Posted on 12/20/2009 11:28:08 AM PST by Beaten Valve
In the latest of many shameful lapses, the federal agency in charge of securing the nation’s transportation system approved background checks for a dozen illegal immigrants working in sensitive areas of a busy U.S. airport.
The illegal aliens, from Central America and Mexico, worked in operational areas of Stewart International Airport, a 2,400-acre facility located about 60 miles north of New York City. Stewart is a major passenger airport for the state’s mid-Hudson region that also handles large quantities of cargo and serves as a military field.
The illegal aliens all had security badges approved by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the agency created after the 2001 terrorist attacks mainly to protect airlines. The TSA’s national background check failed to detect the fake Social Security numbers and other bogus documents provided by the illegal immigrants to obtain clearance.
So the embattled 43,000-member Homeland Security agency, which has received hundreds of millions of dollars from Congress to fulfill its mission, granted the undocumented aliens “trusted agent” security badges. This allowed them to work at an airport warehouse business and access key operational areas. An alert airport employee noticed the suspicious documents and reported the illegal aliens.
This sort of negligence is par for the course for the TSA, which has come under fire in recent years for leaving airplanes extremely vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Just last month the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General revealed that the TSA is failing to ensure the security of tens of thousands of cargo packages transported daily in the bellies of passenger planes, leaving aircraft at risk of a terrorist attack.
That probe also found that workers who handle the cargo had not received the required background checks or training, further adding to the security crisis. Previous Inspector General probes have over the years revealed similar problems in the TSA’s dismal air cargo security system and exposed dozens of security failures in other crucial areas nationwide.
Wait a sec...The day you want to throw in the towel, is the day you need to roll it into a “rat-tail” and pop a few rear-ends...
Right???
;-)
Well...I habla a little bit, I know my numbers...And my late Father-in-Law taught me all the bad words...heheeheheh
Those words might come in handy on that job.
Now that you mention it, when I was in Jr. High School I learned how to make a rat tail out of a towel, that thing would take the bark off of a tree, not to mention the skin off of a rats arse....heeeheee :)
I’ve flown all over the world, but I’ve flown only twice—and that was domestic—since 9-11. Both times I was a nervous wreck. I sensed even then that we cannot trust our swiss-cheese security. I was hypervigilant and quite aware of the fact that my fellow passengers were my best hope if something untoward happened in the air. Our TSA needs to be trained by El Al, where security begins long before an actual flight.
Osama bin Laden has approximately 53 half-siblings. Last week, ABC reported that 12 of them have FAA pilot’s licenses, making them “eligible to fly aircraft anywhere in the United States.”
One year later, the TSA continues to play Russian roulette with the nation’s safety and security on airplanes. The security holes keep getting bigger.
Last week, I wrote that the public recently learned that the TSA had given al-Qaeda its playbook after a subcontractor inadvertently posted the agency’s most sensitive security document online. The 93-page document was a veritable handbook on how to beat airport security.
To Judicial Watch (my email is not working):
Do you have standing to go to court and ask for a Temporary Restraining Order on the grounds that these illegal aliens present a “clear and present danger” to our airlines?
After all, they already violated federal laws by coming into the US illegally and then getting fraudulent Social Security cards, a major federal crime.
Time to start hitting back legally. How about a Writ of Mandamus approach also?
OMG!! Janet Napolitano is INSANE!!!
See, I bring out the best in people...;-)
doggone...
thanks for mentioning that Annie Jacobsen article in pajamasmedia.
it’s posted here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2411190/posts?page=1
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