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Homeland Security looks for leaker of report on airport-checkpoint failures
Washington Post ^ | 6/9/15 | Ashley Halsey III

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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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dhsleak; tsa; tsaleak; tsauseless
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To: markomalley

If they are as effective in finding the leaker as they are in finding bombs, the leaker has nothing to worry about.


21 posted on 06/10/2015 5:12:52 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: markomalley

Insanity.


22 posted on 06/10/2015 5:19:19 AM PDT by 4Liberty (Prejudice and generalizations. That's how Collectivists roll......)
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To: mj1234
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-

LOL! The tester probably gave the TSA agent hints like; "I've got something in my bag that rhymes with bun, fun, and run!". To which the TSA agent replied, "What's 'rhymes'?".

23 posted on 06/10/2015 5:23:12 AM PDT by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: markomalley

“I am Spartacus”


24 posted on 06/10/2015 7:15:09 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: T-Bird45

Dang you beat me.


25 posted on 06/10/2015 7:16:25 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: exDemMom
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?

I disagree. The failure of the entire organization is so incredibly systemic, sweeping it under the rug, and calling for "retraining" just doesn't cut it. It just needs to be shut down, disbanded, and the current employees barred from ever working for the government in any capacity.

26 posted on 06/10/2015 7:22:31 AM PDT by zeugma (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3294350/posts)
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