Posted on 06/10/2015 2:56:00 AM PDT by markomalley
The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that he is investigating the leak of classified information from an undercover operation in which investigators were able to slip through airport security with weapons and phony bombs more than 95 percent of the time.
“We have started an investigation to determine where the leak was,” Inspector General John Roth told the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
The information received widespread attention in the news media and on Capitol Hill. Roth told the panel that he had briefed top officials about his findings without the information leaking to the public.
“I was as disturbed as anyone that this information got into the media,” he said.
He declined to discuss in Tuesday’s public hearing any aspect of the investigation, in which auditors from his department were able to carry weapons or bomb-like material through airport-security checkpoints in 67 of 70 attempts this year.
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Finding the leaker won’t improve their dismal record.
“Hang the monkey. Let the organ grinder go.” - Knofler.
Apparently, they seem to think it would be easier to catch the leaker than an actual terrorist.
This SOB leaker messed up their Ostrich Stratagem.
Yeh....Don’t tell the people. It’s their dime.
Maybe it was the same guy who leaked the dirt on Barack’s rivals for the Senate seat he won. < /sarc >
I suppose Obama will start a secondary organization to be a watchdog of the TSA and report directly to Obama. We need more Czars!!
We should all post at once, “It was me.”
For security reasons, I can fully understand why the DHS did not want this report released. There is nothing as damaging to security as publicizing a major security flaw to the people most likely to exploit such lapses.
Sure, the public has a right to transparency. But maybe in this case, the retraining/whatever could have been done before releasing the information, so that the news about lapses could be tied to news about how it is stronger than ever?
Typical reaction of any kludgeocracy. Kill the whistleblower. Preserve the bureaucracy at all cost.
Their so called security system suffers from a 96% failure rate. That is not a lapse. It is a total system failure.
Would you purchase anything that worked, on average, 4% of the time?
Not willingly, but then taxes aren't as "voluntary" as some people seem to think.
Why hasn’t the media linked this story with the other story from 3 or 4 days ago where TSA had to fire 73 employees for being on the terrorist watch list?
We are soooooooo screwed !!!!!
If they were really worried about security they would be working to make sure the system works. The only security they’re worried about is their jobs.
“I am Spartacus!”
or, more Machevillian, look for a leaker you know to be yourself
“Not willingly, but then taxes aren’t as “voluntary” as some people seem to think. “
They are exactly as voluntary as voting...in the USSR.
thanks-
but this is actually funny- nearly ALL the Weapons got thru!- I have this feeling... that the 1 person they
CAUGHT - SCREAMED- “I have agun!” lol-
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