Column: Ex-TSA Official Says Document Scandal “Not The Worst Breach of Security Since 9/11”

Ellen Howe served as Assistant Administrator for Strategic Communications & Public Affairs at the Transportation Security Administration from March 2006 until January 2009. By Ellen Howe Security DeBrief Certainly the posting of the Transportation Security Administration’s screening procedures on the Internet was not the agency’s finest hour, but it was not the worst breach of…

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5 TSA Employees Placed on Leave in Scandal Involving Published Document

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Five Transportation Security Administration employees have been placed on administrative leave in response to news that a 93-page confidential document on airport passenger screening was posted on the Internet, the agency said. Assistant Homeland Security secretary David Heyman told senators on Capitol Hill Wednesday that a full investigation into…

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