them that if you call the cops you call real ones not gate guards that have NO LEO powers.
Not quite half the work is done in the Navajo Nation, and the Navajo PD have jurisdiction there.
Doubt that any meddling would be received well.
One of our drivers is Navajo, ESL, and grew up deep in the reservation herding sheep.
During the sort he said he might call to notify them of a massive terrorist invasion...which has been going on since 1492.
:D
Badger52
09-24-2013, 07:01
One of our drivers is Navajo, ESL, and grew up deep in the reservation herding sheep.
During the sort he said he might call to notify them of a massive terrorist invasion...which has been going on since 1492.
:D
Ba-dum Tsss!
:)
ETA: Your visitors have probably now gone back to the office to add some metrics into a Powerpoint chart. "Outreach" ya know...
NurseTim
09-24-2013, 15:23
If you need to call the Navajo PD, go ahead and call the tsa and watch the hilarity that ensues. :D
TSA agents union pushes for creation of supplemental force
http://www.cw7michigan.com/shared/news/features/national/stories/wmmt_tsa-agents-union-pushes-creation-supplemental-force-5700.shtml
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - The TSA agents union says a new supplemental TSA force with greater authority needs to be created.
This 'new class' of TSA officers would work among regular TSA employees, but would be armed and able to make arrests........."
Now, do any of us regular people really think this is a good idea?
Arming TSA officers hits resistance on the Hill
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/arming-tsa-officers-hits-resistance-on-the-hill-99345.html#ixzz2jmN839Mk
"Friday’s slaying of a Transportation Security Administration officer at Los Angeles International Airport is fueling calls from union leaders to give some of the agency’s employees guns, handcuffs and the power to make arrests.
But that would be a tough sell for many conservatives in Congress, where some lawmakers until recently were trying to take away TSA agents’ badges......."
Golf1echo
11-05-2013, 08:05
Combine everything else with the TSA screening data bases long before you arrive at the airport, this is so over the top! They have the power to make judgements about someone because of a driving, financial, or other personal record mined from data bases.., and who are they again, their credentials, training, etc...? Seems to me someone has lost perspective big time.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/business/security-check-now-starts-long-before-you-fly.html?hp&_r=2&
TrapperFrank
11-05-2013, 08:10
My question is why does TSA need arrest power? Since 9-11, every airport I have been to is crawling with cops. Just a new power grab by Dear Leader and his lap dogs.
Badger52
11-07-2013, 05:59
They just need another common-core curriculum program fostering literacy in bad guys so that they read the signs in safe places like airports, schools, malls, hospitals & places of worship.
Chris Muir is getting it right. (http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2013/11/05/#007159)
Snaquebite
12-09-2013, 06:37
DISASTER AVERTED: TSA agent bravely confiscates sockmonkey’s gun
http://bearingarms.com/disaster-averted-tsa-agent-bravely-confiscates-sockmonkeys-gun/
May said the TSA agent went through the bag, through the sewing supplies and found the two-inch long pistol.
“She said ‘this is a gun,’” said May. “I said no, it’s not a gun it’s a prop for my monkey.”
“She said ‘If I held it up to your neck, you wouldn’t know if it was real or not,’ and I said ‘really?’” said May.
The TSA agent told May she would have to confiscate the tiny gun and was supposed to call the police.
“I said well go ahead,” said May. “And I said really? You’re kidding me right, and she said no it looks like a gun.”
“She took my monkey’s gun,” said May, who has retained her sense of humor.
Javadrinker
12-09-2013, 10:19
TSA is almost as brave, conscientious, through, factual..oh wait they make their own facts to support their own story, and efficient as the ATF.
Oldrotorhead
12-09-2013, 11:33
I want his name and address I'm sending my trunk monkey by to adjust his attitude!
Ret10Echo
12-09-2013, 14:28
DISASTER AVERTED: TSA agent bravely confiscates sockmonkey’s gun
http://bearingarms.com/disaster-averted-tsa-agent-bravely-confiscates-sockmonkeys-gun/
It would be hysterical if it weren't for the fact that these "Sock Monkeys" (TSA) are trying to get more broad and sweeping power....
This is a representative example of what DHS has to offer Amerika. Stay tuned Komrad
"Dear America, I Saw You Naked. And yes, we were laughing. Confessions of an ex-TSA agent."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/tsa-screener-confession-102912.html#ixzz2rzGAfxJ6
Ugh. :mad:
"Dear America, I Saw You Naked. And yes, we were laughing. Confessions of an ex-TSA agent."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/tsa-screener-confession-102912.html#ixzz2rzGAfxJ6
Ugh. :mad:
Thanks for the link, I am glad that there are people like this guy out there exposing what a joke all this is.
Stiletto11
01-31-2014, 11:43
This is what happens with you hire idiots. Seems the Transportation Security Administration is rife with morons. 99% of them should be flipping burgers at McDonalds or riding garbage trucks.
What makes you think they are qualified for those jobs?
What makes you think they are qualified for those jobs?
They are not, that's why they are working for the TSA.