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Thank you Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) for leading the fight against this flawed nomination!From Politico: President Barack Obama’s nominee to head up the agency in charge of airport security withdrew Wednesday morning after a long showdown with a Republican senator opposed to allowing air security screeners to unionize. The nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration, Erroll Southers, also became entangled in a flap over a misstatement about an episode that led to his censure at the FBI two decades ago.Souther's lied to congress about his abuse of sensitive information in criminal databases for personal reasons. It was only after...

Republicans escalate conflict over TSA nominee Erroll Southers By: Byron YorkChief Political CorrespondentJanuary 6, 2010 A group of seven Republican senators has written a letter to the White House raising new questions about the nomination of Erroll Southers to head the Transportation Security Administration. In the letter, Sens. Jim DeMint, John McCain, Charles Grassley, Tom Coburn, Pat Roberts, Sam Brownback and Mike Johanns threaten to hold up the nomination until the White House provides more information about Southers' account of a 1988 incident in which he was censured by the FBI for improperly accessing a criminal database during a...

January 2nd, 2010 Maggie M. Thornton President Obama’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) lied to Congress. His confirmation to the office has been moved-up to tomorrow (just kidding – but probably). Not only did he lie, but some in Congress knew he lied before advancing his nomination in November 2009. See video below.

Is this the guy you want with access to YOUR private information?Imagine if President Bush had nominated a man to head the Transportation Security Administration who had a past history of abusing highly sensitive law enforcement information for his own personal ends. There would be cries of "DOMESTIC SPYING" all over the place. Also, what if the same man, when he went before Congress in confirmation hearings for the new post misled members of the Committee overseeing the process? That would be the end of it right? But with the Obama Administration staffed at the highest levels with people who...

January 1, 2010 - WASHINGTON, D.C - Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) made the following statement about President Obama’s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration (TSA): "Erroll Southers has not been forthcoming about whether he'll give union bosses control of our airport security, which is one of the most important decisions he'll make as head of the TSA. Mr. Southers' unwillingness to form a position on collective bargaining seriously calls into question his judgment, because it weakens security and has already been rejected by the CIA, the FBI, the Secret Service, the Coast Guard, and by every...

The White House nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration gave Congress misleading information about incidents in which he inappropriately accessed a federal database, possibly in violation of privacy laws, documents obtained by The Washington Post show. The disclosure comes as pressure builds from Democrats on Capitol Hill for quick January confirmation of Erroll Southers, whose nomination has been held up by GOP opponents. In the aftermath of an attempted airline bombing on Christmas Day, calls have intensified for lawmakers to install permanent leadership at the TSA, a critical agency in enforcing airline security. Southers, a former FBI agent, has...

The White House nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration gave Congress misleading information about incidents in which he inappropriately accessed a federal database, possibly in violation of privacy laws, documents obtained by The Washington Post show. The disclosure comes as pressure builds from Democrats on Capitol Hill for quick January confirmation of Erroll Southers, whose nomination has been held up by GOP opponents. In the aftermath of an attempted airline bombing on Christmas Day, calls have intensified for lawmakers to install permanent leadership at the TSA, a critical agency in enforcing airline security. Southers, a former FBI agent, has...

Sen. Jim DeMint has locked a "hold" on President Obama's pick to head the Transportation Security Administration over concerns the nominee would undermine safety by allowing airport security screeners to unionize, the latest in a series of appointments stymied by Republican objections that are increasingly frustrating the Senate's Democratic majority. The South Carolina Republican single-handedly put the brakes on the nomination with a "hold" - an informal practice by which a senator can keep a nomination or legislation from going to the Senate floor. It is virtually the only weapon left in the minority's arsenal to affect the chamber's business...