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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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Head of D.C. FBI Joseph Persichini Jr. Leaving Under Cloud Involving Test Scandal; 2 Other Top Officials Also Face Scrutiny

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Joseph Persichini Jr., the head of the Washington field office, is retiring this month under a cloud of allegations that he  violated agency rules when taking an open book exam. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the Office of Professional Responsibility, which conducts ethics investigations, had recommended disciplinary action,…

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Oooops! Transportation Security Administration Accidentally Reveals Airport Security Secrets

It’s never a good thing when an agency which is part of the Department of Homeland Security — emphasis on Security — makes such a goof. Someone needs to pay closer attention. By Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration inadvertently revealed closely guarded secrets related…

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